TROPHY BLACKTAILS: The Science of the Hunt by Scott Haugen [Book Review]
You may call me partial, because outdoor writer and TV show host Scott Haugen is a stand up guy and my friend…but this book is really GREAT! When I first arrived in California, I would have given my...
View Article“Hunting Deer, Elk and Antelope in the Western States” by Col. John H. Roush,...
I first met Col. John H. Roush ten years ago, during a hunt that I thought would require my past skills as a corpsman. These thoughts often run through my mind when I see anyone close to my...
View ArticleFAT of the LAND by Langdon Cook [Book Review]
Long after I realized there were better ways of making a living than getting shot at, a few years after I had an epiphany about wildlife management being so much more than just about hunting, fishing,...
View ArticleThe River Cottage MEAT Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall [BOOK REVIEW]
Spice-rubbed wild boar ready to become Babi Guling! No matter how you cut it, there is a reason that vegetarians suffer from a number of ailments, not the least of which is a deficiency in vitamin...
View ArticleBIG GAME ARGENTINA by Craig Boddington [Book&DVD Review/Radio Interview]
Craig Boddington, and his guide, Cano St. Antonin, with a fine red stag taken on the Huemul Peninsula. Argentina conjures a variety of images for those who’ve never been there. There’re the gauchos,...
View ArticleTHE VEGETARIAN MYTH by Lierre Keith [Book Review/Radio Interview]
Few books really get me emotionally anymore, especially non-fiction. But, when I began reading Lierre Keith’s personal account of a strict vegan diet on her body over 20 years I was floored with one...
View ArticleTHE ULTIMATE SNIPER by Maj. John L. Plaster USAR (ret.) [Book Review/Radio...
You may be asking what a review on a sniper instructional book is doing in an outdoors magazine dedicated to effective wildlife conservation practices and game and fish cooking. What you might be...
View ArticleFORGOTTEN SKILLS OF COOKING by Darina Allen [Book Review & CO Radio/TV]
In 1972, I arrived in Singapore to attend the Singapore American School and soon after was introduced to a documentary film, called Future Shock, based on a book by Alvin Toffler and narrated by Orson...
View ArticleJOHN NOSLER: GOING BALLISTIC by John Nosler and Gary Lewis [BOOK REVIEW/RADIO...
On October 10, 2010 (that’s right, 10/10/10), a pioneer crossed the summit between this world and the next. If you’re a firearms and reloading enthusiast, you probably knew his name. If you are a...
View ArticleTHE GAME COOKBOOK by Clarissa Dickson Wright & Johnny Scott [Book Review]
If you remember the British cooking series, Two Fat Ladies, of PBS and BBC fame, you’ll immediately recognize Clarissa Dickson Wright as the taller of the two, not the proud chainsmoker who passed...
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