It's a common notion among hunters that if you make too much noise and don't control your scent, you'll push any bucks out of your hunting area before you even get a look at them.
For the past few hunting seasons, I've been scuffling with something other than wild animals in the section of coastal A-Zone I hunt.
I was 15 years old when I took off on an A-Zone blacktail deer hunt. While sneaking through a brush patch that's served as a bedding area for deer in years past, I came across a three-point buck standing broadside, looking me in the face.
I usually have a good feeling whenever I come across a police officer or sheriff's deputy around town.
Just like other sports, a good way to get ready for a big hunt is by listening to music that sets the mood. There are several songs out there that have a hunting theme, and this week I'm counting down my top 10 greatest hunting songs of all time.
There's a lot of talk in the hunting world about "fair-chase" hunting.
Squeezing the trigger on a monster buck will get a hunter's adrenaline going, but another sure way of getting an outdoorsman's heart pounding is a rattlesnake.
Some people think hunting is nothing but tromping through the woods and shooting unsuspecting, helpless animals.
When big-game hunting seasons start shutting down in California every year, I usually go from very active to very bored very fast.
When the weather clouds up and gets colder, hunting winds down for some common big-game animals I go after such as deer and bear, and it also marks the end of some more fun I've gotten into.
While bear hunting in the mountains Saturday, I put out some attractant and sat on a hillside overlooking a stream.
NASCAR, lacrosse and hockey are considered to be among the fastest growing sports in the U.S. I'm not sure what the fastest shrinking sport is, but hunting has to be in the running.
Some folks call blacktail deer the "ghosts of the forest" because they're elusive and hard to hunt.
It's hard to sit still in one spot for hours on end, but it can pay off, especially when bear hunting.
A bird hunter is only as good as his dog.
