I was driving down I-85 just a few miles east of Montgomery when my faithful Pinto station wagon became unfaithful. I was coming back to Athens from visiting my family in Baton Rouge during Spring break in 1981 when…
All of us are on a journey in our lives, and some of us, because of “free will” take the rougher roads. As you can tell from my stories, my journey has been a series of almost unbelievable circumstances,…
If you are a regular reader of my stories, by now, you know that I am a hunter through and through. When I think back about all the ways hunting has been a huge part of my life, I…
I stood slowly and took my bow off the hook and in only a moment I saw the bear facing me trying to drag a salmon onto the bank. The bear turned and walked to a clearing we cut…
I was hunting with “head guide”, a Russian bureaucrat from the Game and Fish Department who proclaimed extensive knowledge but demonstrated tremendous ignorance. “What have I gotten myself into?” As a Christian, to try and explain my feelings toward…
I was sixteen and somewhat stupid, and I was working that summer on the Amite River at Ben & Nita’s in Port Vincent, Louisiana. I was responsible for mowing grass around the marina’s boat slips and helping to repair…
We were sitting behind my brother’s house looking at the canal when he asked, “Are you going to be mad at me if I walk off the end of the dock?” I thought for a moment and said, “Nope.”…
It was early, just after first light when we approached the gate as we had done several mornings before. We were on our way to perform the daily ritual of checking lion baits for the sign of a mature…
In 2000, while on a classic safari in Zambia, I took with me a kid, named Stuart McLean, as my videographer. Stuart was so committed to me that I’m afraid I risked his life too often. Jim “Doc” Kilgo…
It was cold, wet and windy on April 8, 1988. It wasn’t exactly turkey hunting weather, but my friend Elmer and I drove all the way to Wilkes County, Georgia the night before to hunt on approximately 5,000 acres…