Author: Bob DeVaughn Jr
-
Adventures in the Big Woods
Written by
on
Before the start of 2025, I had resolved to focus on hunting the big woods of Pennsylvania, to try to go deeper into that vigorous and exciting domain of pursuit.…
-
Squirrel Stew How-To
Written by
on
Step 1: Get up early in the morning and drive out to some beautiful woods. Any old woods will do, but if you can go to someplace exciting, go someplace…
-
Ducks on GB. Part Deux
Written by
on
It was all a blur. We came in hot and got right to it. My hopes were high and only stoked by our brief survey of the marshes before the…
-
PA Crossbow Buck
Written by
on
I’ll start by admitting that I wasn’t expecting it, and that should make it clear that however amazing it turned out, a good bit of luck was involved. It was…
-
Wisconsin Grouse
Written by
on
Though it had only been a few years since my brother Eric moved to Green Bay, he was very quick to learn about the north woods of Wisconsin. Hunting with…
-
In Anticipation of Fall
Written by
on
Late in the summer, when the first cool wind blows in the evening, and the first leaves begin to dot the ground, long before the blaze of autumn, a visceral…
-
Horizontal Bows
Written by
on
If I had discovered archery in high school, I probably would have spent my life bow hunting, but at 38, the first piece of archery equipment I bought was a…
-
The Wingmaster
Written by
on
When I decided I wanted to hunt, the first thing I wanted to hunt was birds- at first pheasant and ducks- because that was the kind of hunting I always…
-
Strike While the Tom’s Hot
Written by
on
After Saturday’s opener, the play was drawn up for me: Get back to the deep fields, where we struck them up, by shooting light; Set up a decoy and get…
-
Mountain Buck
Written by
on
I spent the whole day of November 30, 2024 in the winter woods of the Endless Mountains in Pennsylvania, near Ricketts Glen. I set out at 4:45 for a 6:41…