The bison herd was spread across the barren ridgetop of the Bighorn Plateau, about 250 in number, browsing where short grass was windswept bare of remaining late-February snow.
There are three sub-species of moose found in North America. The largest in body and antler size is the Alaska-Yukon moose, which we discussed last month in "Trophy Search." The smallest in size is the Shiras' or Wyoming moose.
In October of 2009 Leupold CEO Tom Fruechtel and I found ourselves in northeastern Spain for the filming of a 2010 episode of Petersen's HUNTING Adventures.
All moose of North America and Europe belong to the scientific order Artiodactyla, which designates even-toed mammals, and the family Cervidae, which includes all deer.
My first wild sheep was a great experience, and a great learning experience. As I would learn over the now 36 years that have followed, the situation was fairly normal. It had been raining and was just starting to clear.
An apron of scree lay poised on the basalt face. Three quick steps across its upper neck…. Speed mattered; too much dwell, and that scree would give way. The precipice below would kick me into space.But my step had slowed.
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