At 22, Arthur Dugmore arrived in New York City with 55 cents in his pocket. From there, he conned his way into a good job and found a calling—producing some of the best wildlife photographs the world had ever seen. 

By PJ DelHomme 

Six years after George Bird Grinnell and Theodore Roosevelt founded the Boone and Crockett Club, Grinnell sponsored for membership a young, assertive New Yorker named Madison Grant. The year was 1893. Grant had many successful years representing the Club, but he also became one of America’s most controversial figures.

Madison Grant was born on November 19, 1865.

Fred “Papa” Bear’s innovations to bowhunting gear and marketing vaulted the pastime into the mainstream. What is seldom discussed is his passion for conservation and his quest to establish a tax (for conservation) on the very products he sold. 

By PJ DelHomme 

When Valerius Geist walked into a room, it didn't take long before everyone gravitated toward him.

​Modern-day bowhunting pioneer and Pope and Young Club Founder Glenn St. Charles normalized bowhunting and helped shape it into the sport it is today.

By PJ DelHomme, Photos Courtesy of T.J. Conrads at Traditional Bowhunter

As Euro-Americans spread across our continent, they cleared land for agriculture and consumed raw materials for industry. The “public domain,” land that belonged to the federal estate, was essentially without protection. By the 1880s, this misuse was no longer tolerable, and efforts began to maintain, protect, and manage these lands for the public welfare. One great American—Gifford Pinchot—…

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service was created in 1940 by merging the Bureau of Biological Survey with the Bureau of Fisheries.

Favored for decades, the lever-action rifle yielded to the turn-bolt. Is it hurtling down a perilous path?

After killing a respectable bull, a hunter worries his days hunting alone in the mountains are numbered. Then he drifts into the camp of a well-seasoned hunter who changes his perspective and his timeline. 

Squeezed by disease events, water scarcity, and agency commitment, wild sheep recovery remains a work in progress.