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To Stop a Bear

The animal then grabbed Cynthia’s arm and pulled her into the brush, periodically licking blood from her wounds. After “almost a half-hour,” the bear paused. Cynthia got her left hand to the torn pack pocket and keyed the radio. “Ed! Come quick! I’m being eaten by a bear!” Then the beast pounced again.

Can It Make You a More Ethical Hunter?

By Keith Balfourd, B&C Professional Member Excerpt from the Summer 2018 issue of Fair Chase Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think so. It appears that some product manufacturers these...

If There’s No Chase, Is the Hunt Still Fair?

By Robert D. Brown, B&C Professional Member Excerpt from the Summer 2018 issue of Fair Chase A few years ago I published an article in Fair Chase titled, “I’ve Walked the Line...Have...

The New, “Better” Deer Rifle

Favored for decades, the lever-action rifle yielded to the turn-bolt. Is it hurtling down a perilous path?Excerpt from Fair Chase Magazine Spring 2025By Wayne Van Zwoll, regular contributor, photos co...

Free Falling

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 time...

Just the Two of Us

My husband and I unloaded our three young children with my parents, and it was just the two of us camping and hunting antelope. Finding a big buck was icing on the cake.By Victoria Bell, photos courte...

Celebrate Freedom

A picture-perfect hunt for a record-book bull turns out to be a young hunter’s last. Excerpt from Winter 2024 Fair Chase MagazineBy Dan E. SchillingMy story doesn’t involve a once-in-a-lifetime...

The Chronic Incompletion of Bighorn Sheep Restoration

Squeezed by disease events, water scarcity, and agency commitment, wild sheep recovery remains a work in progress. Excerpt from Fair Chase Magazine Summer 2025By Andrew McKean, B&C Professional Me...

A Simple Scope

As rifle scopes become more complicated, you might be better off sticking to the basicsExcerpt from Fair Chase Magazine Summer 2024By Wayne Van Zwoll, regular contributor, photos courtesy of authorTh...

Lights, Camera, Moose

Using Trail Cameras to Survey Moose Abundance and Calf Recruitment on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and Glacier National Park in MontanaBy Landon Magee, Boone and Crockett Fellow, University of Mo...