I THOUGHT it would be a thrill to have a black bear climb into my tree stand with me, as they sometimes do on baited hunts. Then I watched a sow walk under the 15-foot-high wooden platform where I was ...

We have been hunting together every year for the past three years. We’ve had a good time and a successful hunt every year, and 1967 was no exception. In the early part of that year, I decided to try ...

Author’s Note: This story first published more than a decade ago in Outdoor Life magazine. I’m a firm believer that some of our hunting memories can only be truly appreciated in time. It’s not that we ...

This story, “Upshot: A Record Bear,” appeared in the June 1969 issue of Outdoor Life. The two dogs took off like twin streaks, and within minutes they were out of hearing. We ran to the truck and ...