I knew I was out of my element before I ever stepped onto the range.
The invitation was to attend a media event at the brand-new Smith & Wesson Academy in Maryville, Tenn., a state-of-the-art training facility built to teach everyone from first-time gun owners to experienced professionals.
Megan Plete: Visiting the Smith & Wesson Training Academy Read More »
Every spring, the Northeast chapter of the American Daughters of Conservation gathers for a day spent fly-fishing on Massachusetts’ Deerfield River.
Some arrive with years of experience behind a fly rod, while others are making their very first cast. Everyone is cheering for one another and celebrating every trout that gets scooped into the net. Flowing 76 miles from southern Vermont through the Berkshires before joining the Connecticut River, the Deerfield is considered one of the premier cold-water fisheries in New England.
Megan Plete: Good friends, good water on Massachusetts’ Deerfield River Read More »
Last month I found myself in a rustic tent camp in the sandhills region of Nebraska with a number of other outdoor media folk from around the country and even Canada. We all came to accomplish the same goal: kill a Merriam turkey.
On the first evening, we drove through winding hills as red dust and gravel scattered behind the flatbed, the kind of country that feels bigger the farther you get into it. Birds were everywhere.
Megan Plete: Sandhills, spring snow, and a Nebraska longbeard Read More »
There is nothing like turkey hunting. The feeling of hearing gobbles echoing in the distance, and the increasing excitement as those sounds get closer and closer.
Megan Plete: Ready for turkey season Read More »
I rolled out of bed hours before sunrise, brewed a cup of coffee, and started pulling on layers of hunting clothes. The plan was simple: meet my dad and my brother at their house around 5 a.m., pile into the truck, and head to our hunting spot.
The morning was clear and frosty. When I arrived, they weren’t ready, so I paced impatiently waiting for them to finish up.
Megan Plete: Little bucks, big memories Read More »
For nearly a century, there has been an organization working quietly and steadfastly to ensure that the voices and priorities of sportsmen in New York don’t get lost in the rooms where conservation policy is written and decisions are made.
That organization is the New York State Conservation Council.
My grandfather looked like Elvis Presley, if Elvis Presley had a mustache and fondness for wearing Johnson wool. He spoke slowly, often with a pipe dangling from the corner of his mouth.
He had the fiery temper of an Italian, but not with me. He was an old-school type of gentleman that did not use swear words in front of the ladies. We both loved reading, writing, and beagles.
Megan Plete: Beagles are built for rabbit hunting Read More »
It was only a few hours into opening morning of rifle season in New York, Nov. 15, and Sullivan County hunter Andrew Ritz had filled both his buck and bear tag.
The 38-year-old had crept into his wooden, elevated hunting shanty before daylight and waited for the woods to awaken. The first action happened right after sunrise, when he heard some deer stomping through the leaves behind him, which turned out to be two does passing through.
New York hunter gets his buck, then the bear that followed Read More »
Tracking a white-tailed buck in the snow looks dreamy in photos.
It has all the elements that make a nostalgic hunting postcard scene: a clean white landscape, hanging branches, and a wool-clad hunter moving like a gentle whisper through fresh powder. My reality was a lot less polished. It was not smooth at all.
Megan Plete: On a buck’s trail and lessons etched in snow Read More »
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