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It’s hard to argue with the deliciousness of a perfectly wrapped japanese dumpling filled with wild game, vegetables and spices. Gyoza is a super fu…
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I was guiding in New Zealand. We’re set up and I see these Chamois on a cliff face 300-400 yards across the valley. My client takes the shot. The Chamois drops b…
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My 2018 Alaska Dall sheep hunt was one of the hardest I’d ever done. Backpacking 13 miles to basecamp through the extreme terrain of the Wrangell Mountains,…
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It’s crazy, when my whole passion for fishing started, I wanted to go and catch more and bigger, and that’s how it was defined for me.
I still really lov…
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Lower East Side NYC. I’m on the floor of my 4-story walk up unable to move. After 15+ years of tattooing an average of 11 hours a day, my back finally gave out.&n…
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Early on, my husband and I gave elk hunting a go. We hiked into a steep area and I spotted a bull elk. It was several canyons over, so we went home and planned to mo…
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The most difficult moments I’ve encountered are those of self-doubt, insecurity and negativity. We all experience those moments – it’s how we deal…
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Here’s the deal: you’ve got a little girl from Australia who thought, I reckon I can make a go of it in America. I emigrated six years ago, and now I’m living in T…
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This van kept going by our house in Elk Park, Montana. Early morning and late at night, it creeped along the gravel road when most people hauled ass. It was obv…
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