Running for her life, endeavoring to escape the terror that was fast approaching the doe was already fatigued.
Her ragged breath and rolling eyes indicated her primordial fear for she instinctively understood the inevitable outcome of the contest if she was to so much as falter.
The snow hampered her progress, dragging at her, holding her back [...]

The pup had reached the end of the trail. With no idea what he had been following he had come face to face with his quarry. Yes, he had reached the end of the trail and it could very well be his last, for the formidable creature that he faced could kill, horribly. The young [...]

                                                                                                                             
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying: ‘This is the way, walk ye in it.’ “       (Isaiah 30: 21)
 
We were fighting forest fire in Northern Michigan.  For three days we dug fire breaks only to have the fire sweep around us.  We [...]

 
As soon as I glimpsed the small group of whitetail deer approaching the river I beached the canoe and quietly stepped into the shallow water.  I was wearing cutoffs and an old pair of sneakers as well as my well-used camouflage gear. 
The water was cool as I moved quietly to the downstream side of [...]

I don’t want to alarm you by what I am going to say but I want you consider the implications carefully. Civilization as we know it might be, probably is, definitely is, nearing an end.
I have never considered myself a conspiracy theory nut, or, contrary to popular opinion, any sort of nut. Just because I [...]

Another episode in: THE FINER ART OF HOUSE KEEPING FOR DISCRIMINATING GUYS
As is usual with things of this magnitude it all started quite innocently enough.  I decided to clean the refrigerator.  Why I felt that this was necessary I can’t imagine, after all, when a thing has gone ten years without being cleaned there can’t [...]

I am somewhat remiss for having left out this portion of Killer’s tale, please forgive my remissiveness. 
We mustn’t dismiss this tragic tale of woe without regaling and beguiling you with one more of our misadventures with my faithful ‘coon hound, “Killer” otherwise, A.K.A. “Ol’ Pisser.”
Oh yes, I feel somewhat obligated to honor a fellow, or is it that, [...]