Don, a fire spotter for the U.S. Forest service was hiking down a little used trail in an area seldom visited by man in one of those vast wilderness areas of Montana.  As he came around a bend in the trail he spotted a young black bear moving in his direction on the same trail.
The [...]

It must be remembered that the following described technique is still under a lot of attack but there are many cases where the efficiency of the technique has been tested on snakebite vicims especially in third world countries with positive results.
If you research the treatment you will find many articles, pro and con. It must [...]

I was following a wilderness trail back on the state land near my home searching for bear sign.
 
As a naturalist and a wildlife photographer I have spent countless hours observing bears and I have concluded that of all creatures bears really are such interesting folks.
 
The similarities between bears and humans are quite remarkable.
 
 Think [...]

                        The large snake was warm and for the moment that was all that was important.
 
Lying in the grass as he was he was well hidden though there were not many that would dare to intrude upon the reptiles solitude.
  
In six years of life he had never been threatened by another predator except [...]

 
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 [...]

Well, as you remember, last time we had about given up on ever finding “Killer.” Dootsie Bobo and I agreed that some other unscrupulous hunter had stolen my new, “double pedigreed” ‘coon hound and we were on the way home.  We would resume the search on the next day.
The dog pee on Dootsie Bobo’s trouser [...]

It was one of those special, other worldly, northern winter nights when nothing can surprise you and you just know that anything might happen.
A full moon made the snow shrouded woodland glow in a mysterious, almost magical iridescence.
It was one of those nights when all of nature held its breath, waiting, just waiting. One of [...]