Category: PHOTOS
Hunting Gambel’s Quail Through the Lens
The Gambel’s quail (Callipepla gambelii) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border …
Scaled Quail Hunting
Scaled quail are notorious for running from dogs on point. After the covey rise, the singles are tired and will usually hold a little better. English Pointers, Labs and English Cockers do a great job …
Book Review – “In the Shadow of the Carmens: Afield with a Naturalist in the Northern Mexican Mountains”
A reader comments, “It’s like getting a personal tour of a spectacular area that not everyone gets to see. Chapter after chapter, the author put me there with her. You might think it would be …
Elk Country Chronicles – The Sounds of Elk Country Volume 6
Great elk video from Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Along the Rio Grande, a Hot Spring and a Warm Welcome
The Rio Grande Valley below El Paso and above Del Rio is one of the unique areas of the United States.
Navajo Nation Game Surveys
The Navajo Nation contains some of the most beautiful high-desert mountain country in the American Southwest.
Desert Bighorn Sheep at Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Far-West Texas
Big Bend National Park and the area around it is home to bighorn, elk, mule deer, pronghorn and their predators.
Understanding the Effectiveness of Aerial Wildlife Surveys
This article makes very good points about the limitations of aerial surveys of wild animal populations. An unmentioned limiting factor in aerial survey accuracy is that helicopters are routinely used to kill ‘exotic’ animals and …
Urban Coyote: Myth or Fact?
Surprising facts about coyotes.
Hunting’s Remarkable Resilience
Hunters defend their tradition because it helps control population, generates conservation revenues and Fair Chase expresses good sportsmanship. But predation is also physiologically better for wildlife and habitats. Hunters are often as unaware of …