Bill Heavey
Writer and Editor at Large at Field & Stream
Writer, editor-at-large, Field & Stream. Author, "Should the Tent Be Burning Like That? A Professional Amateur's Guide to the Outdoors"
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2 months ago |
fieldandstream.com | Bill Heavey |Paul Richards |Steven Hill |Richard Mann
Pretty much all of the really impressive “biggest snakes in the world”—the 50-footers and up—live online or in Hollywood. (Many of the latter starred in the 1982 Arnold Schwarzeneggar breakthrough hit Conan the Barbarian and are retired now.) But even in the real world, a handful of snake species can grow to immense proportions.
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Jun 25, 2024 |
fieldandstream.com | Bill Heavey |Steven Hill |Phil Bourjaily |GunsThe Long
A lot of things will lie to you in your life, but not poop. Close examination of animal scat will help you identify not only the species but how recently the animal was there, its sex, what it ate, even where it might be going. There are a lot of hunters who don’t know scat about animal poop. Don’t be one of them. Below is everything you should know (and possibly more than you want to know) about how to identify animal poop from 11 different species, and what each do-do can tell you.
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Feb 26, 2024 |
fieldandstream.com | Bill Heavey
Survival Wilderness Survival Adobe Photostock SHARE Which of the following is something you will never hear a man say? (A) I have no sense of humor. (B) I’m actually a lousy driver. (C) I’m terrible at building fires. While all are unlikely, only (C) is a genetic impossibility, overriding the DNA inherited from countless generations of our fire-making male ancestors.
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Jan 26, 2024 |
fieldandstream.com | David E. Petzal |Phil Bourjaily |Bill Heavey |T. Edward Nickens
Conservation Hunting Conservation Field & Stream Archives SHARE We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more ›For more than 100 years Field & Stream has been the wellspring of hunting and fishing knowledge. Since our wisdom is boundless, and can take a while to absorb at full length, we’ve distilled it into encyclopedia form.
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Jan 25, 2024 |
fieldandstream.com | Bill Heavey
Hunting Big Game Hunting Deer Hunting Whitetail Hunting Dave Ehrig, “Mr. Black Powder,” fires a flintlock. "A good flintlock is going to go off in five one-hundredths of a second, which is about as fast as you can blink,” he says. "But you have to get your cheek on the stock and keep it there until after the gun is fired. Otherwise, all you’ll see is the backside of a deer running away.”.
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Only a pretty dumb species could invent machines smarter than we are...
Now when I see doctors, and ask about how I can stay functional longer, all replies end with re-assurances that I’m doing well “for a man your age.” Like it’s great that I can still chew my own food and not slobber too much on myself.
Wow, Jay, that’s crazy. A small world. Purple Heart at Leyte. You must be very proud https://t.co/771TCKulSL
@bill_heavey was catching up on your 4/2013 F&S column (that's what real men do) and realized my grandad served under yours in the 2nd ESB! He earned the Purple Heart at Leyte. Small world!