Christine Peterson

3 weeks ago | fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily |Christine Peterson

A 22.5-Inch Beard. 13 Beards Total. And 4 More Incredible Wild Turkey RecordsEvery turkey is a trophy, of course, but some are more unusual trophies than others. As hunters tag birds across the country this spring some birds have more beards or longer beards or spurs. Some are heavyweights, and some combine beards, spurs and weight to score high on the National Wild Turkey Federation scoring system. The NWTF keeps the record book on turkeys.

1 month ago | fieldandstream.com | David E. Petzal |Tom Davis |Christine Peterson |Phil Bourjaily

I met Buzz Charlton in 1992, on a safari in Zimbabwe when he was a 19-year-old apprentice PH. Buzz’s father was a professional hunter in Kenya, and Buzz has hunted since he was a boy. He has survived attacks by hippo, mamba, and elephant, and has kept both his life and his sense of humor. On a safari in 2017, he managed to listen to two weeks’ of my “safaris in the good old days” stories without going mad.

2 months ago | fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily |Christine Peterson |David E. Petzal |H.G. Tapply

| Morels can be hard to spot, and one of the most common mistakes among foragers is walking right past them. Flickr/George P. Macklin |For a lot of outdoorsmen, especially this time of year, “mushrooms” means “morel mushrooms.” Widespread, delicious, and easy to identify, morels are our best-known and best-loved wild mushroom. In many parts of the country, spring is the best time to forage and find morels.