Mike Dickerson

1 month ago | fieldandstream.com | T. Edward Nickens |Phil Bourjaily |Mike Dickerson

The hounds have turned. I hear them in the distance, echoing off the rolling, snow-clad Maine hills. A chorus of barks and yips morphs into a clamor of bawling chops and ringing howls, sharp as breaking glass. And they’re headed my way. I shift in my snowshoes, breathing hard. For a half hour I’d clambered over blowdowns and shouldered through cedar thickets so tightly grown the snowshoes hardly fit through.

2 months ago | fieldandstream.com | Christine Peterson |Tom Davis |Phil Bourjaily |Mike Dickerson

_We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more ›_It’s late. Your shoulders are tired from carrying a pack, or your ass is tired from driving on rutted roads, and all you want is to find a camping spot and stay. But before you commit to the first place that suggests it could house a tent, there are a couple of questions you’ll want to ask yourself:Am I a late sleeper? Do I want to watch the sunrise? Are there bears around?

2 months ago | fieldandstream.com | Phil Bourjaily |Mike Dickerson |Richard Mann |Will Brantley

Fat, corn-fed Canada geese are among the most delicious game birds you can bring home. Wiki Commons/Guido GerdingSome people eat birds because they like to hunt them, others hunt birds because they like to eat them. I’d be in the latter category. I love hunting, shooting, blinds, decoys, bird guns, gun dogs, all of it—but if I didn’t like the taste of gamebirds, I would hunt something else, or take up golf or bowling.