Larry’s Blog: Anticipation
Anticipation and Doodles Larry Weishuhn “You didn’t get into camp last night until after everyone had turned in for the evening. Some tried to stay up, but when it approached mid-night, knowing breakfast would be at five, all abandoned the campfire.” Said the guide as he entered the camp’s well before dawn kitchen. […]
Larry’s Blog: Which Hunting Handgun Sighting System Is Best For You?
Which Hunting Handgun Sighting System Is Best For You? Larry Weishuhn “I’m going to have to replace the red dot sights on my .454 Casull and .44 Mag Raging Hunters with my older Simmons or T/C long-eye relief scopes that I took off of one my vintage T/C Encore or T/C Contender handguns, if […]
Larry’s Blog: Tale of Two Bucks
Tale of Two Bucks Larry Weishuhn Velvet encased antlers accentuated the buck’s massive beams and tines. Even so, I knew at first glance he was a buck I planned to pursue. I saw him again two days later, in the company of the most massive antlered bucks I have ever seen. Years of experience […]
Larry’s Blog: Handguns for Bear
Handguns for Bear .45-70 Gov or .454 Casull Larry Weishuhn I was near the coast of Alaska at the beginning of the Peninsula on the big water side south of Lake Iliamna. The hunt for Alaskan brown bear had been tough, but not finally a bear! The angle was steep! I was bone weary. For […]
Larry’s Blog: Really?
Really? Larry Weishuhn He was there, then gone like an afterthought in a bad situation. I had looked away merely for a heartbeat to glance at the crunching sound of footsteps in the dry white oak leaves that covered the ground behind me. Squirrel! Immediately I again looked forward to prepare taking a shot […]
Larry’s Blog: Calling Moose
I remember the first time I saw a moose, actually, the shoulder mount of a bull moose. It hung in a building which belonged to the Massey family in Columbus, Texas, the town closest to the rural Zimmerscheidt Community where I grew up. I was 8 at the time. I stared and marveled at the […]
Larry’s Blog: Whitetail Summer Scouting
It’s HOT where I live in Texas about an hour west-northwest of Houston. Daytime temperatures and humidity levels are essentially the same numbers, in the high 90’s. This past spring and early summer we have fortunately receive a goodly amount of rainfall. Much of Texas has recently been blessed with rain, but we are a […]
Larry’s Blog: Did You Say Javelina?
It was February 1984. Judd Cooney, former Colorado Game Warden, outdoor writer, outfitter, photographer extraordinaire, and I were headed to attempt to call and photograph coyotes on the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area southwest of Cotulla, Texas. On our way Judd and I had talked about many topics including calling black bear when he asked, “You […]
Larry’s Blog: Back on the Choctaw
“You’ve got to see the bear that just showed up on one of our trail cameras.” Said Dusty Vickrey, manager on the expansive Choctaw Hunting Lodge, owned by the Choctaw Nation. Dusty knew my interest in bears, particularly since I would be returning to the Choctaw come October for the black bear archery season. “He’s […]
Larry’s Blog: Warmer Weather Calling
I had been sitting partially hidden, back against a gnarly mesquite, my open-sight R95 .30-30 Win rested in the crux of my crossed shooting sticks for a good five or more minutes with great anticipation. Thirty steps in front of me my Burnham Brothers Freq electronic call broadcast its unique ultra-sonic sounds of a direly […]