An Empty Quiver: Chapter 22. I’m Still Out There
This is, sadly, the last chapter in Dr. Dave Samuel's exciting book on his life and times bowhunting around the...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 21. My Last Tough Bowhunt
There is something magical about grizzly bears and of course, there is a tinge of danger in doing so with...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 20 – Buffalo, Argentina Style
In March, 2005 I had the opportunity to go to Argentina to bowhunt. I was joined by the guys from...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 19. Off-Season Adventure; Exotics in Texas
In Chapter 19 Dr. Dave Samuel heads for the South Hills ranch to bowhunt for exotics like aoudad, blackbuck, axis...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 18. Once-in-a-Lifetime Moose
In this chapter of Dave's exciting book, he goes on a hunt in Utah to follow his long dream for...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 17. Two Old Goats
With a number of physical ailments to contend with Dr. Dave Samuel set out on this third attempt to take...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 16 – Hunting The Diminutive Desert Deer
In this Chapter of An Empty Quiver Dr. Dave goes after the Grey Ghost, the desert Coues Deer.
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 15. The Not-So-Easy Merriams
I walked out to look for sign, and the guide stepped up, asking "What the heck are you doing?" I...
Will Prions End Deer Hunting?
The prions that cause Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in whitetails, mule deer, and elk, are extremely complex, almost impossible to...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 14. A Field Guide to Elk – Pt 3
My bull was a 6x6 and scored 300 inches. Not one of those New Mexico monsters, but a good first...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 14. A Field Guide to Elk – Pt 2
Cows and small bulls fed past me at forty to sixty yards. The direction they were moving meant they would...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 14. A Field Guide to Elk – Pt 1
My chances for drawing a mid-September elk permit in this central New Mexico area were nil, but darned if I...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 13. Be Still My Heart – Pt 2
I held the draw and he again chased another cow at around thirty-five yards. Suddenly he was broadside and I...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 13. Be Still My Heart – Pt 1
Come along with Dr. Dave Samuel on one of the most difficult, exciting hunts of his life. This was truly...
Social Media Is Not A Hunters Friend
There are more non-hunters, than hunters so we in the sport have to be extremely careful as to what we...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 12. Hunting The Bearded One
The bull stopped at fifty yards, but just as I started to draw, a low but menacing growl caused us...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 11. Spirit of the Plains
We found the big bull but how was I to get close? There was almost no cover in this country,...
Great Dysfunction in Conservation Today
Diseases are impacting wildlife in ways we have never seen before. Salamanders are threatened worldwide. In many parts of the...
An Empty Quiver: Chapter 10. Your Time Has Come
I began to talk to myself. “You stop there big guy, with your head and butt behind those two elms,...
More Money Than Brains
Staten Island, NY has a deer problem so Mayor, Bill de Blasio, and city officials have decided to do vasectomies...