Author: Ryan
The Pursuit and Lessons Learned
“In a civilized and cultivated country wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen. The excellent people who protest against all hunting, and consider sportsmen as enemies of wildlife, are ignorant of the fact that in reality the genuine sportsman is by all odds the most important factor in keeping the larger and more valuable wild creatures from total extermination“
– Theodore Roosevelt
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The Hunter’s Political Err
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Federal Lands: Still soon enough after the Civil War to hear the ringing of gunfire and smell the smoke, March of 1872 brought light to a novel but momentous debate on this nation’s political landscape. Ulysses S. Grant’s signature of the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act was a complete juxtaposition…
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Archery Elk
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We sat, excitedly waiting in anticipation. The bull ran along the steep hillside. It was densely covered in a mosaic of aspen trees; their golden leaves dancing on the breeze. He screamed a high-pitched bugle, as he slowed to a walk. He stopped, bellowed a throaty chuckle, and began thrashing…
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Wild Splendor
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Oh, the wild splendors that nature’s heart, she renders, How terribly estranged we have become.Jagged peaks pierce the clouds but remain obscured beyond the shrouds,The concrete and steel forged by man.Rolling hills of prairie have become an adversary,A helpless victim of man’s lustful greed.Forgotten and misplaced, the beauty we once…
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Our Nation’s Holy Places
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Nearly 250 years after our great nation’s conception, the political landscape continues to plunge into seemingly irreconcilable division. The media fixates on extreme, polarizing ideologies. News outlets thrust our differences into the foreground while allowing our similarities and shared viewpoints to blur into the background. Ballots are cast in support…