Author: Bill Heavey
How to Fall Gracefully | Field & Stream
A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER I know, talking about peaks he no longer attempts, once told me, “Gravity wins in the end.” His words came back to me r [...]
How to Mentor Kids in the Outdoors| Field & Stream
I WAS FINGERPRINTED, twice, provided three references, and underwent a background check. I couldn’t remember ever having been arrested, bu [...]
F&S Classics: The Art of Lying
No one can spin failure quite like Bill Heavey. Illustration by Jack Unruh
This story first ran in February 2004.
SO IT’S F [...]
Villager Captures Giant Crocodile Using a Rope
My nomination for the World’s Bravest Man this week goes to an Indonesian man named Usman (Indonesians frequently go by a single name, sor [...]
Alligator Mistaken For Dog Bites Man in the Leg
You may think you’re too smart to mistake an alligator for a dog, but have you ever been tested? Take this example. It’s a warm June night [...]
Strange ‘Frankenstein’ Fish Caught Near Russia
Take the imagination of some weird children’s book writer—Doctor Seuss, for example—and ask him to dream up a bizarre deep-sea fish. What [...]
Redneck Fishing Tournament Founder Inducted to Hall of Fame
It just goes to show that you, too, can become famous if you have a big heart, a love for the environment, and start a weird fishing tourn [...]
Success vs. Failure at Hunting and Fishing
Editor’s note: As hunters and anglers, we don’t agree on everything. We’ve even been known to argue on occasion. That’s why this week is a [...]
Colorado Angler Lands Huge White River Brown Trout
When Eric Underhill, from Colorado Spring, CO, showed up at Arkansas’ famous White River last week to fish with a colleague, his biggest t [...]
Bass Fishing with Mike Iaconelli
Mike Iaconelli kills the engine, sheds his life jacket, jumps up on the bow, and begins unfolding the trolling motor before his bass boat [...]
Fishing Buddy Takes Out Billboard Ad To Talk Trash
If you fish regularly with your buddies, you know that that belittling, demeaning, and insulting your friends is, by law, as close as you [...]
Why Snow Tracking Is Still the Best Way to Hunt Deer
To kick off the launch of our brand-new Classics Issue, all week long we’ll be publishing stories about timeless adventures, iconic gea [...]
Watch a Massive Alligator Swagger Through Deer Woods
Imagine you’re a bowhunter 20 feet up in your stand hunting whitetail deer over a pile of corn when an absolutely enormous alligator wa [...]
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