A slave was born in 1846. No month was recorded. The day of his birth was not thought significant enough to remember. He was the third generation of his family to live in bondage and servitude to a farmer in Mississippi.
He was born to the Mississippi Delta, a place that, at the time, echoed all of the same mysterious breadth of flora and fauna that the Amazon jungles could provide. Plantations were hacked, by hand, out of canebrakes and swamps so thick that every step forward necessitated a battle with nature. Mosquitos, stinging insects, and venomous snakes were constant adversaries in the primeval forest and the labor merciless in the agricultural fields that were created. Slaves died of malaria, yellow fever, and typhoid. They died of exhaustion, they were beaten to death, and they were hanged. The brutality of the space and the era was both mercurial and omnipresent. It was persistent in its danger, its wildness and its horror.
Landscape shapes our existence and it informs our understanding of self. This was the space that helped to form one of the superlative hunters of America and arguably the greatest bear hunter in the country’s history, Holt Collier.
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THE END OF 2020, CHALLENGES COMING IN 2021
SOMETHINGS EVERY SPORTSMAN OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT. STAY ENGAGED!
SPRING HUNTING IN MAINE
In 1982 Maine closed its spring season, but you can still spring hunt with an outfitter on some tribal lands.
Bears & Gobblers
SPRING BEAR & TURKEY IN MONTANA
Western Bear Hunting
Picking the right outfitter - Picking the right outfitter can make or break your experience.
Three Phases of the Spring
Understanding the Pros & Cons in the Timing of Spring Bear Hunting
Extreme Utility
Jeff Senger kills for a living.
Canning - Bear Meat
The last six months my non-hunting friends asking increasingly specific questions about how to turn animals into meat.
Bear Dogs - East vs West
The term “bear dog” means something different to every houndsman.
Alaska - One Last Grizzly (DIY)
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, BUT THE AUTHOR HAS HAD A HECK OF A RUN ON ARCTIC GRIZZLY
Understanding Skull Size in Evaluating Trophy Black Bear
Black bears can be one of the most difficult big game animals to judge before the shot.
