Field Stories
Real hunts. Real memories.
Handpicked tales from NorCal hunters — deer camps, duck blinds, turkey ridges, and everything in between.
Handpicked tales from NorCal hunters — deer camps, duck blinds, turkey ridges, and everything in between.
Got a hunt worth telling? Editors read every one.
Submit a storyReader submission · Shasta Cascade
Two brothers, one last morning on a ridge they have hunted since they were kids, and a first buck that made the walk out worth every step.
Reader submission · Sacramento Valley
Opening-week teal, a leaky wader, and a Lab that did not care about the weather. The limit almost didn't happen.
Reader submission · B zone
A legal fork at last light, a wind that switched, and the walk out with an empty strap that still felt like the right hunt.
Reader submission · Yuba foothills
Acorns, a creek bottom, and a sow we passed so we could take the lone boar that showed after the light went flat.
NorCalHunt desk · Sacramento Valley
A public field, a dog that finally checked back, and a single rooster that made the Saturday.
Reader submission · Colusa
A January wind, a spread that was almost right, and the one goose that looked at the decoys and kept going.