Matagi

Story By Photos Oak Stories Read Time 11 minutes Posted There is no map of the matagi people, a mountain-dwelling group of hunters found in the highlands of northern Honshu, the largest island of Japan. They exist in the borderlands of the world we know, in step with...

Deer Wars

Story by Photos Byron Pace & Tyler Sharp Read Time 12 minutes Posted The conversation of the clients — sitting about a hundred meters behind me — drifts on the swirling wind and annoys me slightly. Seven hundred meters below, the stags I have been looking for...

Fire & Fear on the Middle Fork

Story by Photos Gloria Goñi Read Time 14 minutes Posted The first thing you learn about fighting fire in the Salmon River breaks — the steep, rocky, wind-buffed slopes above the waterway and its many forks — is to fear them. The term “river breaks” is particularly apt...

Hope Dies Last

Story by Photos Mansal Denton Read Time 18 minutes Posted Our truck stops, and my host looks in the rearview mirror. Shifting gears, he reverses slowly, peering out his window. A few hours prior, fresh snowfall created a new layer of substrate, ideal for tracking wild...

Love, Loss & the Blood of a Stag

Story by Photos Tyler Sharp & Byron Pace Read Time 16 minutes Posted After nearly four years of anticipation, reminiscing and planning, it was to be my triumphant return to Scotland. With two visits behind me, and two red stags that slipped away on a separate trip...

The Land of the Tall Grass, Again.

Story by Photos Melanie Elzinga Read Time 32 minutes Posted Above the Salmon River, a puff of smoke clings to the canyon wall, signaling to voyeurs that the remnants of the Moose Fire have yet to fully reshape the landscape, consuming the old and allowing the new to...

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