Larry Case Archive

Slowly, one quiet step at a time I stalked my quarry. It was July and it was hot and very humid, common conditions for a muddy riverbank in southern West Virginia. The air was heavy with humidity and riverbank smells, cicadas and other insects droned in the trees, a trickle of sweat rolled down by […]

Deer camp, to deer hunters these words are magical and something that hangs around in the back of your head all year long. It’s time for deer season. It only comes once a year and for those who are deer hunters it’s Christmas, the fourth of July, your birthday, and the last day of school. […]

It’s the first day of squirrel season and I am not in the woods. It’s the first day of squirrel season and I am not in the woods. I have let the threat of a little rain in the forecast keep me from going. I stand on the front porch of the camp with coffee […]

The gray faced pointer eased over to my knee and requested an audience. With her chin resting there I looked into the eyes that seem to become more soulful with every passing day. “What’s on your mind?” I said, thinking how much I would miss her. Her expression was that of a teacher addressing an […]

Youth will be served. This week a group of young shooters from West Virginia will travel to Marengo, Ohio and the Cardinal Shooting Center. The Cardinal is a state-of-the-art shooting facility that among other things offers 52 Trap houses and 14 Skeet fields. The guys and girls from the Mountaineer Clay Crushers Team will be […]

Spring comes and a young man’s fancy turns to….trout? What is it with trout? Can any of you tell me? I hope that you can. How can something as simple as a fish swimming in the water, minding his own business, just being a fish, cause so much flap and controversy? I have observed this […]

“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” – Isaac Asimov I don’t believe in Sasquatch. I spent over 36 years dealing with wildlife and outdoor-related issues on the job and many more as a hunter just tramping in the woods but I’ve never seen or heard […]

(Authors note: In late February I will once again be at the Squirrel Master Classic at the Southern Sportsman’s Lodge near Montgomery, Alabama. The competition is intense, wish me luck! ) That’s Rivermutt, he is treed!” The words came from our dog handler, Ronnie O’Neal and we all took off through the Alabama creek bottom […]

Just about this time every year most outdoor and gun writers do the same thing. They will all do a column or article about putting away all your guns and gear. There will be a lot of talk about cleaning guns, making sure it is done right, putting away gear, cleaning boots, and packing away […]

Don’t ask me why but lately I have been thinking about catfish. That’s right, catfish, those whiskered denizens of a lot of our local lakes and rivers. We have talked about catfish here before but I felt it was time for another little heart to heart about these misunderstood and tasty fish. So named because […]