From the field

Real hunts, real smiles

A few moments from New Zealand, South Dakota and the mountains out West.

Red stag with a huge rack standing in the fog
Red stag in the mistNew Zealand
Smiling hunter behind a big red stag with a long-range rifle on a bipod
Stag among the bouldersNew Zealand
Two hunters kneeling beside a heavy-antlered red stag
One for the wallNew Zealand
Red stag looking out over a grassy ridge
Up on the ridgeNew Zealand
Bowhunter with a velvet mule deer buck at a smoky prairie sunset
Velvet muley with the bowSouth Dakota
Hunter with a big whitetail buck on the open prairie
Whitetail, 175 4/8South Dakota
Mule deer buck against a South Dakota sunset
Sunset muleySouth Dakota
Holding steady, prone in the prairie grass
Holding steadySouth Dakota
David Pikop's dad and brother hunting together
One more hunt togetherSouth Dakota
Filling out a deer tag in the truck
Tag filledSouth Dakota
Smiling hunter carrying a large mountain lion on a sunlit hillside
Mountain lionThe West
Hunters glassing across golden mountain ridges
Glassing the ridgesThe West
Fiery sunset over desert mountains
Desert sundownThe West