Author: Larry Weishuhn

It was the middle 1960’s, the site, a shooting range on the banks of Cummins Creek just north of Columbus, Texas and the Gulf Coast Prairie. Hollis Sillivan, our local Texas Ranger handed me a large framed single-action revolver. “Give this one a try! Bit more powerful than what you’re shooting.” Said he with a smile. I accepted the revolver, noticed the hole in the muzzle was bigger than my .357 Mag., then glanced at the stamp on the barrel, .44 Rem Mag. I had read about the round but had not previously had the opportunity to shoot it. “Got…

“You are absolutely nuts!  I cannot believe you passed up that buck!  He’s huge!  What in the world is the matter with you?” questioned almost demanded by friend and cameraman Jeff Parker.  “That was one of the biggest if not the biggest bucks I have ever seen!” I listened patiently as he continued to question my sanity. We were hunting in Frio County, Texas about half way between the iconic Brush Country deer hunting towns of Pearsall and Uvalde, just south of the Frio River. The ranch belonged to a dear friend, Gary Machen.  Gary, plus Murphy Ray who co-authored…

There is no doubt that I love to rattle in Whitetail bucks. And there is also no doubt that I continue to gain knowledge about Whitetails from hunting them. I freely admit that I have made mistakes during my past 70 years of hunting deer. Some of those mistakes have cost me opportunities at some truly impressive bucks. As a result, I have learned much about hunting and about animals, but also about myself. And I continue to learn every time I go to the field. Got to love it! Quite a few years ago, two yearling bucks, a spike…

Photos: Larry Weishuhn Outdoors “Did you really see seven buck fights going on at the same time?” That’s how David O’Keefe, my outfitter friend, questioned me. I had set up to hunt with him on a South Texas brush country ranch I managed at the time. He and I were doing some pre-season scouting. “Did!” I quipped. “Same fourteen bucks I saw in that food plot three days ago. But then, they were all buddies grooming each other! Amazing, the difference a couple of days can make every day they get closer to the rut,” I responded. Initially, I had…

A voice came from somewhere behind me, saying, “Hey old man, I bet I can guess what caliber you’re going to be hunting with this fall.” Initially, I looked around to see what “old man” the speaker was addressing. Not seeing anyone else, I realized it must be me. Before I could answer, the speaker said, “Yeah!  You with the white beard, wearing that big, brown western hat!” Me…Old?  Maybe I am in years, but I have never felt that way. I may be a bit closer to the century mark than to the mid-century mark, but I still think…

Every journey begins with a first step! “The Journey” is a new, fast-action, information- and fun-filled television series. It has been created by the show’s host, Brandon Houston, with input from veteran outdoorsman Larry Weishuhn, who serves as the show’s co-host. Together, Brandon and Larry have created a series that incorporates their backgrounds as professional wildlife biologists, along with their great wildlife management and hunting experience, and theira desire to inform in a highly entertaining manner. Their knowledge and experiences, coupled with the creative abilities of Stonehurst Production’s Chris Daniels, will have anyone who loves the outdoors critically and popularly…

As the father of two daughters, I often got tickled when I heard sometime say, “Poor Larry, if only he had sons instead of daughters, think of the great hunts they could do!” I never responded, but I knew my daughters Theresa and Beth could out-shoot and out-hunt any male youngster I had ever been around. Both shot their first Whitetail when they were eight years old. They used my favorite deer rifle at the time, a .270 Winchester, and both dropped the deer in its tracks. We continued hunting together through their school years and into college, and do…

Thankfully, The Global Sportsman booth was only a short walk down an aisle at DSC’s 2022 Annual Convention and Hunting Expo. That’s when John Landgraf, a fellow Texas Aggie, said in response to my questions about hunting Baja California, Mexico, “Late October works for me! We’ll finalize our agreement and get gun and passport information to Patty when we get home.” (Patty Curnutte heads The Global Sportsman booking agency. John and I had frequently used her and her husband John’s agency to book trips throughout the world in the past. ) John and I sat down with Patty. Said told…

The hunt had been fun, though long and grueling, and for the past several days I had crawled up a tree using a “climber” and hunted at the convergence of three active trails. One came and went from a large grain field, the other led to a dense cedar swamp and the third ran out to a rocky ridge. The property was relatively small, far smaller than most of the places I hunted back home in Texas. The tree I crawled up using a borrowed “vintage” climber was certainly not my idea. My Wisconsin host proclaimed, nay demanded: “You can’t…

Here’s where my brother was frustratingly situated. “That blasted doe must have a sixth or seventh sense! Whenever she gets close to where I’m sitting, she starts blowing! And it doesn’t matter what stand I’m in. This afternoon, she started blowing before she got to my north shooting lane, the blind in the northwest corner. The wind was out of the north. I know she did not smell me. And…I have the windows covered with dark cloth. There’s no way she could see in or even see a silhouette or shadow.” My brother continued. “Two days ago, a nice eight-…