Jeff Ell
JEFF ELL: You’re Only Allowed One Truly Great Dog
There is an immutable law of the universe that not many people care to talk about. An incontrovertible principle that we all quietly accept, but rarely choose to acknowledge.Dog...
JEFF ELL: Snow In May
"Snow in May-Poor man's pay . . ."That’s what an old farmer told me. But...
JEFF ELL: The Four Seasons: Fishing, Girls, Cars, Fishing
“When I was a kid I was into fishing, then I got into cars, then...
JEFF ELL: The Makeup-Free Forest
Like "Maggie's face in the morning sun," the leafless world of early spring is when...
JEFF ELL: Relocated Wildlife
It’s illegal to relocate wildlife in Virginia. So if you have a nuisance raccoon or...
Of Broad Heads and Bullets and Mysterious Forces
Here is the evidence you’ve been so patiently waiting for. The irrefutable, seeing is believing proof, that the antlers of whitetail deer have the...
Antlerology 201
In last months column we revealed the scientific breakthrough that is shaking the foundations of the hunting and the scientific communities. Naturalist, physicist, zoologist,...
Missed A Big Buck Lately? This Columns for You – Antlerology 101
If you know a hunter, you’ve undoubtedly heard the same old story that goes something like this: “There was this giant buck right in...
Jeff’s Timely Tips on Deer Processing
My wife grew up hating venison. Her brothers would occasionally kill a deer, or take the hind quarters off road-kill that the state police...
Mastering The E-Hunt
Deer hunting and smartphones were made for each other like Brad and Angelina.
About seven years ago the old bachelor sport met the lithe piece...
Roanoker Wins Alaskan Fishing Tournament:
When Roanoke local Rusty Pugh landed a promotion from his company this summer, he didn’t know that salmon fishing would be part of his...