This story, “Old Crooked Horn,” was originally published in the September 1982 issue of Outdoor Life. The big mule deer buck was mad. He wheeled, lowered his head and charged Vaughn Wilkins, who was ...

“It’s time to go.” My father’s rough hand shakes my shoulder in the dark, but he speaks softly so my younger brother on the bunk above me won’t stir. Dad doesn’t know that I’ve been awake for an hour, ...