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Widely regarded as the foremost authority on North American big game hunting.
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I Took Jack O’Connor on His Last Hunt

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By Jim Zumbo
| Outdoor Life Verified
This story, “Jack O’Connor’s Last Hunt,” originally ran in the March 1988 issue of Outdoor Life. The whitetail buck was enormous, bigger than any I’d ever seen before. Though I’d hunted around the world many times, I’d never been as excited as I was at that moment. The buck’s rack was high and heavy, with at least 12 points on each side, and his brow tines were each easily one foot long. As an official Boone and Crockett Club measurer, I knew that the deer was an easy candidate for the record book.
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When People Ask Me Why I Hunt, This Is What I Try to Tell Them Original

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By Jim Zumbo
| Outdoor Life Verified
This story, “Why I hunt,” originally appeared in the November 2002 issue. It happens almost every year. I sit on a ridgetop in September, hunting elk somewhere in the Rockies. Flocks of geese fly high overhead in V formation, headed south to their wintering grounds. The honking seems to touch my very soul, and I’m not embarrassed when my eyes begin to tear, even if I’m with someone.
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When Nature Calls and Pooping in the Woods Goes Wrong

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By Jim Zumbo
| Petersen's Hunting Magazine Verified
Sometimes you just gotta go. Jim Zumbo reflects on funny incidents that occurred while hunting and trying to use the bathroom. (Art courtesy of Alex Gunawan) My Vantage point on the slope was perfect. I looked down over a basin that screamed mule deer. So I wasn’t surprised when a big four-point muley emerged from the heavy vegetation and slowly nibbled his way across a wide opening, disappearing in the high brush. My rifle, unfortunately, was 100 yards away in my tent.
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