Photos: Florida Man Attacked by Shark After Bite from Gator

Justin Stuller is well on his way to some kind of Floridian grand slam. After enduring a nasty alligator bite a decade ago, he was bitten by a large lemon shark earlier this month. What comes after that? Barracuda? Burmese python? Wild boar? Stuller, guide and owner of Estero River Outfitters, took his family down to the Keys for a short lobster season. On the second day, right after they reached their lobster limit, he noticed a hogfish with its...

Cartooning Conservation: Ding Darling, Ed Anderson, and Saving South Florida

Wandering around ICAST, the big fishing industry tradeshow in Florida a few years ago, I came around a corner and saw a burly man in front of an easel. I watched as he set down his paintbrush, slung a ukulele off his back, and absentmindedly began strumming a tune toward the six-foot wide, half-finished painting of a tarpon. Though early in the composition, the creator’s identity stood out in bold brushstrokes, loud colors, and the slightly comic...

Meditations and Mantras from a First Hunting Season and Kill

We were posted up on a hillside during what seemed like a lull in the morning, glassing and wondering where that big buck we saw at first light had wandered. I turned to Katie Hill, asking some extraneous question to occupy my agitated thoughts when suddenly she yanked the hood of my jacket towards the ground and whisper-yelled at me. “Get down. They’re right behind you.” Anxiety as an Adult-Onset Hunter I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about...