Author: Keith Alexis

By: Bud Alexis It was my first muzzle loader hunt. The doe stood only fifty yards away. Just like I practiced, I drew a bead with the open sights. I had borrowed the gun from a friend, and was warned…

By: Bud Alexis When the line went slack I knew I was in trouble. Three people already had been attacked and bitten by sharks in this area, and I had about 50 yards to swim back to shore. Anticipating any…

By: Bud Alexis I enjoy bow hunting. So, a friend and I on one of our bow hunting trips decided that if we did not get any deer, that we would stay after dark and try to call up a…

By: Bud Alexis I joined the Marine Corp reserve when I was in the 11th grade, and each summer we would have to go to Camp Pendleton, Ca, for training.  It was on one of these tours that I had…

By: Bud Alexis Helllllp!  It didn’t sink in at first, but I did listen to see if that was a distress call.   Hellllp!  No doubt this time, so we began running through the woods toward the help calls.  We would…

By: Bud Alexis When living in Ridgecrest, La, I had to take my daughter and son to piano lessons in Natchez, Ms.  When I reached Vidalia, I had to get gas, and in the process the gas belched out of…

By: Bud Alexis As I walked past a huge oak tree I came face to face with this monster.  We were about five feet apart staring eyeball to eyeball. We lived in a little town close to the Mississippi River,…

By: Bud Alexis The icy dark waters quickly closed in around me and I found myself struggling to get back to the surface. I couldn’t believe this was happening to me. Finally I came to the surface floundering, trying to…

By: Bud Alexis On one of my scouting trips, I had stopped to fix something on my six wheeler ATV.  In the process of my repairs, I looked up and a beautiful eleven point came within twenty five yards of…