Clark's Stories

First Buck - Part 2

First Buck - Part 2
            Eventually, the sky took on a glow, sort of a faint orange colors, almost daylight, “Hip hip hooray,” I thought.  We could start to see...

First Buck - Part 1

First Buck - Part 1
               I grew up in a hunting family. OR I should say I grew up with a hunting father who taught us how to shoot a rifle and hit what we we...

When You Need a Compass - Part 2

When You Need a Compass - Part 2
           According to the topo map, the ridge we were now on, would take us several miles off course and eventually we would end up almost six or...

When You Need a Compass - Part 1

When You Need a Compass - Part 1
              Jim Dutson and I were in the same National Guard unit in Idaho, our headquarters unit was in Rigby a combat engineer company.  We had...

The Greenbroke Appaloosa - Part 2

See part 1 for the first half of this story .           I turned my horse, I was riding Ranger that day, and I went up the canyon in search of M...

The Greenbroke Appaloosa - Part 1

The Greenbroke Appaloosa - Part 1
             Up on the cow range, we had a four-year-old greenbroke appaloosa in our horse herd, emphasis on the work “green”.  One bright sunny mo...

Bear Encounters - Part 2

Bear Encounters - Part 2
See part 1 for the first half of this story .                I have never been attacked by a bear for which I am very grateful, but I’ve been ver...

Bear Encounters - Part 1

Bear Encounters - Part 1
          When I’m in the mountains hunting, fishing or just camping, there is nothing that gets my attention faster than the word “BEAR!”  I have ...

Rodeo

Rodeo
              I like rodeos.  Ever since I was a kid, I can remember going to them in Idaho Falls.  The big one there was called the “War Bonnett R...

The Black Stallion - Part 2

The Black Stallion - Part 2
See part 1 for the first half of the story            On a hill, about 100 to 150 yards in front of us, a herd of wild horses came into view as the...

The Black Stallion - Part 1

The Black Stallion - Part 1
              The term “Black Stallion” conjures up many feelings and thoughts in people who have read or heard stories about wild horses, or seen ...

My World Champion Horse

My World Champion Horse
            I may be wrong, I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure I owned the only horse in the world that accomplished this feat. If there are any...