I began hunting in the West several years ago. When it came to field dressing an animal, the only experience I had was “gutting” a whitetail— just like how everyone else in my family did here in Pennsylvania. One of the first things I had to figure out once we committed to our first western […]
Packing Out Big Game Made Easy: How the “Packout” Has Changed My Hunting Forever Read More »
Setting the scene The date is September 22nd. The sun is at its highest point above the mountains. It is Day 6 of your scheduled eight-day elk hunt. You haven’t felt this type of exhaustion since high school football conditioning practice. The evenings and mornings have been quiet. The elk are not bugling like the
Training for Hunting Read More »
Hunting. Why do we do it? This is something I find myself thinking about a lot. Whether I am sitting in a tree on an oak flat looking for whitetails or in the mountains at 12,000 feet glassing mule deer. Even though there are many moments where I feel “right at home”, there are other
Don’t fall into the trap. I remember my first elk hunt in Colorado. Gosh, I had so many close encounters. I felt like I was righttt below the success threshold. I found elk. I was so close so many times. What was I missing? Ah-ha! I know what it is. It didn’t take me long
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