A bright, blood-orange sun dipped below a fir and ponderosa mantled ridge in Montana’s Blackfoot River country. A tedious, yet picturesque afternoon-long wait had come down to this; fifteen minutes before last legal hunting light and still no deer had…
Rifle scopes are better now than ever before in history. Everyday, manufacturers add more features, more complexity, and more cost. It’s easy for the average hunter to get confused when it comes time to select a new scope. There are…
It took almost a week to find the elk. They shimmered on a far off ridge in the afternoon mirage through the spotting scope. Just one problem: two miles lay between you and them. Two miles across rolling ridges set…
Pronghorn. Antilocapra Americana. Speed Goat. Regardless the name, the world’s second fastest land mammal is a supreme challenge for even the most jaded hunter. These Pleistocene throwbacks can spot trouble miles away. Then they flee at 60 miles per hour…
It’s on. The whitetail deer rut starts in October and runs into November. Hunters across the U.S. spend time and money to get the inside track on when the rut occurs in their area, and with good reason. The rut…
Mere days after a Federal Judge put the brakes on planned grizzly bear hunts in Wyoming and Idaho and months after Montana halted its own hunt, a male grizzly mauled a man in Montana. The victim, who survived the assault,…
On September 24th, 2018, Federal Judge Dana Christensen ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reverse its decision to remove grizzly bears in the Yellowstone ecosystem from “Threatened” status, and put a permanent stop to planned, limited hunts in…
Savage bolt-action rifles have many excellent features. They are accurate, simple, reliable, and affordable. To this list add, easy to modify. All Savages based on their original Model 10 feature a no nonsense barrel attachment method. While most rifles barrels…
Rifle suppressors have become must have gear for hunters. Once considered proof someone is a poacher, more and most states in the U.S. now realize these hearing protection devices are good, not evil. All too many people, even gun owners,…
“Dash it all!” Okay, I said something else, but the fact remained my old insulated hunting boots had failed–big time. Worn and banged silly from years spent chasing elk, deer, bears, and just about anything else which walks on all…
