Operation Eastbound Dispatch 3
Operation Eastbound. 7/31 3:15 p.m. An accident on Interstate 20 has us delayed by about three hours, and that might have been fortuitous because it meant we entered Mississippi during the day and one of the first things I smelled was fresh cut grass. This was not...
Super Tag Winners Help Raise Over a Million for Wildlife
First appeared on Buckrail.com WYOMING – Wildlife conservation was the real winner when the Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced the winners of its Wyoming Super Tag raffle on July 15. Created by Gov. Matt Mead and the Wyoming Legislature in 2013, the Super Tag...
An App to Navigate the Digital Wilderness
In the age of social media censorship of hunting and shooting sports content, outdoor enthusiasts feel alienated online. As platforms like Facebook and Instagram increasingly rely on automation and algorithms that flag innocuous hunting and firearms content, users...
Sportsmen Respond to New Effort to Lease and Drill the Ruby Mountains
New proposal for oil and gas leasing highlights the need for congressional action Sportsmen and women are vocally opposing a new effort to open up the Ruby Mountains to oil and gas development concerns over impacts ot habitat and wildlife. Days after the U.S. Forest...
How To Turn A 240sq. ft. Shack Into A First-Rate Outdoorsman’s Kitchen
At first glance, the little 12-by-20-foot building nestled in the trees behind the house might look just like a shack used to house lawn equipment and ‘stuff’ that will eventually wind up donated to a resale store. Once inside my little "Cooking Shack," the casual...
An Interview with Interior Secretary David Bernhardt
When entering Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s office in downtown Washington, D.C., I notice a beautiful trophy antler mount hanging above the fireplace. Bernhardt, beaming with pride, tells me the massive antlers belonged to the moose he harvested in Alaska's...
Importance of Youth Hunting on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey
Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey strongly encourages all hunters to mentor a youth this fall. This is a critical time for the sport of hunting, especially for the future generation of young men and women that must carry the torch. A recent survey by the US Fish...
45-70 And 7×57 Mauser Compared
From Ron Spomer Outdoors Comparing the 45-70 and 7×57 cartridges will raise eyebrows. Might even turn the air blue on some social media sites (apples to oranges!) I’ll be called everything from a dumb #$&*%! to an ignorant #+=$^@*. But we shall know the truth, and...
House Committee Hearing on “Cecil Act” Attacks Hunters and Undermines Conservation Efforts
Safari Club International vehemently opposes H.R 2245, the “Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act” or “CECIL Act,” which was the subject of a hearing today in the U.S House of Representatives’ Natural Resources Subcommittee on...
An excerpt from Huge Grizzly At Close Range
As it appears In ALASKA BEARS, SHAKEN AND STIRRED About three o’clock by my watch, which is actually solar midday in that latitude, I settled in at the edge of the cut bank next to Bruce. We had not seen a single big game animal so far that entire day. Bruce asked...