Invading Greystone Castle

Invading Greystone Castle

We discovered a wealth of gamebirds and grand bucks! “Pheasant, behind!” shouted Cody Mohler. I turned, shouldering my 20-gauge Ruger Red Label. But before I could get on the long-tailed rooster another flushed, this one much closer to where I had my shotgun pointed....
7 Tips for Staying Safe in Bear Country

7 Tips for Staying Safe in Bear Country

Below is a news release from the Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest in southwest Montana. Archery hunters are, by design, good at sneaking up on bears unobserved. They also provide bears with an attractive food source in the form of gut piles and carcasses. Follow...
Hunters Must Expect to See Bears

Hunters Must Expect to See Bears

With Montana’s bow hunting and upland game bird seasons opening Sept. 1, remember that slow moving, quiet or game-calling, scented and camouflaged hunters will soon be sharing the landscape with the state’s even stealthier bears that may be stalking...
Off Grid Ranch Promises Wild Life

Off Grid Ranch Promises Wild Life

So… we might be nuts. We’re buying an off grid ranch.  Well, my wife and I already know we’re nuts, so this latest move just confirms it. At the age when most Baby Boomers are cashing Social Security checks, wintering in Arizona, and trying to remember what it was...
Senate Unanimously Passes Sagebrush Habitat Bill

Senate Unanimously Passes Sagebrush Habitat Bill

Salt Lake City, Utah: The U.S. Senate passed Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator Martin Heinrich’s Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act by unanimous consent yesterday. The legislation, S. 1417, will help expedite important habitat restoration...
Essential Africa Safari Gear

Essential Africa Safari Gear

Having now made some 15 safaris to five different African countries, I feel confident in defining the essential safari gear a hunter really needs for a plains game safari. Rifles, optics, cartridges, bullets, packs, slings, boots, clothes, shooting sticks. It’s less...