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...
Just Right For Ringnecks
The author kicks off the pheasant season with Krieghoff’s new K-20 Parcours.
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
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...
Steyr Arms Launches Its Big Buck Down! Giveaway Program
BESSEMER, Ala. (Sept. 7, 2018) — Steyr Arms is celebrating the fall deer season with a month-long Big Buck Down! Giveaway program that will award an amazing prize package every 10 days in September. Each prize package will be highlighted by either a Steyr or Merkel...
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...
Enjoy A Few Minutes of Puppy Love
Thanks to Rick Snipes of Snipes Ranch for sharing this video of his pups and trainer Raul Lujan as they go for a little morning romp. This should brighten your day!
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...