My “Secret” Lightweight Glass for Hunting
Old School Glass When I was a kid, our family only owned one pair of binoculars. We used them infrequently, sometimes to field-judge a mule deer, occasionally to locate one. This was the 70s...
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Owyhee Desert Mule Deer
High Desert Mule Deer When I was about thirteen or fourteen years old I saw the biggest mule deer buck of my life. We weren’t in the high mountains or thick buckbrush country, nor...
Cow Elk – Sneaking Away from the Crowd
Cow Tag Our family values wild game meat as our core protein source. Cow elk represent 100 to 150 pounds of organic meat on the table in one shot. For that reason, we are...
December Mule Deer
Wow! Christmas comes second. For me, the most important day of the year is the day we learn what big game tags we drew. Thankfully I have a large hunting family, so there is...
Tag Applications – Is GoHunt the Answer?
My Passion I used to begin the ritual in March. Then it was February. Now I start the day after my last big game hunt concludes. My passion is big-game hunting. I am a...
Hunt of a Lifetime : Desert Bighorn Sheep Dream Hunt – Part 2
A New Hope (Read Part I Here) Our motel gave us free coffee fills in the morning, for which I was immensely grateful. Day one of the hunt was underway. A short drive of...
Hunt of a Lifetime : Desert Bighorn Sheep Dream Hunt – Part 1
The Setup There is something about the Mojave Desert that is just so enchanting to me. With its stark and colorful mountains, bared naked by the elements to flaunt their geologic conception, and the...
Choosing a Hunting Rifle Scope
The Problem I don’t know how many times I’ve seen a post asking about hunting scope selection. This must be one of the oldest subjects known to hunting internet forums. Sounds funny, since those...
Bone it Out – Pack it Out
My First Time! I dumped that cow elk at about 1:30 pm on a mid-October afternoon. My dad and I had been hiking since before sunrise and we were spent. Add those two things...
My New Long Range Rifle!
The Setup For about ten (long) years, I’ve longed for a true long range rifle. Hunting shows provided me with deeds of derring-do. Mule deer are taken at 750 yards. Coyotes are slain at...
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