Coyote Gulch the Hard Way
Part 1: The Adventure Begins Background: Our Coyote Gulch Trip My daughter Amanda had prepped us for the big Havasupai Falls trip back in 2018 (and Coyote Gulch wasn’t yet even a small part...
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Have You Adventured Today?
What Will You Remember? Adventure When I hear a Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Rush (etc.) song, it brings back memories. It is largely that sentimental side of me that keeps me coming back to...
My First Year With My Exo Hunting Pack
The Evolution of My Hunting Pack This is painful to admit, but I haven’t always used a backpack in my hunting life. In fact, until 1996, when my dad and I went to Wyoming...
Getting Away From Hunting Pressure
My Dawning Awareness Over twenty years ago, as we ground up a steep mountain in the predawn dark, I noticed a pair of headlights behind me that weren’t there a moment ago. Chagrined, I...
Coming to Packrafting – Beginning My (Foolish?) Packraft Journey?
A Plan…Or Misstep? Late winter is my time for reflection and scheming. Sure, I chase some chukar and drill holes in the ice for fat trout to pass the time, but my heart isn’t...
Muley Rut Hunt – Archery Style
Background I hadn’t filled my over-the-counter (OTC) non-resident Idaho deer tag at the end of rifle season, so my daughter and I each had deer tags in hand as a late November archery season...
Alice Lake-Toxaway- Imogene Lake Loop: Part 2
Decision – Day 2 On day two of our Sawtooth Wilderness adventure as we prepared to head for Imogene Lake, we had hatched a plan to stop at the trailhead leading to Edith Lake,...
Alice Lake, Toxaway, Imogene Loop: Part 1
A Change of Plans It had taken me a while to warm up to my daughter’s plan to hike Havasupai Falls in March of 2020, but I was finally there! Our close mutual friends...
Flip-Flop Cow
Big Worries ‘Mate I entered the lobby of our Perth, Australia hotel and was immediately met by my coworker and two young Aussie teammates. The first words were (I’m paraphrasing): “The client needs you...
Congested Cow Elk
Cow Elk Tag Congestion My wife and I always look forward, along with hundreds of thousands of other folks I’m sure, to our big-game tag application results. Well, 2019 was no exception as one...
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