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...
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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...
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...
My Western Rifle : Cartridge
The Western Rifle Challenge I am a nerdy mcnderyton exterior ballistics nut! Combine my propensity to explore every single number with an undying love of big game hunting. Mix in a generous heap of...
Owyhee Desert Mule Deer – Controlled Archery
Owyhee Desert Mule Deer Setup In my home state of Nevada, mule deer numbers have been decreasing each year for a long time, maybe 40 years or so. Hunters seem to point fingers at...
270 Winchester: As Good as Ever
My Thesis – The 270 Winchester If you hunt out west and don’t own a 270 Winchester, your hunting buddy or family member does. In my family, five of us own .270s and they...
Recoil and Your First Hunting Rifle
Recoil Front and Center Do you remember the first time you shot a rifle? How old were you? I don’t know exactly how I knew it, but when I was seven years old, I...
7mm Remington Magnum – Plenty of Power
Good Ol’ Days When I was a boy, I only knew the 7mm Remington Magnum as a man’s rifle. Conversation around the 7mm magnum always seemed to turn to bloody eyebrows or pain from...
Swarovski 15×56 SLCs In the Field
A Need My existing hunting glass consists of Swarovski 20-60x80HD and Vortex Razor 11-33×50 spotting scopes, 10×42 Vortex Viper binoculars, and three tripods. My wife has a wicked pair of Cabelas/Meopta 10x42HD binoculars. That...
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...
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