Hunting Gear That Makes A Difference
I’m asked a lot about the gear I use while hunting, not only throughout the West, but around the world. While some of the clothes, boots, trail food, guns, bows, bullets and arrows come down [...]
Kazden’s First Bear
Over the years, Kazden has been on several bear hunts with the family. He’s even held his own tags, but he’s never taken a bear, until now. I wanted Kazden to experience success, and knowing [...]
Columbia Blacktails: The Learning Never Stops
I’m often asked what the hardest animal is I’ve ever hunted for. Mountain goat and Himalayan tahr are the toughest hunts I’ve been on, physically speaking. Mentally, the toughest hunts have been the man-eaters I’ve [...]
Egg Handling To Optimize Your Cures
Fall is the time to catch lots of great eating salmon...and accumulate large amounts of eggs. Regardless of the egg curing recipes you like to use, it’s crucial to start with the best, cleanest eggs [...]
Clam Digging Fun!
This summer has offered some of the best clamming in recent years along the Pacific Coast; except for razor clams. Due to the open-ocean habitat razor clams thrive in, red tide levels have been high, [...]
Tips For Using Tripod Shooting Sticks
As another big game hunting season comes to a close, I want to share a tip. I’m still surprised, after all my years of hunting, how many fellow hunters I see in the field without [...]
A Columbia Blacktail Season To Remember
Our 2018 Columbia blacktail deer season was one of the best I can recall, but not for reasons many hunters would think. This deer hunting season was about time in the woods with family. The [...]
My Shooting Sticks Of Choice
Whether you’re new to the hunting world, or a veteran looking to increase your shot accuracy on game, consider stable shooting sticks. Like many folks, I grew up hunting, but when I started making my [...]
Rattling Blacktail Deer
In 1979 I rattled in my first Columbia black-tailed deer, and have been hooked ever since. As with calling all big game, there is never a guarantee a blacktail deer will come to the calls [...]
Book Review: Game Birds–A Celebration of North American Upland Birds
Admittedly, I don’t read many books these days; I simply don’t have the time as I’m too busy writing, myself. So, when I sat down to thumb through Gary Kramer’s latest book, Game Birds: A [...]