Thanks to two of our great sponsors (Nielson Productions Taxidermy and Golden Valley Meat Snacks) our contest for 2011 was a huge success. We had a lot of great entries — here are the winners: (The winners were chosen by a panel of judges in early February): Travis long went home with the grand prize [...]

With so many different companies creating quality hunting backpacks, choosing the perfect hunting pack should be easy. However, more options equates to more research, so over the next few months, I hope to share as much information as I can in my quest to find the perfect pack – but as an introduction, let me [...]

Getting in shape for hunting season is very important. Contributor Izzy Walls tells a few stories of his training and results while chasing bugling bulls in Idaho!

You can easily spend over $100 for a good European Mount of your trophy. Why not do it yourself for under $15. The process explained in this tutorial involves simmering the head and can be finished from beginning to wall in one afternoon.

By John Barsness — A spotting scope’s use in hunting often begins before the season actually opens. A spotting scope allows the hunter to “scout” big game animals without disturbing them. This works not just in the wide-open West but anywhere some distance can be found, whether across a Midwestern farm field or from ridge to ridge in the Appalachians.

By Chance Thompson It’s early in the morning, you get tucked in behind your keyboard and log onto the Wyoming Game and Fish website. Today is the day you find out your draw results. You’ve waited a long time for this. You just know that you drew that premium Pronghorn Antelope tag you applied for [...]

(The musings of a stage three and a halfer) By Allen Carter Aside from the obvious “to eat”, I find I want to hunt even when I’m not hungry. Notwithstanding I prefer my meat free range, low fat, antibiotic and steroid free (that’s another article), and cleanly processed in my kitchen, I still like to [...]

WITH A LITTLE PREPARATION, YOUR FIELD PHOTOS CAN BE WALL WORTHY by Brad Carter “While photos of animals in the back of your pickup, or outside your tent can be very nice, it is hard to beat a good field photo…” The above pictures are a great example. Everyone loves the old time pictures of [...]