Every year I have a helluva time keeping all my special hunt applications for Washington sorted out. With the deadline coming up here on May 22nd the time to work on your special hunt units was actually a couple of months ago. If you’re like me, however, you’ll be getting things organized and submitted between…
Last winter I decided to pick up a new rifle that would work a little better for long shots in open country…a long range bomber if you will. The time had come to retire my old Browning 30.06 and get with the times. My search turned up a dizzying number of quality rifles that would…
I just returned from a fulfilling mule deer hunt in the Missouri River breaks of Central Montana. Hunting here means hours and hours behind the glass searching for mule deer in the open sage country of the breaks. A great set of field glasses, a spotting scope, and an eye for locating deer is a…
It kind of sounds like an oxymoron when you first read it. Scouting with a 2 year old…really??? She isn’t actually two yet, but at 20 months she’s close enough. This is our third trip into the woods now and I’ll admit the first two were a little rough. On our first voyage we walked…
When I marched into the house with my new “Butt Out” field dressing tool from Hunter’s Specialties a few hunting seasons ago my wife gave me the look like…”now what?” “It’s the most innovative field dressing tool since the invention of the knife honey”, I announced in the kitchen as I held it up to…
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I’ve developed a real passion for blacktail hunting because I live in blacktail country and I’m a glutton for punishment. Taking a mature blacktail buck is like catching a winter steelhead on the fly. It takes a lot of work and patience but when it all comes together and you get one…oh how sweet it…
I’ve got to admit that I didn’t really get serious about scent control until just a few years ago when someone pointed out to me how ridiculously short our big game hunting seasons were in Washington. I, like so many otherers, did everything absolutely back-asswards when it came to controlling my own scent in the…
BY JOHN KOENIG. I still can’t get past the thrill of this past Friday morning’s bear hunt and can’t help but wonder if you other hunters out there feel the same about hunting as I do. I’m anxious to hear your comments on this, so please feel free to leave them. The Scenario: It’s black…
One of the exciting things going on for me right now is the prospect of deer hunting this fall. I remember hunting with my dad as a kid but as I got older and started playing football and basketball it seemed that there just wasn't any time to dedicate to hunting. As I got older…