I started bow hunting with an old wooden recurve bow that my grandfather gave me for Christmas when I was 12 years old. It didn’t have much draw weight, but I still couldn’t hold it at full draw for very long. It didn’t have any sights, so I had to learn to shoot by instinct.
Ever flipped through the reloading section of an outdoor supply catalog? If you have, you’ve seen the hundreds of bullet types available for just about every caliber under the sun. Jacketed, hollowpoint, partition, softpoint, bonded, capped, frangible…the list is exhaustive and more than a little overwhelming. Each bullet type has unique features and drawbacks depending
Ah, summertime. The kids are out of school, the sun shines brightly in the sky, and our world turns a lush green. It’s a season of bikinis and beaches, of cold beer, fireworks, and barbecues. Summer is everyone’s favorite time of year…well, almost everyone. For hunters, summer can be a season to simply suffer through,
Unless you’re lucky enough to have them in your backyard, elk are often a once-in-a-lifetime trophy. Should you be fortunate enough to draw a tag, you may spend months pouring over maps, scouting terrain, getting in shape, and searching for the right guides. Then, when you finally have an opportunity to take a shot at
I blame it on Bambi. Whenever I try to have a rational, calm discussion with a non-hunter about why I hunt, that adorable little baby deer is the first thing that comes up. It doesn’t seem to matter if I explain that no real hunters are out there searching for does with newborn fawns munching
Like many other red-blooded American hunters, my favorite movie growing up was “Jeremiah Johnson,” a 1972 film starring Robert Redford. If you haven’t seen it, you should. It’s a story of a man who leaves his life behind to become a mountain man. In the very beginning of the movie, as he steps off the
