WYOMING- WILL HAVE A WOLF SEASON again this year with an opener of October 1st. This has been a long time coming, and if we are lucky, we will see them stay forever. We have advocated for a very long time for liberal seasons and we have broken past the …
Read More »The Sitka Ascent Series
Sitka Gear and innovation go hand in hand. Last season, I was fortunate to be able to test the new Ascent series in the Subalpine pattern that has already proven successful based on the story submissions we have seen already. In Colorado last fall, I had an early season hunt …
Read More »Guy’s 2017 Top Five Wyoming Mule Deer Hunts
With the wrath of the worst winter in nearly 40 years finally behind us, the Wyoming deer herd has suffered tremendously, particularly on the Western side of the state. The regions of G, H and K have taken the brunt of the winter losses. Along with that historic limited quota …
Read More »Guy’s 2017 Top Five Wyoming Antelope Hunts
Generally speaking, antelope do tend to fair somewhat better during a rough winter than the mule deer do. Antelope are notoriously hardy critters given their size. I do think the antelope have managed to fair slightly better than the deer did this past winter mostly due to the relatively mild …
Read More »The Poaching Epidemic: 2017 Edition
Every year, about this time the poaching convictions from the 2016 season start to roll in. In the past we have seen 200 inch mule deer, big bulls and other trophies poached in regions that many of us have been building points for. It’s robbery from the public. Not long …
Read More »Shed Hunting: A Matter Of Life And Death
Snow Banks and Shed Horns… Sometimes doing the right thing is dang hard. I remember a hot August Friday about ten years ago. I decided to take the day off from work and head out for some fly fishing. My wife and I hit the river with high hopes of …
Read More »Hunt Antelope With Guy Eastman!
Last year I had one of the best years of my hunting career for pronghorn. I was lucky enough to have tags for Wyoming, Montana and Colorado to fill. With a little luck I filled all three on quality bucks that now have places in my office and home. All …
Read More »Western Big Game Deathtrap: Winter’s Cold, Cruel Wrath…It’s Upon Us!
Winter’s Cold, Cruel Wrath…It’s Upon Us. If you live out West and haven’t seen a winter like this one before, chances are you just haven’t lived long enough. The winter of 2016-2017 will likely go down as the worst winter since 1984 and may even compare to the infamously brutal …
Read More »Rangers Disappearing?
As many of you know we are firm believers that public land is just that – land that the public owns. All of us as Americans have a stake in their success, not just the people who live there and that is one of the reasons we have written multiple …
Read More »Deadline Edition: Guy’s Wyoming Elk Picks!
Statistically speaking the top five elk units in Wyoming are: 1) Area 56 and 59: both late season hunts with a very limited tag quota and plenty of public land to hunt during the late season migration. Somewhat weather dependent however. 2) Area 16-2: Some access issues but still has …
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