WATCH PREMIERE ON YOUTUBE Go bow hunting for big cats! Guy Eastman is hunting Colorado cougars and that means he’s hunting with dogs. Trained dogs are used to track down and tree a mountain lion. Arrowing an angry cat is a serious challenge when its cornered 30 feet up in …
Read More »Another Season Closed…Another Round Of Poaching
If you are familiar with this blog you know that we report on poaching incidents with regularity. Sometimes we are lucky enough to see a case head to court and that is what appears to be happening in a poaching case in the Roundup, Montana area. Earl Russel Benes faces …
Read More »SIG Sauer BDX Review
Bowhunter Dan Pickar reviews the powerful and compact Kilo3000BDX range finding binoculars. These 10×42 mm binos are impressive in low light and can range reflective surfaces out to 3000 yards. Features including scan mode, angle compensation and BDX system integration make these a powerful tool for bow and rifle hunters …
Read More »The 10 Percenters
We have all heard 10% of hunters harvest 90% of the game. It seems to be true as we see the same guys being successful year after year. The odds of this happening on luck are astronomical so what is the secret? While I don’t think it’s just one thing …
Read More »Successful Bowhunters: Thomas Austin
Guest Author: Thomas Austin As the bull’s body was no longer obscured by the grass I quickly judged the distance and chose a pin I drew back my bow and settled in on his vitals as he continued to walk towards to calls of my hunting partner as he reached …
Read More »Successful Bowhunters: Alex Kurz
Guest Author: Alex Kurz Ryan and I whispered to one another as the bull walked in, “This is gonna happen”. As the bull crested the final null where we knew Alex could see him, time stood still. The bull took a few final steps toward the spring, and put his …
Read More »Successful Bowhunters: Ernest Chavez
Guest Author: Ernest Chavez I had no cover, so I just stood there, nocked an arrow and tried to catch my breath and compose myself. The bull continued to bugle and started raking the ground with his antlers. To my surprise, he started walking right at me, at 30 yards …
Read More »CHARGE!
Guest Author: Russ Carlson It was a foggy Saturday morning, September 9th, 2017. Walking in the dark, I was hoping to get to my spot ahead of where the deer tend to cross on my favorite ridge. I found about six nice deer as the sun came up that were on …
Read More »Of Elk and Family
Guest Author: Marty Hamel My brother, Mike, and I went on our first DIY archery elk hunt in Colorado in September of 2009. It was an amazing experience and one that ignited a desire to continue to hunt elk in the mountains. Since that hunt, life happened, and things got busy. …
Read More »Bowhunting Montana Public Land Elk
Public land bowhunter Jordan Breshears covers country to arrow a herd bull in Montana. This DIY hunt is packed with ups and downs, literally, as Breshears uses elevation to his advantage to locate elk and avoid other hunters. Elk hunting public land takes persistence and grit to get the job …
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