I read astounding numbers on Colorado’s big game applicants in the primary draw this year. There has been an increase of almost 75,000 applicants in 2021 compared to 2020!!! Sky-Hi News reported that according to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), an increase of 74,593 applicants in the primary hunting …
Read More »MAPLand Act: opening access to More Public Land
If you’ve ever hunted the vast expanse of public land out West, especially on BLM tracts of land, you’re gonna love this! So much of the public land out West is intermingled with private land and it is difficult at best to know whether or not you can trespass across …
Read More »The Outdoors Fuels The Economy
So, you want economic development? Have you thought of investing in the outdoors? Well, many have and the rest of us are reaping the benefits according to a new report. “The data backs it up. Investing in conservation creates jobs, propels our economy forward from the past year, and …
Read More »Hunting Colorado Antelope with the Eastman Family
Three DIY trophy antelope rifle hunts packed into one episode of Eastmans’ Hunting TV! Join Guy, Ike and Mike Eastman as they duke it out for the biggest pronghorn antelope buck. It’s not often all three Eastmans have the chance to hunt together. The family rivalry adds a level of …
Read More »More Elk Tags for WYOMING!
PC: Mike Eastman Great news from Wyoming! With elk populations on the verge of a veracious explosion, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has recently decided to be more aggressive with hunter management in an effort to quell the inevitable herd increase. The core of this effort revolves around the …
Read More »Montana HB 637 Update
HB 637 was developed to generally revise laws pertaining to Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. This bill started as a clean up bill for multiple laws and definitions in FWPs rulebook, from how wolves are classified to a hunter mentorship for 10 year olds who haven’t taken hunter safety to …
Read More »Bow Hunting DANGEROUS GAME with a Recurve Bow!
This bow hunting video features hunts for polar bear, grizzly bear, musk ox and bison. This is up close and personal traditional bow hunting! Eastmans’ subscriber Mark Smith has bow hunted for polar bear, grizzly bear, musk ox, bison and more with his recurve bow. Bow hunting with a traditional …
Read More »Why It’s Harder to Draw CO Licenses
PC: Mike Eastman Thanks, to member ColoradoV, I got my hands on the 2021 Colorado recommendations. In it were some interesting charts that show the trends in Colorado elk, deer, moose, antelope, and bear applications and licenses. Let’s look at the first three. Elk Look at the elk chart. Even …
Read More »WYOMING Antelope Opportunities Reduced
Having trouble drawing an antelope tag? There may be no help in sight. On April 15th the Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced a substantial reduction in the antelope tag quota for the upcoming draw and 2021 hunting season. The total proposed reduction will amount to 3,650 buck antelope licenses …
Read More »Hunter Numbers Up! But Can We Keep Them? – Todd Helms
2020 and Covid 19 saw hunting participation increase by a significant percentage. While the woods, mountains and plains were more crowded last fall that’s good news for the future of hunting. IF we can hold onto those new recruits. Sure, tags are harder to draw and yes, there are strangers …
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