What did I forget this time? When packing for a five or seven-day trip in the unknown of the backcountry this can be a very common and dangerous question, and although I hate to admit it, it’s one I’ve asked myself many times. In an effort to cure this …

Insanity is often defined as repeating the same action and expecting a different result. Yet here we sit with green groups proposing an expansion of the grizzly bear’s range into other national parks and refuges. On the surface this doesn’t seem like a terrible idea but let‘s take a hard …

Public land and the Rocky Mountain West are tied together. When hunters from the East think of coming West their first question is often, “How hard is it to plan my own hunt on public land?” The tone in Washington D.C. has started to change in the last few years …

Tall, wide and heavy is what every hunter dreams of finding when it comes to antlers on elk and deer. Sure, some of us like other characteristics but I would be hard pressed to find a hunter who wouldn’t pull the trigger on a tall, wide and heavy buck or …

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When you think big bull elk, you think of the premier areas in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and of course Nevada. If you have been a subscriber with us for long then you have probably seen the great bulls from these units that have graced our covers and interior pages …

If there was ever one factor that changes the outlook for a hunting unit, it is an elk’s battle with Old Man Winter.  Winter kills more animals than any other factor and can have lingering effects on the population for many years to come.  If there is too much snow …

The next predator battle is here and it’s not going to take long for this one to heat up.  Grizzly bears have recovered in Yellowstone according the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee and have healthy populations from Northern Idaho all the way to the Wind River Range in Wyoming. Montana is …

Guy’s Top 5 WY Picks – Deer and Antelope Wyoming Mule Deer Picks 1)   Area 102 2)   Area 105 3)   Region G 4)   Area 101 5)   Area 89  Best area with 3 points – Area 117 Best 0 point options – Areas 78, 79, 80/83, 81 and Region F Wyoming’s …

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide, feast and famine, take your pick which analogy you like the best to describe the conditions across the west. It may take more than April showers to bring May flowers in parts of the west. According to a Natural Resources Conservation Service report there are …