Imagine stepping back in time. Put down your coffee, turn off the smart phone and completely remove yourself from everything you know. Now take all that familiar urban background noise and mute it. When we are free from all of our niceties and creature comforts, we as humans still …
Read More »Mountain Caribou- Predictably, Unpredictable
There is something timeless about a herd of caribou making their ancestral pilgrimage from their summer range to the low country they call home in the winter. The graceful gait serenades the mountain scene by the ‘click-clack’ of their tendons as they trot over the river rock. Whether the hunter …
Read More »A Guide’s Life: Question and Answer
By Rachel Ahtila and Dan Pickar Questions for the adventurous soul who may want to become a guide. How did you get into guiding? DAN: Growing up, the outdoor lifestyle, hunting and fishing was a way of life, I wanted to do it as much as possible. In fact, …
Read More »Starting At Ground Zero: Planning Your Dream Hunt
You have saved your hard earned cash and want to treat yourself to a hunt. Excellent! What’s next? It’s a daunting task to start chipping away at an outfitter directory when multiple outfits offer similar experiences. How do you choose? What makes you go with one outfit over another? Most …
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