Brandon’s Pack I’m a minimalist at heart and try to keep my pack as light as possible for the specific hunt I’m on. However, there are essentials that I have in my pack on every hunt and these items include: Raingear – most of my hunts are in Wyoming where …
Read More »Killik Hunting Backpack Review – K2800 Load-out shelf test
Eastmans’ reviews Killik’s K2000 and K2800 hunting backpacks in this video. Todd Helms tests the load shelf on the K2800 by packing out a whitetail deer, whole! Both of these packs are built with organization in mind with built-in pockets of different shapes and sizes. Easily attach a rifle …
Read More »Wolves Delisted! What Now?
On November 3rd the Trump Administration officially removed the gray wolf from the ESA, thus turning over all management to state and tribal agencies. This move comes in the wake of fully recovered and burgeoning wolf populations in the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountain West. States such as Wyoming, Idaho …
Read More »HUNTER RECRUITMENT – GROWING A CULTURE OF HUNTING
We’ve all seen the statistics. Hunter numbers are down, way down. There are fewer than 12 million hunters in the United States as we speak. To put it another way, that’s less than 5% of the roughly 325 million people living in the U.S. Five percent, for crying out loud, …
Read More »Brand NEW White’s Lochsa Hunting Boot!
In this review hunter, Todd Helms tests out the Lochsa, the first hunting boot made by the legendary White’s Boots. White’s Boots has been a go to boot for wild land firefighters for decades. They’ve applied their experience to build a comfortable and rigid boot specifically for hunting.
Read More »Bear Aware!
An Alaska man was recently killed by a brown bear on his property near the Kenai River last week. A Montana man was severely mauled by a grizzly and only survived thanks to his wife’s quick thinking of running the bruin off with their pickup. Unfortunately, if you live in …
Read More »How to be a more successful hunter! Practice Field Shooting
Learn how to use and practice field shooting positions to be the best shooter and hunter you can be! Todd Helms breaks down the fundamentals of the top 5 field shooting positions. Practice can make all the difference when it comes down to a once-in-a-lifetime hunting opportunity.
Read More »They Got What They Deserved! Or Did They?
Arizona poachers Blake Owens and Thomas “TJ” Purinton have been sentenced for their unlawful, dishonest and cowardly acts of poaching and fraud. But is their punishment enough? Unfortunately, these clowns will most likely never see the inside of a jail cell and only have their hunting rights revoked for 10 …
Read More »Hunting Burns-”The Good, The Bad & The Ugly!”
Man has a fascination with and an aversion to fire. We are drawn to the flickering flames of a campfire almost unconsciously. A forest fire on the other hand sparks fear and a sad sense of destruction in most folks. The psychology behind this isn’t something I’m going to delve …
Read More »Forest Fire In June!?!
At roughly 12:46 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, 2020 the first reported forest fire of the season lit up a mountainside west of Cody, Wyoming. This is unusual due to the fact that June isn’t exactly a peak fire month but conditions that day were ideal for a fire to …
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