Elk

Sometimes I just have to shake my head and wonder where common sense went when I read headlines or in this instance when I see an event unfold. Mike and I were scouting antelope in southern Colorado the day before the season opened and it wasn’t really a surprise to …

By Justin Jenness Justin Jenness won our 2014 Eastmans’ Forum Elk Hunt Story Contest and received a custom belt buckle. Click here to enter your story in the 2015 contest and have your story published here!   **Forum Story Contest Rules** Over the years I have learned that elk hunting …

Every fall our staff spends time in the field reviewing products, using gear, and of course, filming our hunts. I wasn’t surprised to see a picture come through of another bull who had fallen to a Savage rifle. The text that came in immediately afterwards told a much bigger piece …

  The AccuTrigger – What is it and why is it important? As we all know the most inconsistent thing about a rifle’s accuracy isn’t even the rifle, it’s the human holding it, aiming it and most important of all, pulling/squeezing the trigger. The trigger pull on custom triggers or …

Every one of us hopes to “Go in Light and Come Out Heavy.” Dan Pickar walks through proper placement of meat while using an F1 Mainframe from Eberlestock in this video. Press play to see where you want the weight loaded and how to get it out of the backcountry …

As much as I enjoy fall and seeing all the pictures of the exceptional deer and elk that come through our office, as well as my own time in the field, there is one thing that irritates me to no end. Poaching! The great highway robbery that takes place every …

Watching a bull elk in the rut is a treat for every hunter who dreams of chasing the the elusive wapiti in the fall. In this video Mike Eastman explains why a bull elk can sometimes appear to have green eyes while bugling. Press play to watch some incredible elk …

It is not often that we have content in the journals that defies the odds of what is statistically possible to kill. The past year has been one of the best for trophy quality that I can ever recall. With the quality of animals we have in the September/October issue …

With over 30 years of filming hunts there have been a few that stick our as our favorite. While it was hard to narrow it down to just 9 hunts we managed to do it. Sit back, grab a snack and join us for some memorable hunts and the behind …

  By Kirstie Pike Let’s face it, while hunting with your spouse can be the greatest adventure it can also resemble the beginning phases of Armageddon.  While some of you out there may be thinking, “what is wrong with this woman?”…others are nodding in solemn solidarity.   Don’t get me …