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Grizzly Death Rate is Accelerating Deaths of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) are on track to set a new record in 2018. Just since September 1, 11 bears have been euthanized, bringing the year-to-date total up to 58 with the high-conflict fall season just unfolding. The old …

This year, if you have a buck deer tag in one of 31 Colorado GMUs listed below you are required to submit the head to a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing station. Here’s a list of CWD testing sites and their hours: https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/CWD/PDF/CWDSubmissionSiteSch.pdf Announcements of the requirement were mailed to all …

Hunt for a post rut bull with Mike Eastman in Colorado. Watch Eastman harvest a trophy bull to close-out a lifetime of DIY elk hunting. He’s no stranger to trophy elk and his final harvest doesn’t disappoint on this web edition of Eastmans’ Hunting TV. With his son Guy Eastman …

Go afield in Wyoming with two hunting moms and their kids as they each pursue their first trophy antelope. For Christine Schlenker this will be her young son’s first time tagging along on a hunt. While Melanie Bennett must manage a pair of teenagers and put the crosshairs on a …

Hunter Brandon Mason reviews the solar power offerings from Goal Zero. The Boulder Briefcase 100 and YETI 400 are perfect combination for the off-grid hunting camp. For backcountry users, the lightweight Nomad system will cover all your charging needs.

Chronic Wasting Disease, also known as CWD, has taken its toll around the US and Canada. This strange TSE (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy) was found in 1967 in northern Colorado and was classified as a “wasting” syndrome. Since its discovery CWD has spread to at least 23 states and two Canadian …

Bad News on Bears Not only did Judge Dana Christiensen cancel the Wyoming and Idaho grizzly hunts Monday, September 24th, but he also ruled that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (or, “the Service”) exceeded its authority when it delisted the grizzly in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The judge then …

I’m not sure what Judge Christensen is doing while time dwindles away for the Wyoming grizzly season he halted by issuing an injunction just hours before opening day. It may be that he is watching the Democrats’ desperate, last-ditch effort to stall the Judge Kavanaugh vote until the time before …

The final and perhaps most rewarding step in the pursuit of your western big game trophy of a lifetime is sharing your story with us so we can share it with our readers. There is no other western big game publication that reaches as many people as Eastmans’ Hunting Journals …

Hunter Todd Helms puts the new hunting clothing line by Sixsite to the test on a recent elk hunt. Helms tests the Sixsite Blackfoot rain system and Gunnision soft shell system in a mountain rain storm and isn’t disappointed. Designed by a former Navy Seal, this hunting gear by Sixsite …