More good news this week on the wildlife management front! The National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) partnered with the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) to support MDF’s Migration Corridor and Winter Range Initiative, to the tune of $395,000. The grant will also “be matched by $756,000 to implement habitat projects …
Read More »Hunter Numbers Up! But Can We Keep Them? – Todd Helms
2020 and Covid 19 saw hunting participation increase by a significant percentage. While the woods, mountains and plains were more crowded last fall that’s good news for the future of hunting. IF we can hold onto those new recruits. Sure, tags are harder to draw and yes, there are strangers …
Read More »POACHING PUNISHMENTS: Does The Species Make A Difference?
If you’ve been paying attention to my many rants on poachers over the years you know that I’m all for stiff punishments in deliberate and heinous poaching cases. I’m talking about the deliberate theft of wildlife from the public trust, not about the hunter who accidentally kills a …
Read More »Mystery Ranch Backpack Review: Over 20 years of mission built packs
This review features Mystery Ranch backpacks product engineer Alex Rich and brand ambassador Sam Soholt. Eastmans’ Brandon Mason sits down with the guys to talk hunting and the how Mystery Ranch’s hunting backpacks developed over the last twenty years. The guys talk custom fit and how the Guide Lite Frame …
Read More »Mountain Goat Hunting- He hiked over 1000 miles!
Go mountain goat hunting in Alaska with Eastmans’ subscriber Gary English. This is Gary’s third attempt at a billy and he’s determined to make it count. He hikes one thousand miles in preparation for his last chance at a mountain goat.
Read More »Bow Hunting Caribou – Guy Eastman’s Pope & Young Bull
Bow hunt for a record book caribou with Guy Eastman in this classic web episode of Eastmans’ Hunting TV. Guy travels with his brother Ike Eastman for a caribou bow hunting adventure in the Northwest Territories. This is one of Ike’s first bow hunts! Two caribou bow hunts in one …
Read More »Bear Redemption EKO Detailed Bow Review
This bow review features Bear Archery’s Redemption EKO. This bow is new for 2021 and Eastmans’ Dan Pickar tests it out at his home range. The EKO technology makes this bow 25% quieter on the draw and its built in modularity makes it easy to adjust the bow to different …
Read More »Eastmans’ Family History
Mike Eastman shares the story of how the Eastman legacy of filming and fair-chase hunting began with his father Gordon. The late Gordon Eastman was a pioneer in the industry, and even worked with Walt Disney for part of his career.
Read More »Technology, Hunting and Fair Chase
Guest Author: Travis Hobbs Technology. When you stop and think about it, it will blow your mind how much all of our lives have changed recently, thanks to technology. How we communicate, how we travel, work, recreate, even something as simple as me putting this to “paper” so to speak. …
Read More »HB 122 – Funding Public Access
Below you’ll find the breakdown of HB 122 by The Wyoming Wildlife Federation. I’m not going to attempt to reiterate what WWF has done a marvelous job doing but I am going to opine on HB 122. Personally, I think a bill like this is long overdue! Who …
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