If you’ve ever thought about trying to pull off dual residency to get resident hunting licenses in more than one state, you’d better think twice before actually doing it. Recently, a Georgia man who had once resided in Colorado, was busted for buying hunting licenses and poaching game as a …
Read More »Tie In A Peep Sight – Archery How To
Learn how to securely tie in your peep sight on any compound bow. Dan Pickar shares his step by step method to secure a peep sight and keep it from moving. Whether you are bow hunting or target shooting, keeping your peep sight in its proper place is important for …
Read More »Grizzly Bears Migrating East!
Last week a 450 pound male grizzly bear was euthanized by the USDA after it was confirmed that it killed a beef cow in the Big Snowy Mountains south of Lewistown. That’s right, Lewistown! This is way outside the current home range of Grizzly bears in Montana. The Snowy Mountains …
Read More »MAPLand Act: opening access to More Public Land
If you’ve ever hunted the vast expanse of public land out West, especially on BLM tracts of land, you’re gonna love this! So much of the public land out West is intermingled with private land and it is difficult at best to know whether or not you can trespass across …
Read More »The Outdoors Fuels The Economy
So, you want economic development? Have you thought of investing in the outdoors? Well, many have and the rest of us are reaping the benefits according to a new report. “The data backs it up. Investing in conservation creates jobs, propels our economy forward from the past year, and …
Read More »Montana HB 637 Update
HB 637 was developed to generally revise laws pertaining to Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. This bill started as a clean up bill for multiple laws and definitions in FWPs rulebook, from how wolves are classified to a hunter mentorship for 10 year olds who haven’t taken hunter safety to …
Read More »Montana Native Americans Ask Government for help in Reintroducing Bison
The American Indian Caucus recently wrote a letter to the Biden Administration pleading the Interior Secretary to help them draft a bison reintroduction plan for Glacier National Park and the Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge (CMR) in eastern Montana. The tribes plead that bison hold a huge cultural significance …
Read More »Why It’s Harder to Draw CO Licenses
PC: Mike Eastman Thanks, to member ColoradoV, I got my hands on the 2021 Colorado recommendations. In it were some interesting charts that show the trends in Colorado elk, deer, moose, antelope, and bear applications and licenses. Let’s look at the first three. Elk Look at the elk chart. Even …
Read More »Montana Moose, Sheep and Goat Hunt Strategy
Moose Region 1 Region 1 has the most tags to offer in the state and has the highest density of moose. I grew up hunting this part of the state and never have drawn a moose tag but many of my friends and family have. Overall, moose quality has …
Read More »Affordable European Rifle Scope! Leica’s Amplus 6 Review
This rifle scope review features the Amplus 6 built by Leica. Eastmans’ Todd Helms takes this new hunting specific rifle scope to the range. Todd was impressed by the wide field of view, optical clarity and unique turret covers. This scope is rugged and paired with Leica’s no-questions asked 10 …
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