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Hey folks, I’m back after several months of not checking in – not good for the ol’ Blog, but I had problems with my new metal knee and the recovery wasn’t going as planned. I also didn’t have too much to talk about – it’s hard for me anyway. But …

Fall is almost here. With that it’s time to start getting your equipment and gear squared away. With the help of the good folks over at Lathrop and Sons (www.lathropandsons.com) Nate and I devised some boot tips to help our fellow hunters with everything from boot selection to blister prevention. …

  It’s several weeks before the black bear rifle season opens up here. Jack, my grandson, and I went on a little scouting trip to see if we could locate Blackie the black burin I’ve been hunting the last three springs. My iron knee is now good enough to do …

The last blog I did was just before going steelhead fishing in Idaho. Did OK, the biggest I landed was a 37-inch, native hen swinging a black leach fly. She put up quite a fight and made the trip. Shortly after getting home I checked into the hospital and went …

The older I get the more important it becomes to have lightweight equipment that can do the job in the backcountry. I guess as age catches up, your pack weight becomes more of an issue, so I found myself searching for innovative, lightweight gear that is multi-functional. While up in …

After 55 years of hunting both by foot and horse I have covered many rugged miles. Packing out of the high country with 100 pound plus packs over rugged granite mountain ranges didn’t help. Lets face it I have had a rugged and rough western life of straight up and …

Live Event Season: Hotel rooms, fast food, convenience store snacks and almost 100,000 miles each year of the worst roads possible. We here at Eastmans’ have some of the best western highway drivers. We have, knock on wood, traveled almost 40,000 miles so far this year and almost two million …

It’s been a couple months since I did a blog. I often wonder if anyone really reads them. Let me know if you enjoy these. I didn’t connect down in Arizona while hunting mule deer. In fact, I only found two 170-class bucks with the biggest one a 29” wide …

The Kansas muzzleloader buck has finally returned home to Wyoming for good after being remounted up in Libby, Montana. It’s good to have the buck back in the office for us to all enjoy. Mel did a fantastic job on the taxidermy and base. The cape is unreal, double throat …

The following is a caption and photo sent to me just today from a friend and fellow backcountry snowmobiler in Jackson Hole, WY. Wow, twenty wolves in one bunch!!! More of our precious wildlife resource up in smoke. Thanks again USFWS. “Great news, the Wyoming Game & Fish Department won’t …