According to an article in the Oil City News new areas in our home state of Wyoming have been identified positive for CWD. Deer areas 144, 148 and elk area 41 are the new positives. CWD has been a hot button issue across the West for many years and the …
Read More »Drink Whiskey to Save Mule Deer! Wyoming Whiskey Review
This review highlights Wyoming Whiskey’s high quality product and how they are stepping up to help save our mule deer. Eastmans’ Hunting Journals has teamed up with Wyoming Whiskey and the Mule Deer Foundation of Wyoming for a brighter future for mule deer conservation. Ike Eastman hand selected a single …
Read More »Where Did All The Mule Deer Go?
Circa. 1960 – As my father and I drove towards Cora, Wyoming I had vivid dreams of hunting giant snow-bound mule deer bucks. Although only 12 years old and not yet legal to hunt for another two years it was a true treat for me to even be allowed to …
Read More »How Soon Is Too Soon To Scout Mule Deer
I love scouting for mule deer as much as the hunt itself. Which is why in my younger years I went in too early and blew up spots and lost opportunities at big bucks because I would go in too soon and too often. Effective scouting is an art form …
Read More »Guy’s Top Wyoming Deer Picks 2021
There’s little question that the mule deer hunting in Wyoming has been in quite a slump over the past decade or so. This year will probably be no different, unfortunately. Starting with a double tough winter run in 2016 followed up by on and off again drought years, the deer …
Read More »Wyoming Spring Update
What a strange winter this has been! As I sit down to write this the Snotel reports are being updated and we are watching as the mountains absorb their last bits of precipitation. With the Wyoming big game deadline staring at us I am going to take some time to …
Read More »Wyoming Lowers Minimum Age To Hunt Big Game!
Both the Wyoming House and Senate overwhelmingly voted to reduce the legal age to hunt big game in Wyoming to 11 if the youth in question will turn 12 before the end of the calendar year in which the hunt occurs. For example, if one of my children wanted to …
Read More »Montana Region By Region Hunt Strategy for Deer and Elk-Dan Pickar
Region 1 comprises the northwest part of the state from the Canadian border south to Missoula and the Flathead Indian Reservation. Elk and deer numbers have been on the decline in most 100 districts largely due to the number of predators. DIY hunting is the most difficult here compared to …
Read More »Wyoming Winter Range Update
Migration has long been a theme that mule deer hunters across Wyoming have wanted to understand. In 2020 Eastmans’ launched a video shed light on the trek that Western Wyoming’s mule deer take. Now new research focused on Central Wyoming mule deer has started to make its way to …
Read More »Over 400 Inches!!! DIY Deer Hunting
Hunting for a 200+ inch mule deer is a dream for many hunters! Two Eastmans’ subscribers, sisters Imari and Ellai Black, lived the dream on their fall 2020 deer hunts. Each sister harvested a trophy deer over 200 inches!
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