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!
Read More »Saving Hunting History! Roger Selner – The Trophy Whisperer
Eastmans’ family friend and trophy tour pioneer Roger Selner measured more big game trophies in his lifetime than any Boone & Crockett scorer. He traveled the country with his elk and deer tours for over 30 years covering one million miles. Known as the “trophy whisperer” and Uncle Rog to …
Read More »Mule Deer Methodology- 5 Tactics for Taking Your Biggest Buck
I am blessed to know many of the finest mule deer hunters in the country. Some of them you have heard of, like Brian Barney and Guy Eastman. Then there are some that you haven’t and probably never will because trophy mule deer hunters are often a secretive …
Read More »Gettin’ Ugly
Guest Author / Hunter: BRAD SHURTLIFF It was late February when I received a call from a friend of mine asking if I had seen the draw results from the Salt Lake Hunt Expo. When I told him that I had not, he couldn’t hold back and exclaimed that …
Read More »Skull Cleaning – Do-It-Yourself Big Game European Mount
Learn how to clean your next trophy big game skull at home. This quick guide to a DIY European mount will save you time and money with professional results.
Read More »Hunting VELVET Bucks with a Rifle!
Go deer hunting in Colorado for a trophy buck still in its velvet. This 2020 mule deer hunt was auctioned by Eastmans’ Hunting Journals and all the funds donated to efforts to conserve Wyoming’s mule deer migrations. This is a unique opportunity to rifle hunt for a buck still in …
Read More »UNBELIEVABLE wildlife MIGRATION! – The story of Wyoming’s Mule Deer Migration
Migration is vital to the survival of mule deer and other wildlife. Understanding migration paths is a key to conserving mule deer and other wildlife for generations to come. As our landscapes become more developed conservation of migration corridors is becoming more important. This is the story of Wyoming’s mule …
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