Mule Deer

Every year the stupidity of some people who call themselves hunters never ceases to amaze me. Someone shot a mule deer buck in Uptown Butte Montana, out of season and breaking local firearms laws. Sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up. Every one of us as a sportsman is …

This is a year of transition in the atmosphere and the result will have major implications for hunters across the West.  We’re coming off a super-El Nino event that dominated the Pacific Ocean last fall and winter – one of the strongest on record – and could be diving right …

As I prepared the last part of this year’s series on weather and antler growth for this season I didn’t feel like I would be doing you any favors unless I included information on the major fires that are burning across the West. In early July the smoke rolled into …

If you are reading this it means that you are getting ready for hunting season, and like me, you are counting down the days until the season opens. For bowhunters in a few states, arrows have already started to fly. This year we have something really special to add to …

Don’t let your big game trophy’s velvet go to waste! Every western hunter dreams of bringing home a buck with beautifully preserved velvet at some point in their hunting career. Guy Eastman breaks down the process to save the velvet on your next buck in this video. If you are …

Scott Reekers of Eastmans’ Hunting Journals, tests out the latest performance gear offerings from Sitka while scouting mule deer. This year Sitka has come out with two new jackets, the Timberline and Mountain jackets. From the cool high country conditions to warmer bow season hunts, Sitka’s new jackets meet any hunter’s …

If you have spent any amount of time reading either Eastmans’ Hunting or Bowhunting Journals, I am sure you are aware that we get a kick out of our time in the backcountry. When we have tags in our pockets for a backcountry hunt we start thinking and working on …

Hunters can save themselves weight and mess using the gutless method to pack meat back to the trailhead after harvesting an animal. Bowhunter Dan Pickar demonstrates how to remove the bones from an elk hind quarter to make the packout as light as possible while getting all of the meat from the …

Bowhunter Dan Pickar puts the Slick Trick standard hunting broadhead to the test against a beef cow bone. The results are impressive! This four-blade hunting broadhead demonstrates it’s durability. Check out Pickar’s comprehensive four-blade broached review in issue 96 of Eastmans’ Bowhunting Journal. Want more from Eastmans’? Sign up for …

Much has been made of the “Public Land Transfer” debate this political season by both sides of the political spectrum in the last 12-18 months. There are so many reasons the transfer is a bad idea, I can’t list them all in the space I am allowed. It is curious …