On November 3rd the Trump Administration officially removed the gray wolf from the ESA, thus turning over all management to state and tribal agencies. This move comes in the wake of fully recovered and burgeoning wolf populations in the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountain West. States such as Wyoming, Idaho …
Read More »POACHING-Enough is Enough…or is it?
A Montana Poaching Case for the Ages. The dust has finally settled on a Montana millennial who has been convicted and now charged with a very disturbing poaching binge that has resulted in a lifetime ban from hunting and fishing. But does it even matter? A logical person might argue-probably …
Read More »Locating Spring Black Bears
To hunt spot and stalk spring black bears, first a hunter needs to locate a bear! Bowhunter Dan Pickar shares his strategy for locating black bears during the spring bear hunting season. #eastmans Subscribe Here: http://bit.ly/EastmansHuntingJournals EASTMANS’ BOWHUNTING JOURNAL: http://bit.ly/Eastmans
Read More »Spot And Stalk DIY Public Land Spring Bear Hunt
Bowhunter Dan Pickar scours the green hillsides of Montana’s public land for a spring black bear in this web edition of Eastmans’ Hunting TV. Hunting spring bears takes patience and persistence. This strategy pays for Pickar after days of wet weather. Watch More From Eastmans!
Read More »Colorado Mountain Lion Insanity
Cougars on the Attack!!! Lucky, very lucky. On February 4th a trail runner in Northern Colorado was attacked by a cougar. While the attack in and of itself is somewhat surprising given the rarity of the occurrence, the fact that the guy was able to choke out the cat with …
Read More »Tundra Caribou Bowhunt With Guy Eastman
Guy Eastman heads north to the arctic to bowhunt Labrador caribou in Quebec. Bowhunting the tundra with little cover is challenging enough, but the unusually warm weather makes this hunt even more difficult. With a stroke of luck Eastman beats the odds and arrows a respectable velvet caribou bull on …
Read More »Wyoming Grizzly Bear Hunt Shutdown
***Update*** The hunt has been delayed even longer by the same Judge Dana Christensen. More time is needed to make a decision based on the research presented to him. Last-Minute Dictate from Montana Just when the historic Wyoming grizzly hunt was set to finally happen, on August 31, the …
Read More »Hunting In Bear Country: After The Kill
Bowhunter Dan Pickar shares his experience after harvesting a bull elk in grizzly bear country. Taking certain steps after a kill in bear country can help limit the chance of a bear encounter and the potential loss of your big game animal. A U.S. Forest Service ranger and the Bear …
Read More »Beyond The Grid: Giant Marco Polo Rams
What’s your Everest? Over 60-years ago my grandfather Gordon, dreamed of hunting in what was then Soviet-Russia for Marco Polo sheep. The logistics, politics and costs proved to be just too overwhelming for such an endeavor at the time. Thirty years later my dad would also dream of such an …
Read More »Double Down: Bear Attacks!
Two people are lucky to be alive after being mauled by grizzly bears. The separate instances occurred less than a week apart in south central Montana. Both had a similar set of circumstances, where the victims startled bears who were feeding on carcasses. Montana FWP reported the first incident on …
Read More »