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As the spring season progresses and hibernation comes to an end, there is always the unplanned risk of encountering a bear in the field. Amber Kornak was unfortunately an example of this experience and was mauled by a grizzly bear on the job. Kornak, a 28 year old bear researcher …

Please Welcome All Your New Friends The Colorado numbers are out. In 2018, applications for sheep and goat are way, way up and your future draw odds will drop dramatically for bighorn sheep and goats. If you applied for Colorado Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep as a nonresident in 2017, you …

  Step 2 For The Trophy Of A Lifetime – The MRS: Using Your Tools The first step in getting started hunting the West is a subscription to Eastmans’ Hunting Journal and or Eastmans’ Bowhunting Journal. This enables you to learn from and be entertained by hunters just like you …

  Step 1 – For Your Trophy of a Lifetime Getting started in hunting western big game can be a daunting process and is certainly one where breaking it down into manageable parts, much like breaking down an elk in the field, will make the daunting task of where, when …

Do Convicted Poachers Pay Enough to Deter Others? All of us get frustrated when we hear about poachers violating the public trust and illegally taking the wildlife that we pay to see flourish and that every citizen has the right to enjoy. Law-abiding hunters that wait years to hunt that …

Mathews once again has stuck to the Halon era style bow for 2018, introducing the Triax. Coming off 2017 with the Halon 32, the Triax is essentially a shortened version of the Halon, with a 28” ATA. Now this short ATA scares a lot of shooters off because it is …

Guy Eastman mounts and reviews a cutting edge scope mount. The Triad ZL and Nomad ZL scope mounts by iota Outdoors is the new standard for durability and stability for precisions shooters and big game hunters. Aluminum construction and under-angled screws make these rings and bases almost indestructible. These lightweight …

Photo taken by Mike Eastman After a very rough winter last year- it will go down in history as one of the toughest winters in nearly half a century, this winter has come as some welcome relief for our wildlife and big game herds. The long and short of the …

Guy Eastman reviews the new release from Zeiss optics, the Conquest V4 rifle scope. With an updated 33 mm tube to maximize light transmission, this could be the ultimate hunting rifle scope. Its functional zoom and focus rings plus a zero-stop turret make the Conquest V4 a powerful option for …

Our story begins with our grandfather Gordon Eastman and his adventure films that started in the 1950’s and showcased the wildlife of the North, the country they lived in and the grit it took to hunt them. From there, his son and our father, Mike Eastman created Eastmans’ Hunting Journals, …