This gear review features First Lite’s Omen Stormshelter Jacket and Pant. This system is built for mid and late season hunts when the weather becomes predictably unpredictable. The jacket features a unique hood design to channel water away from your face and down your shoulders and back. Both pieces feature …
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Pittman-Robertson Act Repealed?
If you’ve never read a thing I wrote, make this the one, as this topic should strike a chord with you if you consider yourself an outdoorsman. The news about a new bill just introduced this week literally made me sick. You hear me talking about the future of hunting …
Read More »NEW Stone Glacier Review – Chilkoot 32º Quilt
This review features the Chilkoot 32° Quilt made by Stone Glacier. This packable, lightweight insulating quilt is built for early to mid-season backcountry hunts. An easy-to-use strap system keeps the quilt in place on a sleeping pad to trap warmth while preventing slipping and sliding overnight. The articulated foot box …
Read More »Grizzly Mauls Hiker In Wyoming
It’s been a fairly quiet spring and early summer for grizzly bear incidents around Wyoming. In fact, a bit too quiet. (Not that maulings are a good thing) About the time those of us who recreate in grizz country start to possibly get a bit complacent we are jolted back …
Read More »Wyoming Range Mule Deer Trends
I’ve got some very positive news coming in from western Wyoming in regards to mule deer population and herd trends. Based on what we are currently seeing, a mule deer rebound could finally be taking shape in the famed Wyoming mule deer Region-G. The Wyoming Game and Fish management …
Read More »BRAND NEW: Sig Sauer 6K Rangefinding Binos
This review features the brand new 6K rangefinding binoculars by @SIG SAUER, Inc. These feature packed binoculars are more compact and lightweight than ever! Eastmans’ bowhunter Dan Pickar breaks down all the features of the 6K and compares them to Sig Sauer’s 10K and Kilo3000 models.
Read More »Dan Pickar’s Mathews V3X Bow Set Up
Dan Pickar of Eastmans’ Beyond the Grid shares his 2022 hunting bow setup. This Mathews V3X bow has been a performer on three hunts in Wyoming and Hawaii. Leave a comment with questions for Dan about your bow set up.
Read More »Taskforce Seeks Comments on the “Great Compromise” Package
This is a personal article written by Jaden Bales and is not a reflection of any views, beliefs, or perspectives of the Wyoming Wildlife Federation. You may have seen an increase in interesting hunter headlines coming from the Cowboy State lately. Part of the hubbub is related to the …
Read More »THAT’S HOW IT’S DONE! – Poacher Nabbed By Tip
Three Oregonians get this week’s moron award for poaching AND I’d like to give a round of applause for the anonymous informant who called in the tip to ODFW to kickstart their investigation into the poaching. Here’s how it went down… Lionardo Munoz, Matt Wilkinson and Rachel Hallett killed …
Read More »An Auction Tag We Can Get on Board With
At this year’s Hunt Expo in Salt Lake City a Utah state representative and mule deer aficionado bought the Antelope Island mule deer tag, arguably the best mule deer tag in the entire country for a whopping $310,000. A win for Utah conservation, but then he did something that …
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