I had originally written this for our sister site, Eating Wild Montana. (If you have a chance, go over there and check it out.) After rereading it, I couldn’t help but think it would help other hunters explain why they…
Did you watch Bambi as a kid? Of course you did. Did you cheer when Bambi’s mom got shot? Most likely not. Chances are you cried your eyes out. Or at least felt empathy. Maybe you watched Bugs Bunny and…
There you sit in the forest or atop a sage covered hillside, gun in hand as time limps tediously away. Sunlight fades to dark twilight and another hunting season ends. Now what? It’s an old truism; a hunting season’s last…
WARNING: No bears were harmed in the making of this spring bear season. Spring bear season. It’s what you do after you’ve recovered from general deer/elk season and are looking at your freezer with regret from eating all the venison…
“Sorry, we’re out. Our supplier doesn’t know when we’ll get more.” If you’re a hunter, you’ve no doubt heard this countless times at your local gun shop. Your favorite load, bullet, or gunpowder isn’t available anywhere for any price. Hunting…
Your partner has asked you to join him or her hunting (or maybe you asked if you could hunt) and the answer is “yes.” You’re excited and maybe a little nervous. After all, you’re a newbie and your partner is…
This sucks. The words rattled around in my head in sympathy with my kidneys which were tossed unmercifully by the mil-spec seat in the old Willys Jeep. My second year as a hunter showed every sign it would end as…
“Did you know you can hunt outside of Los Angeles?” Larry asked me the other day. To be perfectly honest, I had no idea. But I wasn’t too surprised. But if you live in an urban area and are new…
One early May morning, something caught my eye on a logging road five hundred yards across a drainage as I hunted bear on a ridge complex not far from home. A quick look through the binoculars revealed an immense cinnamon…
It’s no secret that if you can’t find game animals, you can’t shoot them. Which is why having a good game spotter in your party is imperative. Don’t despair if you hunt alone — there are ways to improve your…