You Can Fly Fish, Kayak, Hike and Hunt with Adaptive Equipment More and more national forests are paving hiking trails, so that people with manual wheelchairs can hike with their families. Read More Big Game, Deer, Fishing
Types of Adaptive Outdoor Equipment for Hunters with Disabilities I break down adaptive equipment into three categories: equipment originally designed for able-bodied people but that can be used by people with disabilities, equipment specifically designed for people with physical disabilities, and equipment or modifications of equipment people build in their garages and workshops. Let’s look at these categories. Read More Big Game, Deer, Fishing, Gear
Hear Better, Hunt Better Most outdoor mentors and their students now understand that a few minutes of casual skeet shooting without hearing protection is a serious – potentially life altering – mistake. Read More Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Waterfowl, Predator, Gear, Firearm
Solo Hunting: 7 Safety Tips for Hunting Alone Safety is important during any hunt, but it becomes a matter of life or death during solo hunts in rough terrain. Read More Big Game, Deer, Turkey, How-To
Your Guide to How Hunting Tags Work Hunting tags give you the right to kill a specific animal during hunting season. The luck of the draw is a huge factor, so it’s best to apply early. Read More Big Game, Deer, Turkey, How-To
Pope & Young Now Ranks Velvet-Antlered Mule Deer Bucks Having the world-record mule-deer buck taken with archery equipment is not nearly as important to me as keeping that animal exactly the same way he was when I harvested him. Read More Big Game, Deer, Bow
The Bull Elk That Taught Mark Hanson the Most You’re destined to be enamored by any monster bull. I was deadset on taking that 400+ bull. I passed up several other really nice bulls, because I decided I was going to take that monster bull and put my tag on his rack. Read More Big Game
Elk Hunting with Friends is Fun and Also Necessary at Times Over the years, I’ve learned that the more friends you have, who will hunt with you, or come to where you’ve got an elk down and help you get the bull back to your vehicle, makes the job of butchering and carrying out meat much quicker, and the hunt’s more fun for everyone. Read More Big Game, Bow
More on Mark Hanson’s Biggest Bull Bow Elk Ever My son being with me meant we could share the memories of this hunt together, and I could get my elk out of the woods more quickly with my son helping. Read More Big Game, Bow
Mark Hanson’s Biggest Bull Elk with a Bow From earlier hunts, I knew elk would feed in the meadows at night and return to the wilderness area just at sunup. Read More Big Game, Bow
Mark Hanson’s Elk Addiction I primarily hunt in eastern Arizona, near the New Mexico border, south of Alpine, Arizona, just outside of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. In the past, drawing an elk tag was much easier than it is today. Read More Big Game, Bow, Firearm
Elk Hunting with a Caller, Cameraman and Shooter When we hear the elk bugle or reach the spot where we want to call, the shooter, the cameraman and the caller usually will be standing together. Read More Big Game, How-To, Bow
Will Primos’ Muzzleloader Bull Elk Taken on Louisiana Purchase Land This hunt was a win-win. We’d called a beautiful bull up to within 12 yards of us, and I was able to take him. Being able to walk in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark was a great experience. Read More Big Game, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Firearm
Elk Shank and Pepper Medley Taco Put a little Mexican twist on your next braised elk shank. When braised low and slow, the connective tissues and sinew break down to collagen and gelatin, and virtually disappear, giving the meat tons of flavor. Read More Big Game, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild
One of the Biggest Bull Elk Will Primos Has Called Some wildfires had broken out in the Belt Mountains, and we were hunting on a ranch not far from the Missouri River near Three Forks, Montana. Read More Big Game, Bow