I have been putting in for Wyoming points for Mule Deer, Elk and Antelope for 10 years for my 2 boys and I. The goal has always been to hopefully draw some good tags when the time is right so me and my boys can have some fun hunts together. After 10 years of applying, we decided the time was right and we had the necessary points to draw a good unit. In fact, we had enough points we could bring my …

In this blog, I’m going to highlight a couple of hunts where scouting and specific weather conditions played a significant role in creating an opportunity at a mature buck.  Obviously, scouting can take many forms.  E-scouting, off-season scouting, in-season scouting “boots on the ground”, scouting from a vehicle, and so on.   But I’m going to focus specifica …

Back in 2023 I got one of the best birthday surprises of my life. WTA called, letting me know they had a cancellation hunt pop up. It was a September moose hunt in British Columbia. My 34th year on this earth would be starting off with a bang and a childhood dream was suddenly very real. I grabbed my Christensen Arms .300 Win Mag, a caliber I’ve relied on for years, and started looking for …

What’s the best bear defense ammo out there? This is a very common question we get after multiple backyard brown bear encounters. My wife and I with our six kids live in King Salmon, Alaska. We have one of the highest densities of brown bears in the world here in Western Alaska. Being wild animals, these bears will take the easy way out to find food if there is a chance.   Seeing t …