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Huge Idaho Mule Deer Found Dead
My neighbor found this huge buck on a local duck club here in Hagerman, Idaho. I don’t know what buck scores yet, but he is a monster for sure. Four other bucks were found dead in the same area. It is assumed that they are mountain lion kills. When I find out what he scores, [...]
Why You Should Hunt South Africa This Year
I’m sure that you are painfully aware of the current state of our global economy. Most of the effects of the global recession have been negative, but there have also been some positive outcomes from the situation as a whole. The value of the South African Rand has recently dipped to its lowest level in [...]
Outfitter Report: 2008 Idaho Wilderness Elk
This nice 300 class bull elk was tagged last week by one of our hunters. The hunt this year was extremely tough and we had to pull out all the stops to plan a spot and stalk. I was able to get into the area about 1.5-2 hours ahead of our hunters to test the [...]
High Pheasant Numbers Again for South Dakota
For pheasant hunters who were in the fields last year, 2008 may offer a sense of déjà vu as South Dakota once again boasts a near-record population of ringnecks. Pheasant brood count surveys last year estimated a pheasant population that recalled the Soil Bank days of the 1950s and ’60s and this year’s brood counts [...]
2008 Big Bucks, Bulls, Stories and Rumors
I always get these emails and you never know if the story attached to the pictures are true. While the pictures are impressive, it would be nice to get the real story. If anybody knows the facts on these, let us know by commenting. In the meantime, enjoy the pics. Possible New World Record Whitetail [...]
Sheds and Dead-Heads
This is going to be an ever-growing (hopefully) gallery of sheds and dead heads from our readers. Send us your pics and we’ll show them off for you.
How to Build a Tree Stand
Start with a small to medium size camping trailer… Pull it out to a likely looking area… Jam some poles in the ground… Use a couple of tractors with loaders… Raise it WAY UP (and fasten it!)… Drink a beer or two and step back to admire your work… Build a deck (so you’ll have [...]
Updated CRP Rental Rates Make Conservation Programs More Attractive
PIERRE, S.D. — Updated rental rates are now available for new Conservation Reserve Program contracts. In many areas of South Dakota, average CRP rental rates have increased 10 percent to 20 percent, making them much more competitive with local cash rent. “This increase in CRP rental rates will make enrolling environmentally sensitive lands such as [...]
Grizzly Attacks Wyoming Bowhunter
This morning I received this amazing story in my email and thought I should share. Here is the email just as I received it: “Many of you know that my brother-in-law, Ron, was attacked by a grizzly bear last weekend in Wyoming , while bow hunting elk with his dad. Ron amazing came through with [...]
Bad Luck Bull
Tiffany P. shot this Idaho bull on October 1st. It fell dead in a crack in a lava flow and even with five men they weren’t able to pry it out. After five hours they got the bull quartered and out. Talk about bad luck.
Bear Bait Pictures
A friend of mine sent me some pretty cool pictures from his bear bait in Idaho. He has had numerous bears into this bait since putting it out on 8/31. Currently there are four bears using the bait, a large chocolate-colored bear, a medium size black bear with a white blaze on his chest, and [...]
Outfitter Report: Another Big Alberta Whitetail
Our Outfitter in Alberta guided his hunter Bill Killmer to this beautiful whitetail buck on his last day of his hunt, “it only takes a second to catch up!!”. The buck gross scored just at 170 with 5″ of extras and a huge 300 lbs body. Congratulations Bill! Learn more about this great whitetail hunt.
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