Bowhunter Gary Martin Completes the Super Slam

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“It’s a journey,” said 54-year-old Martin, an SC Johnson technologist and taxidermist. So what is the Super Slam? The North American archery “Super Slam” involves taking the 28 North American big game animals as recognized by the Pope & Young Club by bow and arrow. The animals in the North American archery “Super Slam” are: [...]

A Rhino in the Bathroom

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I came accross this story recently while browsing HuntersNetworks.com. It is about a man who found a poached rhino in Africa and while looking for evidence, found a baby rhino. He took it home and is raising it. Pretty cool story. The news came in from a gamescout patrol via hand-held radio. A rhino had [...]

Catching Wild Pigs

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A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student [...]

Winter Wildlife Woes Continue

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North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologists indicate the final 4-6 weeks of winter will be critical to the health of the state’s wildlife. “Depending on how the rest of the winter plays out, the cumulative impact could be significant,” said Randy Kreil, wildlife chief. Reports of pheasant losses continue, especially after the statewide rain [...]

Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors Program

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WICHITA, KS (February 11, 2009). Today, many children express an interest in outdoor activities, but don’t have the support to help them realize those adventures. The Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors program recruits mentors who will share their love of the outdoors with children who lack opportunities to get outdoors without a mentor showing [...]

Northern Idaho Spring Turkeys

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Marc Warnke and I went up to Orofino to turkey hunt for the last week of the season. He had a spot that he had been hunting for years and knew it well. I was excited to turkey hunt with somebody who knew what they were doing, all of my friends and I just sort [...]

US Sportsmens Alliance Comes to Defense of Sarah Palin

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About a month ago, The Defenders of Wildlife ran a campaign with an Internet-based video by actress Ashley Judd criticizing Alaska’s predator control program and Sarah Palin in particular. The video is as the first step of a larger campaign aimed at Palin’s conservation policies, and promises future critiques of polar bear and endangered-species policies. [...]

JD’s First Buck

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Dean Cartlidge sent me these photos of his son’s first buck. JD Cartlidge (14 yrs. old), shot this awesome mulie in Nevada’s Area 7 on Nov. 1, 2008. OFFICIALLY scored 211 3/8″ with an outside spread of 30 1/2″. (scored by: Bruce Anderson, Spring Creek, NV)

Idaho Sheep Auction Brings $120,000

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At FNAWS (Foundation for North American Wild Sheep) annual convention in Salt Lake City, an anonymous Oregon hunter paid $120,000 for Idaho’s auctioned bighorn sheep permit. Interestingly, that wasn’t the top auction item: Idaho’s permit brought the third highest amount of those offered by any western state or province for Rocky Mountain sheep in this [...]

Mountain Lion Catch and Release

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A friend of mine owns hounds and last weekend he caught and released this small mountain lion in Southern Idaho. He catches ten or so every year and lets almost all of them go. Hound hunting is the only form of catch-and-release hunting there is. If you haven’t tried it, you should. It’s a lot [...]

A Buck Named Lazarus

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Check out these pictures of this cool Wyoming buck that is nicknamed Lazarus. He almost looks like a whitetail on one side.

Free-Ranging Wood Bison Hunt

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Alberta has several free ranging herds of trophy bison, of which only a few areas are hunted. It is a fact that the wild bison have always existed in these ranges and man has never pushed them out of the area. There may be nowhere else in North America can you hunt native, free ranging [...]

How is this Hard Winter Effecting Pheasant Populations?

North Dakota upland game supervisor Stan Kohn provides his insights into this winter’s effects on upland game birds and particularly the ring-necked pheasant. Apparently, it hasn’t had much of an effect on wildlife so far. That’s good news. Watch a pretty good video by the Game and Fish Department, North Dakota here.

Monster Buck “Big Louie” Found Dead by Pheasant Hunters

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The news is out. After keeping this brute a perfect secret all throughout the season “Big Louie” was found dead by pheasant hunters on my friends neighboring property. The 250″ buck was discovered by my friend Darin and his neighbor Mark. Here’s the story. Early season I received a phone call from Darin, my good [...]

Idaho Mule Deer / Elk Combo

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My buddy Ty just sent me these pictures of the buck that his brother Rett shot on 11/15/08 with his muzzleloader. It is 30″ wide and 26″ tall with one nice cheater. They took the live pictures on the night before they got him. Rett has been hunting the desert in Idaho for quite a [...]