Monthly Archive: October 2017

Boning your kill improves pack weight and your hunting range.

Backpacking and Hiking / Hunting / Hunting Techniques and Stories

October 13, 2017

Bone it Out – Pack it Out

My First Time! I dumped that cow elk at about 1:30 pm on a mid-October afternoon. My dad and I had been hiking since before sunrise and we were spent. Add those two things...

The perfect big game rifle?

Hunting / Hunting Gear

October 11, 2017

My New Long Range Rifle!

The Setup For about ten (long) years, I’ve longed for a true long range rifle. Hunting shows provided me with deeds of derring-do. Mule deer are taken at 750 yards. Coyotes are slain at...

: Seeking a Bull

: Beautiful Idaho Overlook

: Home is Sometimes Where the Truck Is

: Simple Tent Camp

: 6-Point Bull – Successful Hunt

: Generational Learning

: Choose the Right Equipment

: Camp Set – Nomad Style

: A Very Good Day

: One Good Shot – As Organic as it Gets!

: Packing Them Out

: 89-Inch Record-Book Buck

: Soaking in the Summit. 5,000 vertical there and back.

: Taking Time to Enjoy the Scenery

: Late Season Camp, Day 1

: Memories from the Boat

: Spring Runoff Day

: Time for Reflection – Elk Hunt

: Monster 89 B&C Net Nevada Pronghorn

: Griswold Lake

: Memories Made This Way

: A Veiw From Above: Solitude

: Successful Cow Hunt

: One Shot, One Kill

: 356 Muzzleloader Bull

: Snowshoeing Near the Highway

: Post-Hunt

: Backcountry Camping Trip

: Topo Maps are the Heart of Outdoor Planning

: Teamwork and Memories

: Mature Mule Deer Buck

: 238 2/8 inch Muley Buck

: Refreshing, But What Else is There?

: Prepping for the ascent. Ruby Dome, 11,388 amsl. 5,000 vertical.

: Morning Light, End of Hunt

: Multiple Angles!

: Packed Up and Ready to Pack Out

: Little sister to my desired long range rifle. Sako A7 Roughtech.

: Beginning the descent, Ruby Dome