Category Archives: Hunting

How many times has your young boy or girl approached you and asked, “Can you show me how to shoot your guns, Dad?” Has terror clutched your heart as you imagined all the things that could go wrong? Do headlines … Continue reading →

SADDLES, SWALES, RIDGES, FINGERS, AND KNOBS What in the world are saddles, swales, ridges, fingers, or knobs, and what do they have to do with hunting? The answer is…everything! You have probably heard of saddles, you put them on a … Continue reading →

After drawing a cow elk tag for a late rifle hunt one December for Colorado’s GMU 80, I took my daughter out for opening weekend, and then I returned on the cusp of a huge snow storm. As the gray … Continue reading →

After two years of big game hunting, my daughter Shelley harvested her first deer. This story explains her hard work, determination, and skill in capably downing her first big game animal. Shelley had possessed a hunter safety certificate for two … Continue reading →

Hard Earned Elk Comes At Last Sarah had hunted hard for two seasons, experiencing many “almost” chances at a legal elk. She was in her 17th year, and the previous hunts had yielded only frustration; lost walkie- talkies, long fruitless … Continue reading →

We better go easy on the stories, or he will think we have to brush the elk off our sleeves like mosquitos!” quipped John, the experienced hunter in our party. We had been telling “war stories” at lunch and nearly … Continue reading →

The 9.3×64 Brenneke-Forgotten Powerhouse It was snowing heavily as the blaze orange-clad hunter climbed the aspen covered ridge. In his hands was an open sighted, short barreled ’98 Mauser. As he neared the ridgeline, a small mule deer buck sprang … Continue reading →