Hunting and Fishing News Blog Articles

There has been some serious conversation as of late regarding the long-term viability of preference points systems. Many hunters have begun to see the writing on the wall, after years of point creep that there are some serious flaws in these systems mathematically and we may have just slit our own throats as a result of our greed for high-quality b

Hunting More decoys? Louder calls? Nah. A snow goose expert shares his checklist for decoying big flocks gun-barrel close There's no magic solution to trick snow geese into gun range. Your best chance for a barrel-burning, birds-in-your-face shoot is smart preperation. Here's an expert snow…Original linkOriginal author: chillman

Gear Check out the fixed-blade, mechanical, and hybrid broadheads introduced at the Archery Trade Association Show Check out the fixed-blade, mechanical, and hybrid broadheads introduced at the Archery Trade Association Show.Original linkOriginal author: Alex Robinson

Open Country The longer the shutdown continues, the more damage will be done to public lands In some places, our public lands are literally being trashed as the folks paid to oversee them are left in limbo. In other places, the damage is more gradual. The Forest…Original linkOriginal author: Ben Long

The Cast-Iron Chef Simple recipes for turning every part of your wild goose into something delicious Some hunters claim wild goose is inedible, and disrespected the birds for years with names like "sky rats" or worse. However, if you cook anything poorly, it's going to…Original linkOriginal author: Jamie Carlson

Hunting For a certain type of hunter, the worst of winter brings the best action of the year If you enjoy coaxing critters in with calls and decoys for close encounters, there's no better time to be out there.Original linkOriginal author: Will Brantley

Gear A first look at the hottest new hunting bows of the year As popular as crossbow have gotten, the 2019 Archery Trade Association show was still a vertical bow feast of cams, risers, and d-loops.Original linkOriginal author: Tony Hansen

  I would like to give a big shout out to Monty Stephens with the Lake City Reporter in his 9 September 2018 article on Wildlife Transitions Taxidermy. Monty did a detailed review of my work and passion, taxidermy.  I am thrilled he chose my business to write about. I am humbled and grateful.      Monty's article provided an in depth review of spec

GearThis is by no means a comprehensive test of the new crossbows. You’ll find that in the fall issue of our magazine. This is simply a first look at the new bows, so you…Original linkOriginal author: Tony Hansen

Gear Our editors hit the Archery Trade Association showroom floor to find the hottest new archery gear Each year, the top gear makers in bowhunting get together for the Archery Trade Association show to put their best new products on display. There’s a lot of great stuff…Original linkOriginal author: The Editors

WY Resident Preference Points – A Very Bad Idea for a Number of Reasons: And here we go again. Another legislative session in Cheyenne and for some reason the same bad ideas seem to keep coming up, over and over again. Most of us here in Wyoming think of ourselves as much different from those in Washington, D.C. and for the most part we are. Howeve

Fishing Easy and inexpensive solutions that safeguard your gear and make life easier out on the ice The best way to outlast Mother Nature on frozen water is to take care of your gear, whether that’s while transporting it on the ice, or placing it in offseason storage.Original linkOriginal author: Ross Robertson

In September, 2018, Eastman’s Official Blog reported on what amounts to the largest mountain goat relocation project in American history in Washington’s Olympic National Park (“ONP”).   That project, scheduled to continue through 2020, quite possibly could result in several hundred mountain goats being eradicated if they cannot all be relocated to

Hunting A hot diver shoot is something you'll never forget, but decoying these birds in close calls for specialized gear and tactics Dedicated diver hunting means swarms of bluebills, redheads, canvasbacks, and goldeneyes decoying just off the gun barrel. It takes place on big water and is at its best…Original linkOriginal author: Will Brantley

Hunting Chronic wasting disease is the largest threat facing wild deer. But after two decades of fighting the disease, we still can’t agree on how to stop its spread. Are captive-deer farmers the source of the problem or part of the solution? Chronic wasting disease is one of the greatest threats to wild deer, but after twenty years of research, bi