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The Gun Shots Plus: Insurers Balk at Issuing Polices for Armed School Staff, Teachers Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) plans to file complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against banks that he maintains are illegally restricting gun…Original linkOriginal author: John Haughey

The antelope in Wyoming have done very well this year. With a mild winter and spring, the habitat nearly statewide should see some very good improvements. I think this could be the year for good antelope in the Cowboy State. The southern counties of Carbon and Sweetwater should be back to big buck production after a nearly five-year slip. Both quan

The mule deer outlook in Wyoming remains somewhat bleak. Keep in mind, that a large proportion of our biggest deer reside on the Western side of the state and this area was hit very, very hard during the brutal winter of 2016-2017. The effects of that winter will be lingering for years to come, in all reality probably three more at least. Given thi

Yup, you heard it correctly, it’s your fault as a hunter that a lion recently attacked two Washington State cyclists. According to Brooks Fahy the Director of Predator Defense, hunting and killing adult male lions puts the “social structure” of a cougar population into “social chaos,” with younger animals making up the bulk of a population. With mo

Open Country Will the Department of Interior’s proposal create new spots to hunt near you? U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke this week announced a proposal to open or expand hunting and fishing opportunities at 30 national wildlife refuges. Check the…Original linkOriginal author: Ben Long

As the spring season progresses and hibernation comes to an end, there is always the unplanned risk of encountering a bear in the field. Amber Kornak was unfortunately an example of this experience and was mauled by a grizzly bear on the job. Kornak, a 28 year old bear researcher in northwest Montana, had just begun her job a few days prior. Alone

Please Welcome All Your New Friends The Colorado numbers are out. In 2018, applications for sheep and goat are way, way up and your future draw odds will drop dramatically for bighorn sheep and goats. If you applied for Colorado Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep as a nonresident in 2017, you were 1 of 3,728 applicants going after 28 licenses. For 2018,

  Step 2 For The Trophy Of A Lifetime – The MRS: Using Your Tools The first step in getting started hunting the West is a subscription to Eastmans’ Hunting Journal and or Eastmans’ Bowhunting Journal. This enables you to learn from and be entertained by hunters just like you and their stories of success. But, your subscription also has the added be

GunsHomemade ballistic gel can help you evaluate bullet and pellet penetration and performance. Those new expensive duck loads that say they’re “25% more effective” than the…Original linkOriginal author: Alex Robinson

Fly fishing world mourns as news breaks of well-known midwestern guides Brian Schumacher and his wife Janet Veit losing their lives in a fishing mishap in the frigid waters of Iceland Brian Schumacher and Janet Veit were passionate anglers who loved taking fly fishing trips. (Photo courtesy of Tim Landwehr) The fly fishing community was stunned ear

Fishing Up your night-fishing game with this DIY light An underwater light can improve your fishing game for a number of species, from crappie to catfish, snook to stripers. This DIY light uses LED technology so battery draw…Original linkOriginal author: Joseph Albanese

The Gun Shots Plus: Constitutional carry momentum from 2016 blunted In 2017, stymied in 2018 More comprehensive background checks and banning “assault weapons” would not have stopped Dimitrios Pagourtzis from using a shotgun and a .38 pistol to kill nine…Original linkOriginal author: John Haughey

Hunting Making a custom striker with Dennis Woodall This video shows Woodall building a striker from a raw block of osage orange wood (his favorite material), along with some advice about choosing and using strikers for…Original linkOriginal author: Josh Dahlke

Fishing The baddest baits for northern pike and muskellunge The baddest baits for northern pike and muskellunge.Original linkOriginal author: Mark Modoski

Photo courtesy of Friends of the Teton River Imperiled Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout are getting a helping hand with new strategies being developed by fisheries managers to control invasive predator species.  Biologists from the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks division, working with federal scientists from Yellowstone National Park recently outlined