by Douglas Morales | Adventure
Trent Williams, Wyoming, 2015 “There are certainly risks with hunting solo in this type of country, but I’ll be taking this gamble again. With a gentle mountain breeze blowing from the bull to me, I sat there on my knees, arrow nocked, bow ready, and a rangefinder...
by George Bettas | Adventure, Tips from the Field
A good hunting partner is like a good bird dog…you’re lucky if you get one great one in a lifetime. For the hunting horseman, a great hunting partner who also knows how to pack with stock is priceless. Each year of packing into the mountains and hunting elk is another...
by Western Hunter | Hunt DIY, Tags/Applications
Not to be left out of the revenue generation game, New Mexico has implemented their own. For 2019, the previously refundable hunting license fee ($65) will no longer be refundable. In addition to that, the Habitat Stamp and Habitat Management and Access Validation...
by Western Hunter | Adventure
“All the stalks that go wrong make the ones that go right just that much sweeter” Justin Davis, Colorado, 2017. I peered at the buck through the spotter as he fed with his ten buddies in the high alpine basin. It was the evening before opening day of the...
by Western Hunter | Hunt DIY, Tags/Applications
The big news in Colorado for 2019 has nothing to do with actual hunting, rather the application/tag fee changes (as was highlighted by Mike Duplan in our last issue). The increases include a $3 to $9 per species application fee as well as a $100 preference...
by Western Hunter | Hunt DIY, Tags/Applications
Mule Deer: The deer draw is a two-step operation to acquire a limited-entry tag. The deer or big-game combination tag ($587/$1001) application is the first step in the process, followed by the limited draw permit choices on the same application. Prior to last year,...
