Judging Distance

I remember my first encounter with archery. I stopped at ACE hardware while heading home after one of my college football games. We had played WV State that day and since the field was only 25 minutes from home, I headed home to get some squirrel hunting in before dark. I was [...]

Unsuccessful

I left camp early that morning to hit my favorite ridge. I went alone, leaving my hunting partner to do some running and phone calling he needed to get done. We are both self-employed which equates to a day or two out of the week spent keeping things running back at home to afford us [...]

Accountability is the Answer

Here it is again. Time to evaluate our resolutions from last year and set new ones for the upcoming year. If you are like me you will dwell more on the goals we set and did not achieve more so than the accomplished ones. I usually add these non-achieved items to my list again for [...]

Elk Hunting Confidence

My #1 piece of advice applies not only to elk hunting, but to all challenging tasks in life.  In my opinion, confidence, or state of mind, is the most important contributor to any successful hunt.  I can think back through the trail of events that helped me become a more successful elk hunter, and, although each [...]

Space Blanket – Essential Gear

One evening I was waiting for Corey to come out of a Canyon we had started into earlier that day.  We had got separated as we opted to hunt in different directions to scout a new area.  We often use small, handheld radios for these situations to get back together after a few hours of [...]

Task Specific Training

The first time I went into the elk woods was the fall of 1990.  I had prepared physically, just like I did for football season the eight previous years – by doing nothing, especially not running.  The first morning right out of camp, my guide Rockie, tried to see if he could get this WV [...]