Broadhead Confidence

As most hardcore archers would agree, there is something magical about the flight of an arrow. Whether from a traditional bow or a compound, it’s awesome how the arrow often appears to be on a string until impacting the point of aim. I have always been mesmerized by the flight of an arrow and amazed [...]

Hunting the Rut

I always enjoy hunt talk and my favorite topic has to be elk hunting during the rut. September is a special time for us bowhunters and lucky rifle hunters that have the opportunity to hunt during the bugle season. One of the questions I’m often asked is in reference to hunting techniques during the course [...]

Building Confidence

It’s hard to believe how fast the rut in closing in on us. The late spring we are having here in the west seems to be blanketing the reality of how close elk season truly is. With only three month away it’s time to start honing our skills – we need to get outdoors and [...]

Preparing for Taxidermy

From a young age I think most of us hunters couldn’t wait to have a trophy hanging on our wall symbolizing our pride as hunters, our accomplishment, and our God-given right to harvest wild game. Mounts are something we can glance at and quickly go back to that day and instance when everything came [...]

The Big One

I’ll never forget the details of my first elk with a bow. A solo, bivy camp put me right above a couple bugling bulls for the night.  The next morning I worked my way in to two sparing elk. Once I had them in sight I let out a few soft cow calls. The response [...]

Bivy Hunting for Elk

Looking back at the earlier years of my bowhunting adventures I remember it being so simple. My bivy hunts consisted of bow and arrows, reeds and grunt tube, knife, flashlight, canteen, game bags, one Albertsons bag including three cans of chili and six snickers, a $20.00 sleeping bag, a 6×6 tarp, and four bungee straps [...]

Start Getting in Shape Now!

How many times have you said to yourself, “If I only knew then what I know now”? When I think about that phrase, one early season archery deer & elk hunt comes to mind. The general archery hunt took place here in Idaho in the late 80’s in the limit entry rifle area of unit [...]

“The Rut”

The first hunt of the 2001 archery elk season left me kicking rocks for five miles back to the trailhead. The morning bugle-fest was incredible and continued into the early afternoon. I couldn’t recall another opening day quite so full of the rut. Two herd bulls would not leave each other alone. They were very [...]