From the monthly archives:

October 2010

Last Minute Public Land Muley

October 29, 2010

Here’s a quick update from the last minutes of my public land hunt for a muley. On our last morning out I spotted a buck leaving a bottom area near a county road. The buck was on a straight course for me and everything looked like it as going to happen like a fairy tale. Even the does [...]

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Public Land Pursuits

October 27, 2010

I’m in the midst of a filming project in my Wyoming backyard. To bring my series Extreme Pursuits down to earth we’re filming on public land for pronghorn and deer. Yesterday I wrapped my tag around a plump public land pronghorn early on the hunt.
After scouting for a day and a half and putting the [...]

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While I’m Away the Family Will Play

October 25, 2010

When I got back to the lodge in Colorado I immediately called home to share the great news about my elk hunt. Little did I know there was some great news happening there as well.
Before I left I told my son Cole to ask Sharon if she would go with him to go deer hunting. [...]

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Out of the Gate Elk

October 25, 2010

I’m back from Colorado and having a couple days off between hunts is something to be cherished. As you might have surmised I rubbed the rabbit’s foot in Colorado and slipped into a pile of luck opening morning.
Outfitter Clay Allison who operates Santa Fe Outfitters teamed me up with Jesse Bauer, a young elk hunting [...]

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Second Crack Elk

October 21, 2010

I’m deep in the high country of southern Colorado chasing elk at the moment. This is my last chance to put some elk meat in the Kayser freezer before I have to lower my standards to (I can’t believe I’m at this point): whitetail! Of course I’m just kidding. I like all of God’s creatures [...]

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Hunting Pick-Me-Up

October 18, 2010

It’s that time of year. You and I are likely getting less sleep due to the long hours of hunting and drives between locations. I know I’m sleep deprived. I’ve done several stupid stunts in the past couple of weeks and all lead back to a lack of sleep.
This past week I tried one of [...]

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Hunting Can Be Frustrating

October 13, 2010

It’s day five of our tribal hunt for whitetails and archery muleys. So far the bow has sat idle as I tried to put a muzzleloader deer show in the can.
It’s been frustrating! The hunt started out fine with some deer sightings, but abundant browse had scattered the deer from one end of the reservation [...]

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Hunting Camp Horror Stories

October 12, 2010

Everyone has a hunting camp horror story to relate. For some reason I’m blessed with more than a few. You may have heard about my past Alaska moose hunt where the problem of seeing six to nine brown bears per day wasn’t enough so fate decided to toss in a hunting guide living in LaLa [...]

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October Lull Whitetails

October 10, 2010

I admit that October whitetails are some of the hardest to hunt. You may catch a bachelor group pattern early and some rutting late, but in midmonth mature bucks go undercover more than the chipmunk that was sharing my sleeping bag at elk camp (true story!).
 
I’ll be hunting whitetails the first full week of the [...]

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Unexpected Hunting Season Interruption

October 6, 2010

I’m writing this blog from seat 13C on a flight from Minneapolis back to Wyoming after a whirlwind visit to the land of 10,000 lakes, specifically Minneapolis. What could possibly make me leave the hinterlands for a trip to the big city smack dab in the middle of hunting season? You guessed it: work. The [...]

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I’ll Take Another Pronghorn Please

October 4, 2010

Here’s a quick update from the field. I only had a day off between trips and I promised Cole I’d take him hunting as much as humanly possible so we slipped in a speedy pronghorn hunt.
Friday evening after school we got out and actually spotted this buck, but he headed the opposite direction and with [...]

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And the Winner Is…?

October 1, 2010

I just pulled up stakes on archery elk camp after hunting three windows throughout September. I lost. The elk won. I finally said “uncle” midday yesterday as temperatures soared and the tired bulls disappeared into dark timber.
It was a great hunt. I explored tons of new country. My son and I were able to spend [...]

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