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The discussion of boots is a fickle one, but one that every hunter needs to have with themselves.  You might try on 10 pairs of boots before you find one that you like.  Then when you do find that one, is it gonna be able to withstand the rigors of the mountains?  Are they going […]

Over my years of black bear hunting there is a consistent theme that wafts its way past my ears every now and then.  On multiple occasions, after posting a successful bear hunting photo, folks have asked me, “Why did you shoot a bear?  You can’t eat bear.”  This leaves me puzzled every time I hear […]

While out and about the other day, I had a small conversation in passing with a young woman.  She told me, quite impatiently, that all she wanted was to be married with children and have a house already.  I couldn’t help but be struck by this, because of how young she was.  Don’t get me […]

As I’ve gone down the road of this blog, one of the things that I’ve gotten asked the most is “what are you bringing on your backpack hunts?”  In light of that, I have decided to post up my current backcountry gear list for 2017.  My gear list is forever growing and shrinking, but hopefully […]

  I don’t know about you, but whenever I miss an animal and lose an arrow, I start hoping I don’t run out of arrows.  I know that might sound hilarious, but it’s the truth for me.  Probably just a mental thing really.  This is especially true when I am backpacked into an area and […]

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.  Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.”  This quote encompasses the very gift that comes from the struggle one may experience when learning how to hunt.  It mentions fish, but I think this translates quite nicely into hunting, as […]

It seems that every backpack hunt or backpacking trip I go on, I am trying to figure out how to lighten the weight of my pack.  There was a time when I would bring things just to bring them, and quite honestly, I probably still do it some.  Over the years though, I’ve gotten more […]

I am sure we have all heard about the threats facing our beloved public lands.  These are the places you and I have been making precious memories for years.  That first time you heard a bull bugling during the month of September and how it sent shivers down your spine.  How you watched a black […]

My first year ever really hitting this hunting thing hard was about 4 years ago.  Of all things that I could hunt, I chose to chase black bears here in Arizona.  One of the primary general seasons here lands right in the middle of August.  For people in Arizona, that means 2 things.  It’s deathly […]

If I had a dollar for every time that I vented to my wife about how I didn’t know what weapon I wanted to use on a certain hunt, I’d have a lot of dollars.  For some reason, I get into these modes where my indecisiveness takes over and trying to get myself to agree […]