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Questions to Ask a Hunting Guide

Elk Hunting Outfitters Posing in Colorado

Thinking of going on a guided hunt? What are some good questions to ask a hunting guide? Land Questions For starters, ask your hunting guide if the land you’ll hunt on is private or public. How many acres are under private control and does the outfitter have exclusive hunting rights there? Experience Next, ask the… Read more »

Elk Hunting and Deer Hunting Are Not the Same Thing

If you were to show a picture of an elk and a deer to certain people, they might not know what those animals are, or they might assume they’re the same thing. How can this be? Well, not everyone in the world is around elk or deer, and not everyone is well-educated. That said, some… Read more »

Why You Should Try Hunting at Least Once in Your Lifetime

If you’ve never had the opportunity to go hunting before, you probably don’t even realize what you’re missing. There are many incredible benefits that come along with hunting, even if you aren’t fortunate enough to bag any big game during your hunting trip. You will learn so much about yourself and hunting itself when you… Read more »

New Year’s Resolutions For Hunters

As 2017 becomes 2018 and time marches on, what are some new year’s resolutions for hunters? Practice Makes Perfect First and foremost, this new year is the year you can decide to practice with your gun more often. Now that’s kind of vague, isn’t it? “More often” could mean anything. How about we make it… Read more »

Finally Springtime

The meadows have opened up from the winter snows, and are greening up.   In a few days we will start to bring the herd down from winter pasture.  This has been their 26th year wintering up in Walden, at the Murphy Ranch.   I am sure that they are going to be saying to themselves,… Read more »

Colorado hunters were bluffing – We Don’t blame them

So much for that hunting boycott Colorado outdoorsmen were trying to threaten outfitters and the state with. According to the Denver Post, hunting licenses increased by 17,000 this year, a 4 percent jump from 2012. This comes after hunters said they were going to boycott the 2013 season because the threat of harsher gun regulation… Read more »

Troublesome Basin

It’s one of the most undisturbed pieces of Earth in America – a place that’s as natural as the horse you’ll be riding in on. Troublesome Basin in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest is home to a plethora of wild animals, trees, birds and home to some of the most incredible views in Colorado. The… Read more »

Hunting Boycott Could Yield Best Hunting Season Yet

With the gun control laws coming down, there have been talks of boycotts and people forgoing the hunting season because of it. Well that only means one thing, more trophy Colorado elk for the rest of us. Gun owners are upset about the new laws that limit magazine capacity and universal background checks, and they… Read more »