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Husky; I have a removable brake on my 338, and it makes a world of difference, both in sound and recoil. Yup, it still kicks some, but after making the next shot comparison w/o the brake, I went back to using it full time. My bro-in-law and I each bought the Cabela's Tikka T3 ultralite rifle...

Unfortunately, true. This just serves to make the number of hunters smaller and smaller. We are such a minority now, that I suspect that if Colorado had a referendum to ban all hunting along with their wolf reintroduction that it could pass. If not now, then in the not too distant future...

My wife is from eastern Washington, so we get out to that area almost every year to visit her extended family. She has always wanted to see Crater Lake, and we finally did that a couple years ago, bringing along our granddaughters. It was near the top of our list of all the N.P.s that we have...

Sorry, no pics. I did take a couple with my cell phone of the first attempted slide down the mountain. The big old girl plowed up enough snow in front to stop her after 20 yards or so. No problem, I just had to slide down and give her another push. That worked for another 20 yards except...

I just got back from my first western hunt of 2020. It was actually a 2019 WY tag for cow elk, but it was good until Jan. 31st. It was supposed to be easy because the early snow brings them down lower on their winter range. Nope. I could see 75 elk from the bunkhouse, but it took a 4 hour...

Neat buck with those matching caribou-like back scratchers. I'd guess 170" to 180", making it a 170 class for most of you pros, but for a flatlander amateur like me my take would be; Oh my God...BOOM.

That's one way that those big bulls get to be so big....they use decoys. I almost shot a spike on a cow elk hunt a couple years ago; those old cows are using the same tactic.

Wait a minute...this is your wife's stuff? Holy Crap. I would do everything that woman tells me to do as long as she doesn't hurt me.

I've been pretty consistant through the years, as long as I don't rush my shots I tend to hit what I shoot at. 30-06 Tikka w/ 180 gr. Nosler Partitions just centered the gong at 100 and 200 yards. The heavy snow in SW Wyoming has pushed the cow elk right to the edge of my friend's ranch, so...

It doesn't look like it's too tough for them yet.

I can't say that I've ever eaten a "rutted up" elk, moose, deer, or antelope. I've been fortunate to kill five bulls (4 during late Sept. - mid. Oct.), and one cow (January, late season) and they were all excellent table fare. The best so far was the 5x5 that I shot this past Sept. 17th. The...

That may sound good, but the reality is that wolves are wary and mostly nocturnal making for a very challenging hunt. Targeted trapping or even aerial gunning (or indiscriminate poisoning) are really about the only effective control measures out there. I live in the heart of the NE Minnesota...

I'm in the winter mode, so other than shoveling snow and snowmobiling, my main activity is morning exercises and shop projects. Yesterday, I did some shooting at my home range in prep for a cow hunt in WY, and had to don snowshoes. Just a 400 yard jaunt was a butt kicker. I guess that it's...

It's really hard to tell with just this one photo. It has a great frame, but looks like a 3x3 from this angle. I've been faked out by velvet before and surely will be again.

Hunting is in fact allowed in some of the national parks, depending on how the park was established. Voyageur's N.P. in Minnesota is an example, and I believe that some hunting is permitted in the Teton N.P.

JimP is right on with this advice. My CO elk tag last year jumped from 8 to 11 pts., and luckily I had those 11 pts. I have been point creeped 3 times in CO units that I expected to draw in. Sometime you feel like a dog chasing his tail. All it takes is some media posting on a big critter...

What they don't often show is what they had to go through just to get to that tree. Like any hunt, some may come easy, but most of them don't.

When I was in the Marine Corps in 29 Palms, we would catch scorpions and vinegaroons out in the desert and bring them back to the barracks to have "cock fights". I don't remember which one was the victor. The company Gunny shut that down when he walked through the squad bay one day, but he did...

Hang in there Marcus. Remember that your goal isn't just 10# or even 100#, but rather a lifetime one. When you feel like slipping, look at your family and do it for them as much as for yourself. You have a lot of us on your side praying for you on Wednesday.

Be sure that you look closely at the statistics page before you apply. The unit where I hunt, the special tag takes the same points to draw as the regular tag.