A casual conversation while aboard the Outer Limits boat with Homer Ocean Charters. T.J. and Kerri are aboard the Outer Limits, a charter boat for hunting and fishing excursions based in Homer, Alaska. Roark Brown, owner of Homer Ocean Charters, invited them and a few other traditional bowhunters to relax and fish for [...]
“Take my wife hunting? I go hunting to get away from my wife!” Few comments about hunting make my skin crawl as much as that one. Perhaps “Women don’t belong in hunting camp!” would edge it out on the Chauvinist Pig Top Ten List, but not by much. While I try not to [...]
Many of us have been there before. Brown down during the morning hunt, then you spend the early afternoon getting it skinned, quartered, boned out, or whatever your preferred processing technique is in the field. Now your pack is loaded up, the afternoon sun is beating down on you, and you’re staring at [...]
In the Jun/Jul 2019 issue’s Ground Game column, Built for the Ground, I talked about javelina as a great bowhunting spot-and-stalk quarry. One point I tried to emphasize is that despite their reputation to the contrary, they actually make good eating with proper handling in the field and preparation in the kitchen. I [...]
Proper shot placement is critical in bowhunting because an arrow must be placed precisely for a quick, clean kill. The responsible bowhunter only takes a shot that can strike the vital area of the animal reliably and passes up anything less. Merely wounding an animal is a serious error that can be avoided [...]
As we head into the great outdoors, we are reminded that snakes will soon be coming out of hibernation, depending on your location. The US Dept. of Agriculture and the US Forest Service posted the following information on their website, which can be found using this link. Be “snake awake” and stay safe [...]
One of Clay Hayes' early videos tells you what you need to know, and how to process wild turkey feathers to use as arrow fletching.
“To bait or not to bait, that is the question,” my old hunting partner Will Shakespeare used to say. All humor aside, this topic can bring up emotion, argumentative debate, and disrupt friendships. It may be wise to have adult beverages available to calm the discussion, though that could perhaps have the opposite [...]
Getting kids involved in archery (particularly in bowhunting) is one of my life’s primary goals. As a single dad, I influence and mold my children in countless ways. Since they have no other parental role model, I really have to watch my Ps and Qs. There is no buffer. In front of my [...]
The gobbler was at the top of a small draw strutting his stuff when I caught him in my binoculars—a respectable Idaho Merriam’s. It had been a frustrating weekend of turkey chasing, with stuck trucks, rainstorms, snowstorms and fog. The birds were there and I could get the toms to gobble, but they [...]
