Why?…

I get the question Why do I hunt? Why do I fish? Why, why why?:

The Bear Diet

           In the previous bear story, I explained my reaction to my first bear encounter. Which would be most people’s reaction. “They WILL eat you”. Well actually, the national annual average for fatal bear attacks in the US is 3. Yes, you are more like to get killed by a dog…

Clowns of the Forest

First encounter     When mentioning bears, most people freak. I will admit my first encounter with a bear was similar to most people’s reaction. It was the fall of 2001 and I was 6 years old, playing in the backyard with the dog. When the hair stood up on the back of my neck. I looked…

Mama’s Antenna

My Mama, when it comes to shooting is quite deadly and is naturally good at shooting a firearm. She can go months without shooting and then pick one up, and put us all to shame. This circulates in my brain whenever I piss her off. But one very cold fall day, way back into the…

(c) antelope Chronicles – Zombie Antelope

C- antelope Chronicles continues with my experience of doing the right thing while antelope hunting and the reminder that came with that experience.

(C) antelope Chronicles: Sarah’s Lead Mine

The humorous experience of my first time hunting the fastest land animals in America.

Flathead Lake Monster

The short story and video of my 34in lake trout from last summer on Flathead Lake.

Firsts for my Best Friend

                  I would say I have three best friends, but for this blog post I am going to talk about one in particularly. My freshman year of college I walked into a 300+ person lecture hall and out of those 300 I didn’t know a single person….

The Como Curse

On our Lake Powell trip in 2014 I started saying “we don’t have vacations we have adventures”. To this day it’s true, something always happens that was not planned. Sometimes it comes to down to life and death, but only sometimes… I seriously wonder if other people have these experiences, or if it is just…

How to properly go on a “real” elk hunt.

The expectation and the reality of real first elk hunt.