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Video: Bowhunting Hogs in Fall

October 25, 2011 • 3 comments

Bowhunting hogs in fall can prove a little bit more of a challenge than any other time of the year…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter, Bowhunter TV • Tagged Curt Wells, fall, Hogs

Eating Ethically: How to Prepare Wild Game

October 19, 2011 • 10 comments

How to prepare wild game, and how serving it and telling wild hunting stories go hand in hand. Someone asked…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter • Tagged Deer, Mule Deer, venison steak

VIDEO: Bowhunting New Mexico Elk

September 7, 2011 • 9 comments

Bowhunting New Mexico Elk can present all sorts of challenges as Curt Wells discovers on a hunt at the Rio…»

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Bowhunting Alaska On Your Own

September 2, 2011 • 3 comments

Are you up for the challenge of Bowhunting Alaska by yourself?

In Big Game • Tagged Alaska

2011 Elk Hunting Forecast

August 18, 2011 • 4 comments

Elk. Mere mention of the name to a hunter conjures up images of a sturdy six-point bull, strolling confidently through…»

In Big Game • Tagged Elk

Climb High For Sitka Buck Hunting

July 29, 2011 • No comments

I had been climbing for two hours when I spotted the antler tip. A thousand feet below, in the opposite…»

In Big Game • Tagged Bushnell, Cabela's, Chuck Adams, Easton Archery, Hoyt Archery, Kodiak Island, Rage, Sitka Deer, TruGlo

This is the heavy-horned buck I eventually shot in 2010 as he circled the waterhole. (The hunt mentioned at the start and end of the article.)

Six Steps for Bowhunting Pronghorn Over Water

July 14, 2011 • 3 comments

The temperature was a sultry 95 degrees and I was beat. In the last five hours, the only visible signs…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter, Tactics • Tagged Badlands, Bohning, Cabela's, Danner, Fuse, Gold Tip, Hoyt, Leupold, Pronghorn, Ripcord, Sims, Sonoran, Swhacker, Winner's Choice

South Pacific R & R: Bowhunting New Zealand’s Fallow Deer and Red Stag

July 6, 2011 • 3 comments

After spending months enduring the sandblasting heat of Afghanistan, whitetail columnist C.J. Winand arranges his military R & R for…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter TV, Video • Tagged Fallow Deer, New Zealand, Red Stag

Three Tactics For Bowhunting Pronghorns

June 24, 2011 • 1 comment

One September morning some years back, I rolled out of my sleeping bag, gathered my gear, and under the cover…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter, Tactics • Tagged Antelope, How-To, Pronghorns

Jeremy Johnson from La Pine, Oregon, arrowed a 5x6 wilderness bull after not only overcoming brutal weather but also the cowardly actions of backcountry thieves.

Surviving Backcountry Thieves

June 22, 2011 • 8 comments

I define backcountry as rugged, wild, and roadless mountains. The one thing I love about the backcountry is its brutal…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter • Tagged Backcountry

A dome tent like this will keep two or three elk hunters happy in the backcountry.

Your Gear Checklist For Backcountry Bowhunts

June 13, 2011 • 7 comments

Backpacking can be very rewarding if you go about it right, or very defeating if you go about it wrong.…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter, Gear • Tagged Backcountry, Dwight Schuh, Gear

Moose Attack!!!!

June 13, 2011 • 43 comments

Bowhunter TV personality Dwight Schuh puts the sneak on a bull moose and gets within four yards. As he drops…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter, Video • Tagged Big Game, Moose

Black Bear From A Ground Blind

June 6, 2011 • 2 comments

Bowhunter Editor Curt Wells hunts spring black bear from a ground blind. Shortly after setting up, a nice bruin crosses…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter • Tagged Black Bear, Bowhunting, Curt Wells

Pope & Young Black Bear

June 3, 2011 • 2 comments

Bowhunter TV Cameraman Larry D. Jones drops a great black bear on a spring hunt.

In Big Game, Bowhunter • Tagged Black Bear, Larry D. Jones

Tag Team Moose!

June 3, 2011 • 4 comments

Bowhunter editor Dwight Schuh and Gear Editor Curt Wells head to moose country to try and arrow a big boss…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter • Tagged Curt Wells, Dwight Schuh, Moose

My largest barren ground caribou measured just under 400 record-book inches -- a whopper by any standard.

Chuck Adams: Bowhunting Alaska’s Barren Ground Caribou

May 31, 2011 • No comments

“Hey Chuck,” my long-time hunting pal Richard Long hissed through the flap of our tiny backpack tent. “Look outside. Quick!”…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter • Tagged Barren Ground Caribou

Bowhunting Pronghorn

May 27, 2011 • 1 comment

After six hours of sitting in the blind, a nice pronghorn is harvested despite a bad shot.

In Big Game, Bowhunter • Tagged Bowhunting Pronghorn, Pronghorn

Bowhunting Coues Deer

May 27, 2011 • No comments

The hunting is tough for Bowhunter Equipment editor Curt Wells as he takes a crack at hunting trophy coues deer.

In Big Game, Bowhunter • Tagged Bowhunting, Coues Deer, Curt Wells, Deer

Velvet Wonder: A 240-Inch World Class Muley

May 27, 2011 • 1 comment

The buck stepped out of the clearing, 50 yards to the right of where I thought he would be, giving…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter • Tagged Mule Deer, World Record

The future of ozone application may lie in taking it directly into the field with you to impact the downwind scent stream between you and your prey, be it bears from ground level or whitetails from a stand.

Understanding Ozone For Scent Elimination

May 26, 2011 • 1 comment

What air-delivered decontaminant is 3,000 times more potent than chlorine, annihilates most any smelly organic compound it contacts, and can…»

In Big Game • Tagged Ozone, Scent Elimination

I'd spent a lifetime envisioning taking a grizzly with my bow, but never in my wildest dreams did I expect to kill one of this magnitude.

The Pinnacle: #2 Boone and Crockett Grizzly of All Time

May 25, 2011 • No comments

The midnight sun inched its way along the horizon, creating a luminous glow on the tundra more beautiful than any…»

In Big Game, Bowhunter • Tagged Adventure, Bear

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