Christmas Gift Idea – Age Your Own Whiskey

December 10, 2013

Heritage Distilling in Gig Harbor has put together the perfect Christmas gift for the whiskey lover in your life. I can’t think of too many of my fellow sportsman that don’t like a fine whiskey on the rocks after a long day in the field. I know I do! With this handy kit you can […]

A Boat Launching Nightmare!

December 2, 2013

I just ran across this photo from a flyfishing trip I took years ago to the Green River in Utah. While the Utah Parks Gastapo was busy searching our boat for beer, order cigarettes, and porn this rig pulls up with two driftboats in tow. “Where the hell are we…Mars?”, I jabbed towards the uptight […]

Winter Steelhead: Sight vs. Smell

November 27, 2013

An interesting question came up on my Facebook page the other day that’s often talked about amongst us steelhead fanatics. What’s the most important factor in getting a winter steelhead to strike…sight or smell? I would say without a doubt that sight, and more importantly presentation, is the biggest factor in getting a winter steelhead […]

Montana Spot and Stalk Mule Deer Hunt

November 13, 2013

I just returned from a fulfilling mule deer hunt in the Missouri River breaks of Central Montana. Hunting here means hours and hours behind the glass searching for mule deer in the open sage country of the breaks. A great set of field glasses, a spotting scope, and an eye for locating deer is a […]

SHOTLOCK™ INTRODUCES SOLO-VAULT BUILD FOR AR PLATFORM

November 1, 2013

THE WORLD’S FIRST SOLO-VAULT FOR AR PLATFORM RIFLES ShotLock, maker of the only solo-vault for shot guns and handguns, is introducing a solo-vault made specifically for full framed AR platform rifles for release mid-November ‘13. Designed to hold a single AR style tactical rifle, the ShotLock AR Solo-Vault is perfectly sized and adjustable to house […]

Middle Schooler Scores First Black Bear

October 9, 2013

After two years of perseverance hunting the rugged west slope of the Cascades in Whatcom County 14 year old Justin Miedema finally got a chance at his first black bear. Justin took the 250 pound black bear at 370 yards with a 140 grain bullet from his .270. “The bear just folded after the shot,” […]

Blacktail Scouting With Our 2 Year Old

October 7, 2013

It kind of sounds like an oxymoron when you first read it. Scouting with a 2 year old…really??? She isn’t actually two yet, but at 20 months she’s close enough. This is our third trip into the woods now and I’ll admit the first two were a little rough. On our first voyage we walked […]

It’s a “Butt Out” Honey!

October 1, 2013

When I marched into the house with my new “Butt Out” field dressing tool from Hunter’s Specialties a few hunting seasons ago my wife gave me the look like…”now what?” “It’s the most innovative field dressing tool since the invention of the knife honey”, I announced in the kitchen as I held it up to […]

New Kwikfish Colors That Rock!

September 26, 2013

Luhr Jensen came out with a handful of new color schemes for their ever-lethal Kwikfish last year that flat out tore up the coastal salmon for us last fall. The three K-15’s on the left in the photo below worked great for both kings and silvers last fall and Luhr Jensen just released the new […]