One week, two tags!

October 27, 2016

As anyone who has hunted for big game in Washington can attest, filling your deer tag can be challenging. Notching your elk tag in Washington is even harder. Accomplishing both of these tasks in a week? That takes a pile of preparation, a realistic opportunity and to be completely honest, one whale of a lot of […]

Montana Mule Deer “Matriculation”…

November 23, 2014

Anytime one ventures outdoors in search of fish or game and returns without learning anything, it is an opportunity lost indeed. One of my favorite aspects of this wonderful lifestyle we call hunting and fishing is the fact that no one can possibly “know it all” and as such, every single one of us can […]

D.I.Y. European Skull Mount

November 22, 2014

The first time I decided to do a European skull mount it was a long and very stinky process. It was so disgusting that I vowed to never do another one on my own. Yuk! You can send your mount to a beetle shop that immerses the head in a box full of meat-eating beetles […]

Setting Up My New Deer Rifle – Savage 7mm-08

October 18, 2014

I’m always looking for an excuse to purchase new toys to satisfy my hunting and fishing fix and this time it just so happened that I “needed” a new low-recoil rifle. I needed one because of a recent hunt for Sitka blacktails in Southeast Alaska and a daughter that just turned two. She seems a […]

Cogburn’s New Hunting Fat Bike

October 1, 2014

I just got back from a week long hunting trip in Southeast Alaska with Mike and Dory Schoby who were filming Mike’s new hunting show Border to Border. Mike had a couple of totally bitchin’ Cogburn mountain bikes strapped to his camp trailer. I promptly yanked one off the trailer and jumped aboard the fat […]

Special Hunt Worksheet Available

May 9, 2014

Every year I have a helluva time keeping all my special hunt applications for Washington sorted out. With the deadline coming up here on May 22nd the time to work on your special hunt units was actually a couple of months ago. If you’re like me, however, you’ll be getting things organized and submitted between […]

My New .300 Winnie – From Set-Up to the Field

February 6, 2014

Last winter I decided to pick up a new rifle that would work a little better for long shots in open country…a long range bomber if you will. The time had come to retire my old Browning 30.06 and get with the times. My search turned up a dizzying number of quality rifles that would […]

7 Ways to Piss off your Guide!

January 18, 2014

Wanna piss off your next hunting or fishing guide? Here’s a few tried and true tactics that work every time: The Low-Holer There are very few things that will piss of a fishing guide more than a Low-Holer. A Low-Holer is the customer that plays stupid but their true intention is to learn a guide’s […]

Hunting in Alaska, It’s No Walk in the Park!

January 15, 2014

Hunting in Alaska, It’s No Walk in the Park! For all those that don’t hunt-It’s hard in Alaska and you EARN it! Take for example this Brown Bear hunt. First you have to get yourself and your gear to a remote location by small plane. Then you must unpack all the gear and generally hike […]