On my office wall is a European skull mount of a beautiful whitetail that I harvested in Eastern Washington eleven years ago. While my knuckle-dragging friends and I think it's quite attractive, the rest of the folks that spy the antlered skull perched on the wall either give me an "ewww" or they curl a […]
Larry Stauffer has a passion. The seeds of his passion, sown in his youth at his father's "duck shack" on the lower Skagit River, reached fruition in Idaho's high country when Larry's arrow found a Pope & Young class herd bull elk. Taking a record class bull elk with a bow is an event in and […]
The modern firearm general rifle season is less than a month away this year and we have a measly 8 days to score a buck in many of the Eastern Washington game management units, a little longer in Western Washington. That means you'd better have your game face on come October 16th because you're not […]
While most of us were plotting Easter egg hunts this past holiday weekend, the hardcore hunters out there were working on a different hunt! Enter Randy Bridwell… Randy Bridwell is a fanatical bear hunter and has a buddy that loves to fly around in his Piper Cub. I think you know where I'm going with this… […]
Blacktail deer are the toughest big game animal to hunt here in the Northwest because of where they live. For 49 weeks a year they burrow themselves into the west side jungle, worming themselves into the deepest, darkest holes they can find. One step and they're gone. Sometimes you get a glimpse of them in […]
This massive 10X9 elk taken in the Yukon Territories in September scored 451 5/8 Boone and Crockett. Just when you thought elk couldn't get any bigger! The huge bull was taken by long-time Canadian sheep hunting guide, Al Klassen, and after deductions from the 2nd and 3rd points net scored 402 3/8 Boone and Crockett. […]
Each and every week I invariably end up with a gaggle of hunting and fishing photos, some of which make it past the initial screening and onto The Outdoor Line. Here's a handful of hunting photos that made the grade: Bill Swann from Swanny's Fishing zapped me a photo of this crazy Unit 99 antelope […]
On behalf of deer and elk populations everywhere as well as our friends the farmers and ranchers I am proud to stand up and say: "I am afraid, I am very afraid." This wolf was shot recently in Drayton Valley , Alberta which is near Edmonton about 3 hours North of Calgary. The wolf weighs […]
As hunting season rolls along I continually get photos sent to me from the network of hunting and fishing friends I've made over the years. Like you, I am also easily distracted, so here's just a few photos from this week to help keep you from getting anything done on this Friday afternoon. Bob Say's […]
After missing the Eastern Washington hunt last week because of a health issue I turned my attention to the wet side of the mountains and blacktails. The Hood Canal is rimmed on all sides by clear cuts, some with locked gates and some without. The key is to find clear cuts between 2 and about […]
