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Straight Up and Straight Down – or – Wounded Animal Down  Posted by Jonathan Babb | February 1, 2012

Straight Up and Straight Down By Jonathan Babb 1-30-2012 Once upon a time there was a wounded bull elk, a hunter, a cell phone and a game warden… I grew up hunting big game in the west where the ratio of hunters to animals must be near 1:10,000. Certainly it can be argued that there [...More]

Backyard Buck  Posted by bpatterson | February 1, 2012

Just as I sat down at the supper table, the telephone rang and my wife answered it. From her conversation, I could tell she was talking to her elder son, Lloyd. She looked at me and said, "It is for you." I took the phone and Lloyd got my attention, quick. "Bill, a big buck [...More]

The Morning Sit, Posted by rhiadon on January 25, 2012.

     A hunter lives in hope.

     That's the only explanation that I can come up with, as I trudge up the ATV trail in the pre-dawn. Up the hill, across the diversion dam, and into the trees I go, my trusty 20-gauge dragging on my arm. The woods to either side of me are [...More]

Stalk or Sit — A Cow Elk Hunt in 2011, Posted By Jonathan Babb on January 9, 2012.

Stalk or Sit — A Cow Elk Hunt in 2011 By Jonathan Babb I was raised hunting for deer in the sagebrush hills of Nevada and then later hunting deer and elk in the Bridger Mountains of Montana. My father taught me that you earn your success through hiking and stalking while hunting for big [...More]