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How to Skin a Bear

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How to Skin a Bear

Steven Rinella
Steven Rinella Apr 14, 2023
More bear come into the taxidermist screwed up than not. The skinning cuts are made in the wrong places, the hides are full of holes, or the faces are ruined. Since it's a tragedy to see such a badass animal not taken care of properly, I worked with John Hayes, from Hayes Taxidermy Studio, to...
Steven Rinella Apr 14, 2023
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Study: Elk Bugle in Local Dialects

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Study: Elk Bugle in Local Dialects

Ben Long
Ben Long Feb 7, 2023
Blue whales have them. Songbirds have them. Turns out bugling bull elk have them too. Not just a song of their species, but local dialects that separates their tunes from others in geographic locations. In a discovery that may stir the coals of campfire debates for many Septembers to come...
Ben Long Feb 7, 2023
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3 Tips for Western Big Game Hunters

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3 Tips for Western Big Game Hunters

Janis Putelis
Janis Putelis Jan 26, 2023
Western big game hunts are no walk in the park, so here are three tips to help you out. It may not be hunting season now, but it’s never too early to start learning the country that you’re going to hunt. And when the time comes—get there early, stay late, and always keep a weather eye on the horizon.
Janis Putelis Jan 26, 2023
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5 Tips For Better Spot-and-Stalk Hunting

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5 Tips For Better Spot-and-Stalk Hunting

Hayden Sammak
Hayden Sammak Sep 7, 2022
After crawling on my hands and knees some 200 yards up a wrinkle in the prairie, I slipped my binos from my bino harness and carefully looked back over my shoulder. In the distance behind me, I could see my white pickup on the roadside, wavering in mirage, and my buddy, Hunter, watching me through...
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Video: How to Score a Bear Skull

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Video: How to Score a Bear Skull

Clay Newcomb
Clay Newcomb Apr 29, 2022
While scoring antlers is a long and complicated process, scoring bears for record books like Boone and Crockett or Pope and Young simply requires two skull measurements. The skull is a good tool for comparison because it’s the most accurate way to compare bears to each other. Skulls must be dried...
Clay Newcomb Apr 29, 2022
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Why We Love Spring Black Bear Hunting

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Why We Love Spring Black Bear Hunting

Hayden Sammak
Hayden Sammak Apr 5, 2022
I watched the big cinnamon bear blow out about 300 yards from the two orange dots working their way up the mountain. “There goes that,” I said, peering at them through my spotter. I waved a white game bag back and forth overhead until those little orange dots seemed to take notice and began...
Hayden Sammak Apr 5, 2022
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Video: Big Bull Elk Trips Over Fence and Dies

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Video: Big Bull Elk Trips Over Fence and Dies

Maggie Hudlow
Maggie Hudlow Mar 1, 2022
This video shows a herd of elk booking it over a fence. Who knows what’s making them move—could be predators, could be hunting pressure, or maybe they just felt like running. The cows and calves make it over the barbed wire with some effort, but they’re moving remarkably faster than the 6x7 bull in...
Maggie Hudlow Mar 1, 2022
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How to Call Elk like Jason Phelps

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How to Call Elk like Jason Phelps

Sam Lungren
Sam Lungren Feb 4, 2022
Jason Phelps is quick to admit that you don’t need to sound like a verbatim elk to get one inside arrow range. He’s spent a lot of his life building tools for us to speak with the big tan-and-chocolate creatures, but he says a simple mastery of truck-cab bugling won’t prepare you well for actually...
Sam Lungren Feb 4, 2022
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Video: Clay Newcomb's 3 Essential Knives

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Video: Clay Newcomb's 3 Essential Knives

Clay Newcomb
Clay Newcomb Jan 28, 2022
There are three knives I use for the vast majority of my hunting purposes. I'm not making this up to be cute; these are just the blades that have found their way into a consistent rotation. The first is my utility rig, the Benchmade Pardue Hunter. It's a sheath knife that lives on my hip and gets...
Clay Newcomb Jan 28, 2022
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3 Easy Ways to Make Any Wild Hog Delicious

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3 Easy Ways to Make Any Wild Hog Delicious

Steve Schwartz
Steve Schwartz Jan 25, 2022
A lot of folks get nervous when you start throwing wild pig into the dinner table conversation. Log onto any hunting forum and the majority of people will say they don’t bother eating hogs for any number of reasons—smell, taste, unfounded rumors, you name it. It’s simply the majority mindset, or at...
Steve Schwartz Jan 25, 2022
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 Video: How to Score a Mule Deer Buck

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Video: How to Score a Mule Deer Buck

Clay Newcomb
Clay Newcomb Jan 11, 2022
In this video, I’ll demonstrate how to score a mule deer buck. The main difference between scoring a whitetail and a muley is how you handle the tines. You’ll begin by measuring both main beams, all tines, four circumferences, and adding those numbers up. The last measurement you’ll take is the...
Clay Newcomb Jan 11, 2022
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