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Utah Success at 11,000 Feet by Wade McAllister

In mid-May of 2015, my phone lit up. It was an email notification from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. The message, “SUCCESSFUL: Mountain Goat,” was all I needed to see to get amped up

The Long Lost Billy by Adam Smith

Fair warning, I did not notch my tag, so if you only read stories like this for the kill photos you’re in for a long hunting story without any hero shots at the end. This

The Sagamore Hill Award

  www.boone-crockett.org Some of us are dreamers, in admiration—occasionally in awe—of the doers of the world. The challenges of life, the prioritization of making ends meet and satisfying the needs of others, often trump the

Bears

Bears And Billies, By Andrew Horvath

My buddy Aaron arrived at my place the night before our departure and, just like our sheep hunt only a few weeks ago, we were like kids on Christmas Eve. I could hardly contain my

Tahr Hunt

West Coast Free Range Tahr, By Michael Gibson

New Zeland tahr hunting really gets into your veins. It is a hunt that demands you prepare for months in advance. This includes both physical fitness and careful gear preparation. It is a hunt you

The Trip To The Ogilvie Rockies – From B&C Club’s Classics “The Wilderness Of The Upper Yukon”

  www.boone-crockett.org The mountain sheep of America are among the noblest of our wild animals. Their pursuit leads the hunter into the most remote and inaccessible parts of the wilderness and calls into play his

Kodiak Goat Hunt

Transitions – A Kodiak Goat Hunt, By Ben Reynolds

October on Kodiak Island signals a transition for the island. The last of the silvers have spawned in the streams cleaving the coastline. The brown bears are working their way inland and the high pressure

Sheep Hunting

Patience Is A Virtue, By Tom Jackson

It’s July 29th at 8:00 a.m. and the phone rings. It’s Al, one of my sheep hunting mentors. “Good Morning Tom, what time are you guys leaving this morning?” This Morning? Holy shit! What day

American Buffalo, By Steven Rinella

The hide boom only lasted a dozen years before the buffalo ran out. The first big hunting push was in the vicinity of Dodge City. In 1871, the first big year, the hide hunters killed

Man of Stone Part 1, By Kyle Crawford

“Dad, he’s up. Get ready to shoot,” l told my dad as he took aim on the 10 year-old, full-curl ram we had been trying to get for two days, but let’s start back at