The Wild Within, By Paul C. Fast
During every wilderness journey there is a moment when we depart one world for another, when the grasp of the cell signal slips away and we trade the reality of calendars, convenience and modernity for …
The Women Of Weatherby, By Rachel Ahtila
twitter.com/rachelahtila Throughout history, both men and women have played prominent roles in the wild history of North America. A number of women’s skills and enthusiasm for the shooting and outdoor sports has been well documented …
An Interview with Heather Kelly, Founder of Heather’s Choice
www.heatherschoice.com Food. Not only is it a biological necessity, but a true deal breaker in the backcountry. For mountain and wilderness hunters, there’s a constant cost benefit analysis being played out between weight and calories …
Lady’s Day in the High Country, By Mavis M. Lorenz
www.boone-crockett.org “Damn, damn, damn. I should have taken that lead ram of the five I saw opening day,” I thought as I planned my next three days of hunting. I saw 25 or so rams, …
Plan Like A Predator
In the past two Mountain Fitness articles we’ve covered two incredibly important topics that feed directly into setting your training goals for the season. As outlined in Training with Purpose, it is essential to identify …
The Bear Essentials
For some of you, spring means gobbling toms, box calls and tightly patterned shotguns. But for those of us that live west of the foothills and peaks of the Rockies spring can also mean a …
Backcountry Bootfitter: Salomon Quest 4D GTX Review
Over the coming months, I’ll be testing and reviewing a variety of footwear options across a variety of uses and terrain under the heading “Backcountry Bootfitter” so if you’re interested in any and all things …
Rookie Ram, By Kyle Steed
The summer of 2009 my uncle Dan, my two good buddies Mark and Todd and I decided we needed to give mountain hunting a try. None of us had previously hunted the mountains so we …
The Unforgettable Tuchodi, By Eli Hall
When my great-grandfather was on his deathbed at 96 years old, his eyes were closed and, with his hands, he quietly acted out the motions of fly fishing and smoking. He was no longer confined …
A Jihad By Any Other Name, Op-Ed By Adam Janke, Editor In Chief
It’s bear season here in BC and with it comes the perennial anti-bear hunting rhetoric and misinformation spewed forth by the self-deluding “conservation” movement. In the news, on the radio, and on their respective websites …