en-us http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/ 10 Journals http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1184 It didn’t begin well. Any hunter can empathize with our situation. Our luggage made the plane transfer during the hour and a half layover in Chicago but the rifle case did not. The airline agents in Rapid City located our rifle case in Chicago. It would not arrive at our location in Alzada, Montana ... 11/5/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1183 The story of “Tuner” began back in mid-July when I filmed a buck behind my house that I quickly nick-named “Tuner” because of the inside “forks” on it G-4’s. At the time, I figured he was a shooter, but it’s always difficult to tell when they are in velvet. ... 11/3/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1182   Most of you who know me personally are aware of the fact that I have been legally blind in my left eye since birth. Light and some larger shapes are discernible, but I am unable to tell you which direction the legs point on the monstrous "E" that tops the official medical eye chart. ... 10/24/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1181 I have met some neat people while elk hunting over the years. Most of them are from the West. If you have ever traveled West, you know that things operate differently than they do in the East. Most people are not in a rush and seem to be very friendly. Western hunters do pick up the pace when they n... 10/24/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1180 If you are a bowhunter, you probably regularly shoot your bow in your backyard. Almost all of us own a foam target or two that we regularly shoot at to hone our archery skills. If you are serious about honing your archery skills, consider shooting at foam targets in your backyard and 3D targets with... 10/23/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1179 I constantly talk to hunters who want to give elk hunting a try. Most hunters get to hunt whitetails and that’s about it. I think the one big game animal every American hunter should hunt before he dies is elk. Elk are amazing animals and they live in breathtaking wilderness that most Midwestern dee... 10/23/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1178 Hunting requires a lot of patience, especially if you are bowhunting. If you’re a bowhunter, you understand what I am saying. In the last five years, with both a bow and gun, I have harvested several big game animals on the last day of my hunt.... many of them mere moments before dark.   A lot... 10/21/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1177   Africa for many of us is still an unfulfilled dream that simmers in our mind overpowering our nostrils with the heavy aroma of mystery and adventure. It is my fondest hope to travel there someday before my stay on this magnificent earth is ended by that final punching of life’s dai... 10/20/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1176 A storm front pushing down from western Canada looked ominous as we crossed the Colorado state line into Wyoming. It's also one of the things I love about being at elevation - you can see rain storms from 20 miles away. By the time we reached Wheatland, forty miles north of Cheyenne, the line ... 10/20/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1175   It was fourth down and inches to go and I had vowed, in blood, to score.   In the still morning, just as the first shafts of sunlight began to filter through the heavy canopy of the thick forest, I sensed a sneeze coming on. I tried to figh... 10/20/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1173 My broad heads seek early season whitetail like a man. The forest’s canopy is choked with heavy green foliage wrapping around limbs, while the floor is scattered with gold nuggets of prized acorns. There’s no better time to hunt Buffalo County, Wisconsin than right now! The Wisconsin archer... 10/16/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1172 Legendary mountain man Jeremiah Johnson roamed throughout Colorado and other mountainous regions. He must have listened to the elk bugle just as we did on our recent hunting trip. He probably caught trout from the same streams we fished. We can never be sure, but imagining my footsteps tracing over ... 10/12/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1171 By noon on our fifth day in South Africa, we were on the third leg of our African adventure. This time we were heading to the Baviaans River Valley in the Eastern Cape and Andrew Pringle’s huge family ranch.             Followin... 10/6/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1169 While I’ve yet to even start hunting here in Iowa , many bowhunters in several states are already hard at it on some dandy bucks!   Here in Iowa , our season opens on October 1 st ; thank goodness! The life of a hunting entrepreneur is not one of spending all one’s time in the field. ... 10/2/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1166 If you have ever been on an elk hunt, you know how much work it can be. Hiking for miles up and down the steep mountains at high elevations can be a lot of work, especially if you have a disability like I do. Elk hunting tests your physical and mental strength. They are smart animals that don’t alwa... 9/28/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1162 ATHENS ACCOMPLICE There were several new bow companies that popped up this year. One of them that got a lot of attention at the annual ATA Show was Athens Archery. They have a nice bow called the Accomplice that offers bowhunters everything they are looking for in a bow. Company President Jason Hu... 9/26/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1160 The only thing that should be important to the hunters of North America is doing everything that they can to bring ALL hunters together in one unified force. We cannot do that by attacking our hunting brethren because they may like to bait deer, or they like to run bears with hounds or any other o... 9/24/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1159 I settled into my treestand making final preparations for my evening hunt excitedly thinking that this was going to be the night. I always think that at the onset of an outing, whether it be in the morning or at night. If I did not believe that, I would not be there, right? And every once in a... 9/24/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1158 Crossbows, for the very first time, are a legal option during the entire archery season in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas and the lower two thirds of Michigan. Since the legislation was passed and made public, there has been a mad dash by hunters to their local sporting goods stores to gear up. ... 9/24/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1157 By now, I’d taken a long-horned old female gemsbok and a crazy looking black wildebeest bull after chasing a herd of ‘em around in a big circle on the plains all afternoon. It’s day seven of my eight day safari and I’ve got two animals left on my wish list: a springbuck and a warthog. Today, we’... 9/10/2009