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Our bear hunts are conducted in southwestern Manitoba near a national park, an area that is well known amongst serious black bear hunters for producing big bears and Boone and Crockett heads come from our area every year. This is also a good area for colored bears and about 40% of the bears...

Get Closer To Take That Shot! Buffalo herd in Central African Republic I have guided a great deal in the open spaces of the Arctic and even in the barrens/tundra you can usually get fairly close if some effort is put into it. I find that too many hunters and guides opt to take shots...

Muzzle Brake? Everything has been said really about muzzle brake, but I can't help but add that IMO muzzle brakes are yet another device that have been added to the list of gadgets sportsmen use to allow them to shoot rifles they do not take the time to learn how to handle and shoot...

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History 101 For those that don't know about history ... Here is a condensed version: Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter...

Hunters & Conservation -What does the future hold for us? The topic of wildlife paying its way and the sound premise that hunting a species helps to preserve it prompted this post. As we all know there is a constant debate about hunting behind high fence. Generally we as hunters argue...

I was just contacted by a well respected outfitter in northern British Columbia who has had two hunters cancel at the last minute for moose during the peak of the rut. These hunts are normally $9500 but the two hunts are available for $6000 per person. The hunts start September 20th. This is...

Fall 2009 Canadian Whitetail Hunt – Recession Special These hunts are conducted on mixed farmland in Manitoba’s Parkland adjacent to a national park. The outfitter was born and raised in the area and has exclusive hunting rights on thousands of acres of private land. This is beautiful rolling...

For me ....................hunting is all consuming. I think about it all the time. I am thinking about my next hunt as I type this thinking about a negative I see in the great scheme of hunting things. I see a 4 day sable special.......no offense but it prompted this. FOUR Days......OH...

Having just finished the spring guiding season, I am once again dazzled at how things have changed over the last 33 years that I have been in the business. Technology and population growth have changed things enormously, but most of all I am amazed at the change in peoples perception of what...

Having just finished the spring guiding season, I am once again dazzled at how things have changed over the last 33 years that I have been in the business. Technology and population growth have changed things enormously, but most of all I am amazed at the change in peoples perception of what...

As I was reading the hyena thread it reminded me of the current trend in charging an absurd amount for jackal trophy fees. Considering most ranchers shoot them on sight and routinely try to rid themselves of as many as possible, I have to snort when I see the trophy fees being attached to the...

The topic recently posted about using a slug gun in Africa prompted this post......not wanting to hyjack that thread. Some recent regulation changes in an area I guide for black bear in Canada have limited guides to carrying a shotgun for backup. Please do don't ask why......suffice it to say...

I have a Meopta telescopic spotting scope for sale. Give me a shout. $1000 takes it. I have to sell it so I can go hunting with Ryan in Tanzania.

It's early morning, the wind is blowing and snow is still falling. Last night was day four of the first spring bear hunt. The boys were all seeing bears but the weather has been less than spring like. Yesterday evening held the promise of showers and flurries, but then a sudden notice was...

I have been guiding for black bear and grizzly since 1978. Grizzly is all spot and stalk and blackies are both spot and stalk and baited. I never get tired of bear hunting. Most guys seem to settle for the first representative bear they see and few hunt them more than a couple of times and so...

Well for those of you who belong to or are interested in Rowland Ward, I received a message that they have closed their North American office. Wow...........they just moved it to Texas from the east coast less than a year ago and now it is closing its doors, apparently due to the recessionary...

The topic about changes to the South African firearms regulations made me think about the practice of borrowing a rifle from the safari operator to use on your hunt. The various firearms regulations that come into play for point of origin, final destination, countries in transit, and the...

I am not sure how I feel this morning. I can't quite put my finger on it.......but I guess a feeling of 'disquiet' is as close as I can come and it began yesterday afternoon. I am completing some home renovations and needed an item that required a drive to the little hardware store in the...

Although all of us would sure like to make Africa an annual event....it just is not in the cards financially for most of us. What are you all planning for hunts in 09 on this side of the pond? Much of my time is going to be spent guiding, but I am making time for some hunting in between and...

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University ... On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one...

Well I knew this was going to happen last year and it is finally out. For the time being apparently it will only be available in the Alaskan model. what do you folks think about this cartridge and who is contemplating getting one. I am thinking strongly about it...........it will be a lot...

In the last year I have seen a lot of chatter on the internet regarding Zimbabwe and whether or not hunters should or should not spend their money on safaris in Zimbabwe. Some seem to think that spending money to hunt in Zimbabwe is helping to support the Mugabe government and thus morally...