Elk 2013 Just a few Pics from this fall so far!

 

Sitka Gear 

2013 Elk Hunting Colorado 

Archery Hunting

Bowtech Archery

Easton Arrows 

Backcountry Hunting

Western Hunting

 

Ambush, a story of elk hunting and the places it takes us

Another trailer from the Hunting Film Tour coming to  

Fort Collins on the 29th at the Lincoln Center.



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They are Growing!

A few pics of a nice wide buck Josh found on his morning run.

 Now that's a boxy frame!

He has been running with a much larger buck. Hopefully we can chase him down.

Hope everyone's preseason preparation is going well. 

Preseason Training Grayrock Run

 

Rainy and Foggy all morning, but great weather for a morning run.

After the fire the grass is coming up great and with all the rain we have had all this summer.

The Clearest view I every got of Grayrock all morning.

There is always something spooky about looking off big drop off's in the fog. It's like looking into the abyss.

View from the peak.

The summit, not much of a view this morning.

Running back down through the burn and all the new growth.

I haven't run this loop for a few years but I was excited to be able to complete this loop in 1h 48min trail head to trail head with a few minutes lost for route finding near the peak. 

Shed Hunting

I was lucky enough to pick up a matching set of 5x5 sheds last week when we were up bear hunting.


Eberlestock Hunting Packs
Sitka Gear
Minox Hunting Optics

Wyoming Bear Trail Camera Pictures

Minox Hunting Optics DTS Trail Camera

 Minox Hunting Optics DTS 500

 Minox Hunting Optics DTS 500

 Minox Hunting Optics DTS Trail Camera

Minox Hunting Optics DTS Trail Camera

 Minox Hunting Optics DTS Trail Camera

 Minox Hunting Optics DTS Trail Camera

 Minox Hunting Optics DTS Trail Camera

Minox Hunting Optics DTS Trail Camera

 Minox Hunting Optics DTS Trail Camera

 Minox Hunting Optics DTS Trail Camera

 Minox Hunting Optics DTS Trail Camera

Just a few of the bears we are trying to catch up to in Wyoming this Spring.

Archery Turkey Shot Placement

Turkey Shot Placement

 
One of the most common questions we receive during this time of year is shot placement for turkeys with archery gear. This is a pretty good video going over shot placement.

And if you were wondering if you could use Sitka Gear's Optifade Open Country Pattern during spring turkey this is a picture we took last year right before I closed the deal on a big Kansas Tom.

September by Into the Wind Outdoors

 September

  From our good friends at Into the Wind Outdoors in Laramie, WY. Another amazing video that reminds us why the fall is such a special time for hunters.
 
September from Into the Wind Outdoors on Vimeo.

Equipment Used   

Bowtech Invasion
Diamond Outlaw 
First Lite Clothing
Elberlestock Backpacks
Sitka Gear 
Badlands Packs
MSR Waterfilters
Big Agnes Tents, Sleeping bags and Pads
Easton Arrows

One Snowy Day in Febuary, We got invited on a Lion Hunt!!

We were lucky enough to get invited along on a Mountain Lion hunt by our friend James. Here are a couple of photos from the day.

 

 A little fresh snow and a coffee stop a great way to start the day.

 Driving in

 

 Elk always a good sign when the animals are up and moving.

 

 It doesn't get much better than sunrise on a cold morning.

 

Time to get the Girls Ready

 

 Ready to go!

 Guess who is the Puppy? All legs and paws

 Bowtech Insanity, Sitka Gear and Badlands pack at work.

 Sitka gear in the middle of winter? Yeah that works!

 The one thing that nobody tells you when you are looking for a lion track is, when you want a lion track everything looks like a lion track but the truth is nothing really looks like a lion track except a lion track.

 Well we weren't able cut any fresh tracks that day but we sure had a great time and saw some amazing country.

3D League Final Totals

Here it is, the final totals for our spring 3D league. We took every ones best five scores and if you shot all 6 weeks we dropped your lowest.

Shooter               Total Arron Johnson 1074 Bryan Jackson 1066 Jon Zweygardt 1024 Brad Knutson 1000 Isaiah Dior 975 Brad Eakins 966 Caleb Hobbs 814 Cole Knutson 769 David Warteman 761 Eric Randell 589 John Cook 579 Steve Johnson 578 Mike Trujillo 543 Elizabeth 536 Aaron E.  506 Nate Hassong 488 Scott Baker 442 Daryl Cameron  428 John Cody  406 Brandon Hobbs 395 Melissa Johnson 304 Lisa Cameron 206 Zak Adams  200 Pete Corso 170 Rob Bean
Traditional Total Brad Knutson 613 Rob Bean 345 Justine Reed 270

Minox DTC 500 Trail Camera Pics

Just a few pictures from the over a thousand that our Minox DTC 500 Trail Camera took overlooking an eastern CO waterhole for the last few months.

 Great dawn and dusk low light performance.

 Lots of Dogs out there on the prairie.

 Yep that's a Bird in flight. Hows that for image quality.

 The Coyotes look like they spent plenty of time harassing the Antelope during the winter.

 Bird Missile!

So many doggies!

Also just as a little heads up we are going to be having a huge Minox sale starting next week including trail cameras.

Tomorrow I will post what items we are going to have. 

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