WS Hunting Adventures

have heard it said that “opinions are like ankles…everyone has one”, or something like that. Fact is opinions are not what you want to base important decisions on. Continue reading

As I tried desperately to locate a tom willing to investigate my lustful yelps, a pleading hen yelp broke the mid-afternoon air.
Every now and then I would get the courtesy gobble as a tom would announce his presence and then follow his hen to abide by her wishes while moving out of earshot.
I was hunting [...]

Bending down to lift my pack, I could definitely feel the wear and tear of seven straight days in the wilderness.
Sore muscles, blistered feet and a sticky coating of sweat seemed to cover every inch of my body.
We were here by choice, though.
After years of hunting accessible lands that posed no difficulty for the average [...]

Many years ago I watched an elk hunting video with Larry D. Jones and Dwight Schuh as they manipulated bulls with soft cow talk and harsh bugles.
I was captivated by all the elk bugling and excitement that these two generated, when in the woods.
At that time I was hunting elk in southern Oregon and had [...]

Perched high in our vantage point, we tried to hide from the falling rain and occasional lightning strikes that had quickly moved in and overtaken us without notice.
Hunting in the popular Blue Mountains of Oregon meant lots of elk and an equal number of hunters.
Many of our attempts to lure a bull into archery range [...]

Many of us spend March practicing our turkey calls and scouting. We also pattern our guns, check our camo, but still manage to hit the woods unprepared.
That’s because spring is a volatile time in the weather world.
How many times have you left the truck with the stars shining overhead only to have a downpour or [...]

Now’s the time to get in your preseason turkey scouting.
It may seem early, but before you know it, you’ll be walking out the door in your favorite camouflage. Heck, Hawaii’s season already has begun and Florida’s starts Saturday, with Alabama and South Carolina’s set to follow March 15.
Where to hunt
Create a backup turkey-hunting plan now [...]

Advanced turkey calling information and techniques Continue reading

What is Chronic Wasting Disease? Continue reading

One of the problems in figuring out where CWD originally came from is… Continue reading