December 18, 2017—The British Columbia government, at the behest of reportedly 78 percent of its residents, ended all grizzly bear hunting for residents and non-resident sportsmen.
“Through con...
Man-made; adj. Made by humans rather than occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.
A conversation about hunting and fair chase would be incomplete without talking about the pursuit of ...
Hunting is not a sport like basketball, football, or soccer, but there are lessons that can apply to hunting from the coaching of these sports.
Coaches are taught to identify two different pers...
The Five Stages of the Hunter is a well-documented look at the progressions a hunter goes through as he or she ages and gains experience. As we age and our experiences accumulate, what we get from...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a bad picture might be worth a million.
Those of us who care about hunting can no longer afford to dismiss the fact that some of the images we s...
Yes, people do make mistakes, but there is no such thing as illegal hunting; only poaching.
Poaching is the illegal take of wildlife by kill or capture. Poaching is often defined as unlawful hu...
Maybe it’s because the media has long taken potshots at hunters. Maybe it’s because social media invites inflammatory, soundbite headlines and unfiltered keyboard terrorists. Maybe it’s because an...
The lines between hunting and poaching are being blurred.
What this means is the non-hunting public is increasingly not making a clear distinction between hunting and poaching. Increasingly, the two are being used interchangeably. Even the media is getting it wrong.
The overwhelming majority of hunters truly care about and respect wildlife and the game animals and birds we hunt. The question is, where does this respect come from, and more importantly is t...
