There are plenty of nay-sayers for the AR15 pattern rifle, or modern sporting rifle, but give a modern sporting rifle chambered in 6.5 Grendel to your smaller framed wife for her deer or antelope hunt, and she’ll love the lower recoil of the round, and lighter weight of the rifle platform. She’ll never wince, and if she can hold steady, she shouldn’t miss within 250 yards. This is precisely how our recent 6.5 Grendel AR15 upper build was used. A few weeks prior to my wife’s antelope hunt she expressed concerns about making a stalk then a shot with her current, heavy, higher recoiling hunting r ..read more

After 3 separate stalks, on 3 different bucks, my wife harvested on the opening day of the antelope season 2023. While there are a lot of factors that go into antelope hunting, and I’ll touch on those in a bit, there is one good tip for antelope hunting that applies to most big game hunting in general. What Not to Do While it’s meant to be funny and sound like trash YouTube video clickbait, it’s also very true. Don’t be a lazy ass. I frequently see hunters park a car, only to walk 25 feet from a parked vehicle, spook an animal from a couple hundred yards away, and push them to a distance they ..read more

Watch our Ultra Short on Sage Grouse Hunting: Sage Grouse Hunt (YouTube) Sage Grouse hunting isn’t simply a pursuit that rewards those that cover as much ground as possible. It certainly can help to cover a lot of ground, but a smarter approach can improve your hunt, and reduce a significant amount of walking. While no strategy is bulletproof when it comes to the pursuit of Sage Grouse, these tips should help. Habitat and Sign The most important factor in finding birds is knowing where they like to be in their habitat. Like every other critter, they require food, shelter, and water. We always ..read more

It has been a strange summer here in the Eastern Sierra. We’ve had prolonged periods of above-average heat broken up by a very wet, cool mid-summer. By mid-July, fires were starting in Yosemite, smoke was settling over the high country, and it appeared that our fishing season may be cut short. Then, the monsoonal showers started rolling in almost every afternoon, helping to get the fires under control and clearing the smoke. Now, we’re back to typical Sierra weather with clear days and hungry fish waiting in the alpine lakes! Since mid-July, any sunny day has brought on excellent dry fly fishi ..read more

We are happy to announce our relocation to the more sportsman-friendly state of Wyoming, and the addition of a new team member Cora, our new Catahoula Leopard and the first hunting dog to be part of our content. Cora was born at the end of March and is already working farm animals, but also putting in mileage in the backcountry, working with dummies, and getting ready for the upcoming upland bird season. She is a wonderful puppy, has the classic Catahoula temperament and exhibits a red leopard appearance. The upland season is only a couple of weeks away. If you aren’t ready yet then check out ..read more

From the Editor: It took a while for us to get around to publishing, we’re sorry, and figured it better a little late than never. Things are heating up in the Eastern Sierra’s high country! A low snow year and warm temperatures allowed us to check out a few locations over the past couple of weeks. We discovered that dry fly season is already underway in the alpine lakes and streams. Now is the time to get into the mountains, and here’s what you’ll need to know to hook some hungry high country trout. First, be aware that the only lakes that are completely thawed at this time are those below 1 ..read more

In the world of motion dove decoys, there are only a couple of good options, and while most are spinners, there is at least one that is a little bit unique. We decided to test and review the 2 most well-known spinning wing decoys, the MOJO Outdoors Voodoo Dove Decoy and the Lucky Duck Lucky Dove HD Decoy, as well as the unique flapping wing motion decoy, the Lucky Duck Rapid Flyer Dove Decoy. We put them to the test in the field and chose the best one for the 2022 dove season. ||| If you are looking at spinners, then you’ll split hairs choosing between the Mojo Outdoors Voodoo Dove Decoy and t ..read more

Spring fishing is heating up in the Eastern Sierra, and if you want to have a great Memorial Day weekend catching trout, come prepared! The cutthroats are on the tail end of their spawning run up the Upper Owens River from Crowley Lake, so your patterns are going to matter. The cutthroats are actively running and spawning, creating an abundance of roe in the water. Just like you’d want to match a hatch, your best bet to catch a cutthroat right now is to offer them a salmon egg pattern. Epic views of the Eastern Sierra from the Upper Owens River. We spent a few days running with the fish up a ..read more

Color | Stainless Material | Stainless Steel Brand | WOLF and GRIZZLY Length | 11.26 Width | 10.94 Height | 4.13 Weight | 1.1 Kilograms Fuel Type | Wood Country of Origin | China Warranty | 3 Year Price | $89.85 The Wolf and Grizzly Fire Safe We had been toying with the idea of doing a series of firepit and backcountry stove reviews for a while. So many people seem to be venturing into hot tenting, or just looking for portable fireboxes and cook systems to set up while backpacking and overlanding. So it was a timely coincidence when Wolf and Grizzly reached out to our team to ask if we were in ..read more

Bluegill are referred to as panfish for a reason, they fit in a pan and taste great fried. We recently harvested some bluegill from our living room aquaponic system and decided to cook them up minutes after they came out of the tanks. We kept the preparation incredibly simple, which is the best way to treat any fresh and clean fish. We choose to cook our fish whole because when properly cooked, fish should pull away from the bone easily. We also do not dredge our fish in anything, and still end up with a firm, clean-tasting fish, with crispy skin and natural flavors enhanced by seasonings, not ..read more