Rocky Mountains


Ken Baisch made a long shot with his muzzleloader to harvest this giant two-point mule deer in the early season.  Photo courtesy of Bucks-N-Bulls Outfitters.

Mule deer are found throughout New Mexico, with the Rocky Mountain mule deer inhabiting the majority of the state and…»

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I grew up with largemouth bass. Any early memories involving trophy fish include largemouth as a central focus. Yet it…»

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For most of us the salmon fly hatch is the main event on the annual Montana fly-fishing calendar — period,…»

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The discovery of two tagged wolves killed by mountain lions has researchers scratching their heads. This year, researchers in the…»

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Leave it to an international terrorist network to support irreversibly harming the American landscape, but you would expect that message…»

The author took this mature gobbler with archery gear after a day-long wait in a proven feeding area.  When late-season turkeys refuse to come to you, turn the tables by going to them. Photo by Patrick Meitin.

As the Rocky Mountains’ spring turkey seasons begin to wind down, surviving birds have gained an education in the ways of the hunt. They can still be taken, but a change of tactics can be required for success.

The best thing anglers can do to help the lake trout population on Granby is to keep a limit of trout like this. Granby currently has two to three times the number of trout found in other Colorado reservoirs. Photo by Mike Gnatkowski.

Many of Colorado’s biggest reservoirs are home to huge lake trout, or mackinaws — as Coloradans call them. Lake trout…»

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Colton Lapp, 19, is the first to be charged under a new Wyoming felony poaching law that took effect in July. Could serve 12 years.

April is prime time to catch the trout of a lifetime from one of Montana’s many lakes and reservoirs.  Photo by Chuck Robbins.

The best Montana trout fishing may start earlier than you’d expect.

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Just about all turkey hunters have been in this situation at one time or another in the woods. Here I…»