Guides and Outfitters

After finishing my solo hunt of the Gospel Hump Wilderness and Nez Perce National Forest with only a handful of chanterelles to show, I’ve worked hard to get some meat in the freezer.  My regular deer and elk tags ran out the season without scoring, but I still had a doe tag, good until the [...]

The Jeep headed north on 222, mud from the road coating its underbelly.  As I coasted through Dixie, the pavement lay just another four miles distant.  Dixie is an interesting place, and while I am sure that it is inhabited by very good, kind, and upright people, it’s hard not to imagine hearing the theme [...]

Wolf track

Another early morning with a handful of nuts and dried fruit. I planned to finish my hunt with daylight’s closing curtain and drive back to uncivilization in the morning.  I arrived at the clearcuts of the previous day and posted at a convenient spot, scanning the perimeter.  Nada.  While traversing a cut, I [...]

Let me say that if you are a tall person, you would definitely not enjoy sleeping in the back of a Jeep Cherokee Sport.  Even diagonally, there would not be enough room for you to fully stretch out.

I am not tall; I am of medium height.  Were I just an inch shorter, or had the [...]

Wildfires take some trees, and leave others

The next day I didn’t get on the trail until after daylight; I had to pack my sleeping bag, tent, and other supplies for one or more nights on the ridge.  Water was a concern; there was none at the top, and I didn’t know how far down [...]

The plan was simple: Walk to a good spot on Jersey Ridge at the edge of the Gospel Hump Wilderness, spot a mule deer from a distance, stalk to a suitable shooting position, and fill my tag. Every book I’d read said that this was a good strategy, and my friend Gary, who would [...]