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Gone But Not Forgotten: Justin Burns Memorial Hunts

Posted on August 31, 2017August 31, 2017by richie ashcraft

By Dale Shrull The raw emotions still hit Cory Burns hard when he talks about his son Justin. He doesn’t like to talk about the tragic day of Sept. 13, 2015, when his son was killed in a senseless act of irresponsible hunting. But Cory wants to keep his son’s memory alive and he wants […]

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Shoot Straight

Posted on August 31, 2017August 31, 2017by richie ashcraft

By Dave Buchanan You can picture it now. Your hunting partner finally has the only shot of the day, takes care aim and Bang! “Damn. I missed.” I’m not saying it’s ever happened to you, but there are times when that “sure thing” turned into a miss or, even worse, a wounded animal that got […]

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Know your GMU

Posted on August 31, 2017August 31, 2017by richie ashcraft

By Dave Buchanan Late last fall, as I walked out of the woods on the final evening of my elk hunt, I had but one consolation: I knew my hunting unit better than I had on Day One. After eight years of hunting a unit in the Gunnison Basin, I I shifted last year a […]

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High-Tech Hunting: Definition of “fair chase” at issue

Posted on August 31, 2017August 31, 2017by richie ashcraft

By Dave Buchanan Smart rifles that never miss? Night-vision cameras to help find and track game? Cell phone apps that turn your riflescope into a heat-sensing targeting system? The list of high-tech hunting gear grows every year. And so, it seems, do the advantages enjoyed by a well-wired and tech-savvy population that each year seems […]

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Top Gun Archer Dougo Wentzel

Posted on August 31, 2017August 31, 2017by richie ashcraft

By Melinda Mawdsley All was quiet in the early morning hours of the annual Western Colorado elk rut. Dougo Wentzel and a group of archery hunters moved into the middle of an opening when Wentzel started cow calling to see what animals were around. Within 45 minutes, he saw his opportunity and the calm morning […]

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