As an Analyst for my day job I deal with all sorts of numbers, trends, statistics, and percentages. I utilize my planning and Excel skills to build pack lists and organize my excursions. Since moving to Alaska my overall success ratio (%) has gone down. Analyzing this trend led to me several conclusions. My L48 … Continue reading
Do you use your optics in a way to maximize success? I grew up hunting mule deer sitting on a cold rock in late October waiting for that magical buck to walk into my little valley. I wonder how many I missed as I sat there watching the sunrise and glancing around with my naked … Continue reading
As we look around the hunting community it is easy to be discouraged by the hard core fitness guys. They are running marathons, squatting Clydesdales, and curling Volkswagens. These specimens of manhood bound up hills with ease and don’t even bother to quarter their elk before packing the bugger out whole. Perhaps I exaggerate a … Continue reading
The last few weeks were a bit crazy. I traveled, had an odd work schedule, and then had some home maintenance projects that through me out of my routine. Somewhere in the mix I got behind on my water and ahead on my coffee. Headaches and fatigue soon caught up with me. Rokslide just published … Continue reading