We’ve only scraped the surface of the Epstein files and it’s already like I can’t get the water hot enough to feel clean. How I long for the good ol’ days, when Dick Cheney shooting someone on a hunting trip was the Big Coverup. Nothing so innocent with these guys. Not like Paul Newman and […]
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CPW shares safety reminders and updates as hunting seasons get underway
As bear season and archery season draw to a close, many hunters across Colorado are preparing for upcoming rifle seasons. Earlier this month, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced general reminders, permitting updates and safety warnings for hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts. While hunters are well aware of the dates, it is a valuable reminder […]
Posted inYouth News
Ancestral practices for modern day game management; Is hunting positive or negative?
Analysis by Mason SmetzerWaldorf School RFV Mason Smetzer is in eighth grade at Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork. Everyone in his class is required to pick a topic they’re drawn to and study it for the whole year and also include a public service aspect. For his project, Smetzer chose to research the positive […]
Posted inEducation
Hunting Season 101
A few weeks ago, I went to call for my dog and discovered a rifle-toting, camouflage-clad hunter just beyond my porch. I started yelling, “Hey, hey—” stumbling to find words as he took to the woods along the community path. I stopped short, deciding I was barking up the wrong tree by yelling at a […]
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Capitol Peak Outfitters changes ownership
Earlier in May of this year, Capitol Peak Outfitters changed ownership from the Howe family to Ted Benge. The outdoor experience company provides trail rides with its 25-head stable of horses, guided overnight pack trips and hunting excursions in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. On the updated website, Benge “invites you to relax and let him […]
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Book Review: Stories of the American West
“Stories of the American West, Volume 1” by author Daniel Parliman provides the reader with a detailed description of commercial group trail rides and hunting expeditions on Colorado’s Western Slope over a period of many years. The detailed accounts of the group rides and hunting trips are rich with the flavor of the times in […]
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Branching Out: Hunting for balance and meaning
Seeing other trucks at the BLM access opening day darn near derailed me. We parked, anyway — mere yards from a rotund, older hunter glassing the opposite ridge — as if. Jittery, we donned our gear and requisite blaze. Walking past a bend to the secret trailhead, seven more trucks squatted roadside. Gah!! This was […]
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Bow hunting taught locally
Walter Krom has been hunting with a bow and arrow since 1961, when he tried to hunt a squirrel in his backyard, as many young boys did, back in the day. He grew up in New Jersey, 10 miles from New York City. His dad was a hunter and archery became a life trajectory for […]
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How to obtain a hunting license
Applying for a hunting license can be confusing at first. Between Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) regulations and plain old hunter strategy, I’m still learning the ins and outs, 20 years in. If you’re even reading this, you’re most likely a new hunter, so we’ll stick to the basics together (and save mastery aspects, such […]
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Trophy hunting ban bill dies in committee
That was fast. Senate Bill 31 — a measure that would have prohibited trophy hunting of mountain lions, bobcats and lynx in Colorado — was introduced in the state legislature on Jan. 12 and, less than 30 days later, died in committee. The state Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Eagle County rancher […]