Stories from the Field

Contrary to what a lot of guys think, the “TV show” hunters often don’t have it any easier than the rest of us. And Skyler Wirsig, of Heartland Bowhunter, certainly has endured a season that many of us can relate...

Wired To Hunt is all about the next generation of hunters and it’s truly exciting for me to see young hunters stepping up and reaching for their dreams in the world of hunting. Today I’m particularly excited about the work...

Today we’ve got a great story of finding hunting success in the unlikeliest of placest from, our friend and Sitka Pro-staff member, Chad Bell. Chad has put down two great Illinois bucks this year and his most recent buck came...

Just over a week returned from my out of state trip to Illinois with Oak Tree Outfitters, I’ve had plenty of time to ponder what went right and wrong. It was a trip filled with problems like being one day...

Double Deuce is dead and Doug Hampton of Drury Outdoors is the self admitted killer. It took Doug two years of hard work to put this Kansas legend on the ground, but on the last day of bow season, just...

Just the other day I received an email from a non-hunter, recounting to me some of the very negative experiences she has had with hunters recently and the fact that she wishes more of them acted in a responsible and ethical fashion....

Well I am now two days back from Illinois and unfortunately it’s with a truck full of tree stands, mountain dew cans and used hand warmers, but no big buck. We hunted hard for six days in Fulton County, Illinois...

More big bucks have fallen to the hands of the White brothers, new members this year to the Heartland Bowhunter crew. As mentioned a couple weeks ago, Matt White downed a terrific Kansas buck earlier this month and his two...