For the fun of it: Shed Hunting for the Sake of Shed Hunting﻿

For the fun of it: Shed Hunting for the Sake of Shed Hunting

by Bernie Barringer | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Bernie Barringer I found my first shed antler–a six-point right side–in 1979 while setting raccoon traps on a public hunting area in Northern Iowa. I was fascinated by what I found, partly because I had never seen a giant buck like that in person, and...

Top Five DIY Bowhunts

by Bernie Barringer | Mar 13, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Bernie Barringer My first bowhunting road trip was in 1993. I was living in Iowa and I travelled to northern Minnesota to bowhunt. Figure that one out. Iowa didn’t even have a nonresident deer season at that time. Today, about 20,000 applicants vie for the 6,000...

Special Panel Scoring: P&Y Names New World Record Non-Typical Whitetail

by Bernie Barringer | Mar 7, 2019 | Uncategorized

Chatfield, MN – On Friday, March 1st, the Pope and Young Club convened a Special Panel of Judges in Omaha, Nebraska for a potential P&Y World Record non-typical whitetail. Luke Brewster’s incredible buck was shot in Illinois during the 2018 archery season....

The Four Parts of a Successful DIY Mentality

by Bernie Barringer | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Bernie Barringer Hunting away from home presents some unique challenges. When you are hunting in your home area, you have an entire season to bag your buck and fill out your deer tags. But on a DIY road trip, you are hunting under a deadline; you have a limited...

A Well-Traveled Grizzly Bear’s 5,000-Mile Journey

by Bernie Barringer | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized

Courtesy Idaho Public Radio One grizzly bear’s incredible 5,000-mile journey across Montana and Idaho has scientists re-thinking what they know about the animals. Ethyl the grizzly bear was 19 years old when she started out on her epic journey over 5,000 miles...