Beth Shimanski

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I lead marketing for Savage Arms. I am blessed to spend time in the field hunting and shooting with editors and partners throughout the year. I am a new hunter, starting in 2017 when I started with Savage.

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Preparing for a Hunting Trip of a Lifetime | Savage Journeys
08/09/2024

In my short hunting career, I have been blessed to venture to some amazing places in our world. I’ve chased elk in the mountains of Utah, trekked after barren ground caribou north of the Brooks Range in Alaska, and stalked deer in European

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Mule Deer Hunting on Horseback | The Trapper Buck
03/22/2024

Every hunt brings with it unique challenges and moments that stay with me long after I return home. For most hunts, I find that the harder the terrain or chase, the more memorable that event becomes to me. I am also a slightly superstitious hunter, so

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How Bear Hunting with Hounds and Bait Changed My Perspective
03/08/2024

When I was approached to attend an event with top industry writers in the beautiful mountains of Idaho, I did not hesitate to say yes. I am a sucker for beautiful places, mountains, and tackling new challenges as I expand my hunting career. As I learned

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Three Things I Learned Hunting With a Master Chef
05/11/2023

The pursuit of wild game and motivation for doing so differs widely across the world. Sportsmen in the US primarily pursue wildlife for sport, and to fill our personal freezers with delicious fair for family and friends. Of course, many are always on

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What is a Driven Hunt?
02/28/2023

Stepping off the plane into Berlin, the adventure of my first driven hunt was about to begin. It was cold and wet in Germany during the first week of December. We are here to test a new rifle, and this hunting set-up is exactly what the rifle was built for.

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Beth Shimanski | Women in the Outdoors
03/08/2022

This year for International Women’s Day, we are celebrating the outdoors and those who make it a better place for all. We want to shine a spotlight on some amazing women in the outdoors – leaders, role models, mentors, mothers, sisters, and

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Aoudad: Poor Man’s Sheep Hunt, I Disagree
04/13/2021

Savage Marketing Director, Beth Shimanski had an opportunity to hunt aoudad, an elusive exotic sheep species, in Texas. Some people believe that hunting aoudad is the poor man's sheep hunt, but Shimanski disagrees with that sentiment after an unexpected

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My Barren Ground Alaska Caribou Hunt
08/17/2020

Beth Shimanski, Savage Arms Marketing Director, tells the tale of how her Alaska caribou hunt went from 4 months to 45 minutes to 4-5 seconds! Months of training turned into minutes of execution and success in a way she could only imagine.  Although

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How I Developed a Hunting Passion: Evolution of a Hunter
01/14/2020

Not everyone was raised a hunter. Some learn and develop hunting passion later in life. Beth Shimanski, Savage Arms Marketing Director, shares how she evolved as a hunter. When I started in this industry 4 years ago, hunting was a passion I had not yet