Stories From the Road

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Some stories are too good not to tell. Being in the outdoors inevitably leads to epic experiences and meeting unforgettable people that create the core memories we tell over the campfire for years to come.
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Most people don’t go on a Wyoming bear hunt by accident. They train for it, prepare for it, dream about it for years. I said yes to mine after a phone call, a looming deadline, and an alarming amount of confidence from people who believed I could

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05/13/2026

Black Hills turkey hunting has a way of humbling you, no matter how prepared—or confident—you think you are. This season offered a perfect reminder, wrapped up in two back-to-back days that couldn’t have been more different. It started

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10/29/2025

When Sarah signed up for the rifle class at GO WYLD, an annual women’s weekend hosted by wildHERness, it felt more like a dare to herself than a fully confident decision. She had always been curious, maybe even admired the idea of women who could

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10/17/2025

Wes Forbes is a recent Wildlife Management graduate from West Virginia University. In this blog, Wes recounts his first hunt as a child, and the impact it made on his life and what it taught him about respecting wildlife as a hunter. In the mountains of

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10/01/2025

I remember this time of year from my old days of being an accountant very well. I would be studying different articles discussing moon phases and what other people thought was the best time to take vacation to hunt whitetails. It almost always ended

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When my kids tag along on a hunt, it isn’t about filling a tag. It is about making memories and instilling tradition. We bundle up in layers, pack more snacks than gear, and set out before dawn, our boots crunching frost-covered leaves, breath

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09/05/2025

Wes Forbes is a recent Wildlife Management graduate from West Virginia University. In this blog, Wes discusses social media and the impact, both positive and negative, that it has on the online hunting community and how others online view hunting. Not

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08/08/2025

Wes Forbes is a recent Wildlife Management graduate from West Virginia University. In this blog, Wes recounts his lessons learned from growing up mountain hunting in the Appalachians and how these lessons translate when hunting across the country. When