I recently returned home from an awesome adventure down in south Florida- Okeechobee to be exact. I hunted hogs and alligator with Lee Lightsey of Outwest Farms (www.floridahuntingoutfitter.com) and was successful on taking both animals. Lee is a great GSCO supporter and donates to our auction each year. Outwest Farms has hog and gator hunts available year round and both species may be taken with any weapon you wish to use, including rifle, bow, handgun and for the brave at heart, you can also hunt hogs with spear and knife! Typically Lee conducts hunts with rifle or bow from a swamp buggy on private property. He has access to several ranches in the area, and has special permits to take problem gators from ranch cattle ponds. This is a...

On January 12, 2013 at the Saturday evening banquet of the 9th annual Hunter & Outfitter Convention a new award was introduiced to the big game hunting community.  A cooperative effort between GSCO and Safari Club International this new award is being called "The MOST prestigous, quantifiable big game hunting award in the world!"  Below in an excerpt from the video presentation. 

THE PANTHEON Grand Slam Club/Ovis and Safari Club International are most pleased to introduce for the first time, the Pantheon Award. Actually, this is more than an award, and individuals will be inducted into the Pantheon this year and in each subsequent year.  The criteria for the Pantheon are easily defined, but extremely...

Look out, December! The road to the show season is just around the corner!

Working feverishly seems to be a common trait of most of my nearest and dearest this time of year. Many of the outfitters are winding down, and getting ready for a few months of tradeshows, while others are getting prepared for their winter hunts. And here I sit, working at a computer, trying to tap into my inner Jedi-master of patience… when all I want to do is head back outside too!

I would like to thank everyone who emailed in with topic ideas. This year at the GSCO Convention I have two seminars that were the most popular requests! Here are the teasers for each:

For Thursday, January 10th, at 11am- Noon:

Making a...

Product Review: Kenetrek Boots

It's no secret that one of the most important pieces of a hunter's arsenal is a good pair of quality boots. Weapons are important, optics are important, clothing is important, but if your feet hurt too much to climb the mountain or cross the valley, then all the other gear is totally useless. This past August I went on my first Dall sheep hunt in the Yukon with Ceaser Lake Outfitters. I knew from reading hunt reports in Grand Slam and talking with experienced sheep hunters that this part of North America is home to some of the roughest mountains a hunter can traverse. With this being my  first real mountain hunting experience, I wanted to make sure I had all the proper gear to...

“On the Road again, Ooooh I just can’t wait to get on the road again!”

Ah the words of Willie Nelson; Perhaps, if my life were a movie, this song would be on repeat. Life over the past year was a blur of travel and a whole lot of miles in Canada and the USA. And I sit here wondering: Where has the time gone?

I began this year on the show circuit with a good friend and colleague, Eva Shockey. Together, we covered five states and three provinces in just ten short weeks throughout the spring. Wrapping up that tour, I went on to work for other chapters in conversation before preparing for the busy seasons ahead. May through mid-June brought me to Jim Shockey’s Pacific Rim Guide Outfitters for black...