Big Stag for the Little Lady By Larry Hatter   As featured in October 2015 edition of Hunting Worldwide Magazine.....   Perhaps the most extraordinary aspect of life is that a single, seemingly insignificant, event can change its course in the blink of an eye.  One chance meeting can send you down a path you never dreamed you’d follow.  By some strange twist of fate, today was the culmination of one such occurrence for me.  As I stepped off the Spirit of Queenstown, a … [Read more...]

Secrets of a Camp Fire By Larry Hatter   Dusk had crept silently into my midst as I plodded doggedly along the meandering creek bottom.  The mountains that stretched dauntingly to the west, an impenetrable fortress of snow, shale and sheer bluffs, had long since claimed the blazing arctic sun for their own.  A failed stalk on a lumbering grizzly, once promising, had in reality been long on promise and short on time.  Leaving me with precious few minutes to reach my makeshift shelter … [Read more...]

Autumn Affair     Dusk had struck an eerie quietness upon the craggy landscape which sprawled out before me.  The steep, winding canyon, once alive with the gentle glow of the afternoon sun, was now gray and lifeless.  A persistent breeze, which carried the faintest odor of  wood smoke curling up from the trapper’s cabin in the valley below, once a nuisance, was now downright uncomfortable.  I was reminded that, although the sun’s rays had been calm and soothing, old man winter would be … [Read more...]

Miles and I briefly discussed our options.  With the prevailing wind squarely in our faces and reasonable cover between us and our quarry, it was an easy decision to make a play on this buck.  We left the nonessentials on the rock, bringing only one pair of binoculars and my tried and true rolling block rifle.  Although extremely accurate, I still like to gain a position of at least one hundred fifty yards or less from any potential target.  A four hundred grain ball carries a lot of knockdown … [Read more...]

The minutes creaked by.  An eternity would have passed before sunrise if not for the arrival of my brother, owner of Miles High Outfitters, whom I’d enlisted to help glass today.  He pulled up in his battle-scarred pickup right on time.  A  large grin greeted me, masked only slightly by the scraggly red beard that adorned his face.  At first glance he looked more like a candidate to raise a barn, but his eagle eyes were what would come in handy this morning.     Once we’d reached my favorite … [Read more...]

Idaho mule deer outfitter and guide story featured in 2015 edition of Horns and Hooks Magazine....   Eventually the fire’s light began to wane so I quickly downed a dry supper and curled up in my sleeping bag for the evening.  Like most nights in hunting camp, I busied myself contemplating strategy for the morning hunt.  The rut, by no means, was in full swing, as was evident by the number of does I had seen without a buck vying for their attention over the last week.  I wasn’t … [Read more...]

2015 Idaho Mule Deer Hunt Featured In HORNS AND HOOKS Magazine By Our Resident Author Larry Hatter This will be the the first of seven installments enjoy.........................   Autumn Affair     Dusk had struck an eerie quietness upon the craggy landscape which sprawled out before me.  The steep, winding canyon, once alive with the gentle glow of the afternoon sun, was now gray and lifeless.  A persistent breeze, which carried the faintest odor … [Read more...]

If you live outside the US and are looking for a good United States mountain lion hunting guide we can really help you out.  There's no doubt our cougar hunting is top notch, but we also have a lot of experience helping clients get their game back to their home country.   I'm not only a guide here in Idaho, but also a veteran of international travel for hunting. It can be tricky to work with customs and expensive if you don't know what you are doing.  That's why it helps to hunt with … [Read more...]