The huge, gnarly grizzly bear was pretty much hidden in the jungle-like thicket of the tree covered knob only 30 yards away. Four year old grandson Caeden crouched beside me, shaking with excitement as we ever so slowly creeped slightly closer, one very careful tippy toe baby step at a time.
Staying in the shadows, we kept the wind in our face, and used every trick in the book to sneak into bow and arrow range of our stunning, wary trophy.

This is my 2010 archery bull elk from the state of Utah.  I got quite lucky and was able to draw a coveted tag.  On the evening of the 5th day of this hunt, I found myself downhill from several bugling bulls without much light left.  We had to move fast and hot foot it about 1/2 mile up into an aspen draw.  We couldn’t see the elk, but knew we were close.  We let out a few cow calls and the place erupted with bugles everywhere. There was a giant “dinosaur” sounding bugle on top of the hill, but a cow and small 5pt were blocking our approach. Darkness was closing in fast.  I knew we couldn’t move and had to make something happen as we were losing light fast. We let out some whiny and aggressive estrous calls that must of sounded like a sure thing to this bull.  After just a few notes on the calls we heard sticks breaking and hooves pounding in hard.

     I’ve taken many blacktails with Gold Tip arrows over the years, and not once have they let me down.  Hunting as a hobby and hunting for a living are two very different things, and I depend on Gold Tip arrows to help me get the job done.

 

 

 

Just because I film TV shows doesn’t mean success comes easy; sometimes it never comes at all. Earlier this spring I sat in three ground blinds over the course of five days in Zimbabwe and never drew my bow. My wife spent two days in another blind and never saw an animal. It was no one’s fault. Heavy, unseasonable rains meant the animals simply didn’t have to visit the waterholes.

 

In May I sat 66 1/2 hours in ground blinds before finally scoring on a good black bear on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Patience, persistence and time...that’s what it takes to close the deal, but sometimes that’s not even enough.