When you start researching guided hunts, the pricing can sometimes feel like a puzzle. You’ll see "all inclusive" "base rates," "daily fees," and the often-misunderstood harvest fee (sometimes referred to as a trophy fee ). While it might seem like a bait and switch scheme that outfitters use to lure you in with an appealling sticker price just to jack up costs after your success or just another line item on a bill. Harvest fees are actually a strategic tool used in the hunting industry to...

For as long as I can remember, grizzly bears have fascinated me. To me, they embody the Great Alaskan Wilderness in its rawest, purest form: massive, resourceful, unpredictable, and demanding respect. When the opportunity arose to join along and film a grizzly bear hunt in Alaska, I felt an excitement unlike anything I had experienced before. I had been to Alaska, both hunting and filming before—but nothing could truly prepare me for what awaited. It was early June, springtime in Alaska, when...

For those living on Colorado's Western Slope, the idea of wolf reintroduction has quickly collided with a harsh reality. While conservationists celebrate the return of an apex predator, ranchers are facing immediate and significant economic damage that the state is demonstrably underprepared to cover.