2027 Western Big Game Draw Deadlines: 10 States, Every Date
Application deadlines for every Western big game draw, with each date labelled as confirmed for 2027, set by rule, or carried from the 2026 pattern.
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Colorado Leftover Tags 2026: What’s Still Available and How to Buy
Colorado’s 2026 leftover big-game licenses are on sale now, first-come first-served. The live CPW list, the weekly reissue cycle, what is still available today, 2026 fees and refund rules.
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September Is That Weirdly Perfect In-Between Month
September is the quiet stretch between summer heat and leaf season: warm days, cold nights, empty trails and parks that clear out after Labor Day. I feel like a lot of people treat September like the leftover month. Summer’s over, fall hasn’t really started, so they just wait. That’s a mistake. This is the stretch…
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Colorado 2026 Draw Results: What Hunters Do This Week
Colorado 2026 draw results post May 26-29. The next-step plan for hunters who drew elk, deer, or antelope – and what to do if you didn’t.
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Western 2026 Big-Game Draw Results: Utah Nonresidents Find Out Thursday, Then Montana, Then Wyoming
Western draw results 2026: Utah nonresident elk drops May 21, Montana late May, Wyoming June 18. The 4 calls hunters make this week.
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BANISH 30 Gold-V2 for Hunters: A 13-Ounce Titanium Case for the .308 Field Rifle
The BANISH 30 Gold-V2 is a 13-oz titanium .308 suppressor rated to .300 RUM with a lifetime warranty. Here’s the honest hunter’s case for it.
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How to Count Points on a Buck and Score Deer Antlers
This guide covers how to count points on a buck and how to score deer antlers under the Boone and Crockett system, plus what changes for elk and mule deer. How to count points on a buck Count every projection on the antler that is at least one inch long and longer than it is…
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Dumb Poachers Hall of Fame: The Koi Pond Spearfishers
There’s evil, there’s stupid and evil, and then there are these guys. Some poachers are smart enough to steal and waste wildlife at times and places where their crimes won’t be seen. Luckily for us and for the wildlife, for most people, the decision to poach automatically results in a loss of 20 IQ points….
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Say No To Colorado Wolf Re-Introduction, Says RMEF
One of the biggest conservation controversies is heating up in Colorado… As we mentioned just a couple of weeks ago, the re-introduction of wolves into areas where they were previously extirpated is a huge controversy among conservationists. Today, the focus has shifted from the Hoodoo Pack of Arizona to Colorado, where the Rocky Mountain Elk…
