
My Father’s Footsteps, By Carson Keys
I grew up flying in my dad’s Cessna, but his was equipped with tundra tires and not floats. Taking off and landing in a floatplane for the first time was the perfect foreshadowing for what …
By Nolan Osborne on December 5, 2019

Roar of the Highland Stag, By Lukas Schulte
I was standing in the dark outside of St. Huberts Lodge near the small town of Pitlochry, in central Scotland. The night air was cold and filled with the deep vocalizations of Scottish highland stags …
By Nolan Osborne on November 20, 2019

The Climb, By Brett Rivard
With horse trailers in tow we headed East, homeward bound after a gruelling ten days in the backcountry of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. Another sheep season had barely come and gone, and I was already working …
By Nolan Osborne on October 23, 2019

Mysteries in the Mountains, by Drew Kress
Before every hunt, I try to create certain ideas and thoughts of how things are going to happen on the upcoming adventure. Every time I embark on a trip like this, it will always be …
By Nolan Osborne on October 9, 2019

Jungle Goats, by Lee Nelson
There are some things that I hold in high regard; people you can count on are right at the top of the list. A few years ago, Brian, my regular mountain hunting partner and I …
By Nolan Osborne on October 9, 2019

Whatever It Takes, by James Horner
Many years ago I came to terms with the reality that I would never hunt sheep, maybe mountain goats but even that would be a stretch. I was OK with it and just …
By Nolan Osborne on September 12, 2019

First Blood – Colorado Elk, By Russell Harris, DVM
When I was about 100 yards from the rise he was standing on, I looked toward the right of the trail and into the creek bed. I could see that he was lying dead in …
By Nolan Osborne on July 4, 2019

An Island Harvest, By Drew Kress
The diesel motors started up and we were cruising the salt. Heading to the other side of the island to begin our pursuit for Sitka blacktail deer and mountain goat. The captain of the 43’ …
By Nolan Osborne on July 4, 2019

Ice Age Remnants, By Nate Kalish
The wind bit my cheeks as I stepped off the Cessna Caravan, into a world few will ever have the opportunity to experience. After three days of travel from my home in Fairbanks, Alaska, I …
By Nolan Osborne on June 4, 2019

AK Alpine Double, By Jake Lamphier
As my truck came to rest in front of the small log cabin on a brilliant blue-sky day in early September, it was almost impossible to not be grinning ear to ear. This was the …
By Nolan Osborne on May 23, 2019