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Cole Kramer: Kodiak Island Hunting Guide

Pushing the limits of what’s possible in technical hunting gear is, and always will be, our core mission. But part of the essence of SITKA is in the people who test, abuse and demand the best from it in the real world: our Athletes.

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Keeping Wyoming Wild: Red Desert Mule Deer Migration

That mule deer in your yard might be 250 miles away by winter. This herd set one of the longest migrations on record.

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Waterfowl Conservation & Management: Five Oaks' Investment

Only two of eighteen grad students had ever worn waders. See how Five Oaks is closing that gap in the Mississippi Delta.

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Public Land Access: How TRCP Is Opening the Outdoors

TRCP found 16 million acres of public land locked away with no way in. Here's how they're opening it back up.

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Last Chance Moose: A Float Hunt on Wild Alaska Rivers

See how Connor Gabbott friends floated past a sleeping grizzly, got charged by another, and portaged gear for 100+ miles.

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Turkey Hunting in the Rain: Tactics, Tips & What the Birds are actually doing

Turkey hunter Rob Ramsdale killed a 24-pound gobbler in a downpour. Here's the scouting trick that made it happen.

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A Town Called Sitka

A transplanted fish hatchery worker traded New York for Sitka's blacktail and world-class steelhead, and never looked back.

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100 Rams

Guide Lee Hart has 99 sheep hunts behind him at 85. His mentee drew the tag in Lee's unit and asked him along for the 100th.

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5 Elk Hunting Mistakes

Randy Newberg and Corey Jacobsen break down the 5 mistakes costing hunters their best shot at a bull.

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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Father's Day Tribute to Mountain Man Joe

A Father's Day tribute to the Pennsylvania hunter who taught his son that the woods reward patience more than luck.

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Oceans of Sage

Painter Jess Mudgett drove into the sagebrush to finally paint the mural he had promised an old friend years ago.

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The Hard Way: Full Curl | Episode 3

Watch a traditional bowhunter close to 30 yards on a Dall sheep in the Alaskan backcountry, about as tough as it gets.

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12 Days and 150 Miles for a First Ram

Ali Rione covered 150 miles over 12 days in British Columbia. Her Stone's sheep didn't show up until the last day.

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After the Rut is Over: Strategic Tips for Winter Whitetail

Late season doesn't mean game over. Get the food, pressure, and patience strategy for catching a mature buck in the cold.

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Carrying the Tag

After a decade of tagging along on other people's hunts, she drew a bison tag and made her first solo shot at 40.

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How Far We've Come

Rachel Ahtila spent years guiding others to their Dall sheep. For her first, she chose to bring her father instead.

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Sights and Sounds of Sheep Country

Join Adam Foss and crew for weeks deep in British Columbia's backcountry, living with nothing but the gear on their backs.

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No Such Thing as Bad Weather

SITKA ambassadors share their worst-weather hunts, from a -22F Iowa treestand to a snowstorm packing out two Stone's sheep.

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Lessons Carved from Ice

Five trips into B.C.'s brutal winter goat country, with a sixth already calling. One hunter on why the misery pulls him back.

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Inalienable Beliefs of a Waterfowler

After a decade chasing greenheads in flooded timber, an Arkansas hunter swapped waders for bibs and found snow geese.

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The Big Woods

Low deer numbers, thick cover, and swirling winds make Appalachia's big woods some of the toughest whitetail country.

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Student of the Wind

Two seasons chasing one buck came down to reading thermals. Learn how wind direction and rising morning air sealed the shot.

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Shed Hunting Tips

Steven Drake shares his shed hunting playbook: where bulls winter, how many miles to expect, and when to start.

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NWTF Ecosystem Grant: Restoring Michigan's Oak Savannas

Wild turkey poults get 90% of protein from insects that show up after prescribed fire. See how Michigan brings them back.

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