Farmer to the rescue!   Here's a great video showing a Monster Whitetail Buck that got stuck between two hay bales. The farmer immediatly got to work, and lifted the hay bales so the buck could get free. Luckily this farmer was around, so the buck could live to see another day. Enjoy! &nbs...

 I was hunting deer in the woods of Alaska. It was just cracking daylight. All I could see was my stainless steel barrel on my .308. I was waiting for daylight under a pine tree. It was so humid there was water dripping off of the pine needles.     I heard something in the b...

I had the opportunity to go fishing for Large Mouth Bass at Sand Hollow Reservoir, in Southern Utah – April 2013. I went with some of my fellow coworkers and we had a blast!   Sand Hollow is a relatively new park, founded in 2003 and it has quickly become a very popular destination for ...

My 14 year old daughter wrote this Psalm and presented it to me in a birthday card. It gave me such a good laugh I thought I'd share it with you all.   Hunter's Psalm   The Lord sends me deer I shall not want veggies. I lie in wait for them in green pastures, I chase them through stil...

Here is a great venison and elk jerky recipe that was shared with me by another member, Josh Cook.   We have made venison jerky several times now and it's some of the best I've ever tasted!   ENJOY! NOTE: We use a dehydrator 5 pounds of your favorite meat, cut however you like to...

My budget this year determined that I couldn't get my buck mounted professionally. So, after a couple weeks of procrastination and a desire to do something with the antlers and the looming likeliness that if something wasn't done soon, I would have a pretty stinky job ahead, I decided to delve int...

The Hunt By Jim Palmer Jr.      The rhythmic muffled thump of horse hooves hitting the deep powdery dust of the mountain trail was interrupted by a contrasting metallic clatter when the path of the trail left the choking dust behind and began a segment of trail that was rocky a...

This elk was an amazing and personal gift from the Lord. It had been years since I had elk hunted with my dad and so we planned a 3 day hunt in our old elk hunting stomping grounds.   I traveled from Spokane to meet him in Centralia Chehalis area for the hunt. My dad had done some initial ...

Old Things By Jim Palmer Jr.        With outstretched hands I reached longingly for the old rifle that hung on the slightly dusty gun rack on my wall.  Since my change to archery hunting, it had been awhile since I’d even looked there, let alone handled the tru...

Prickly Hounds Written by Jim Palmer Jr. – May of 2009 In memory of Ken Austin        The sudden huffing sounds behind me made me react like a frightened kid on Halloween night who has been startled out of his whit’s by some ghoulish sound in a dark alley!&nb...