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When an Archery Pronghorn Hunt Goes Wrong

17th December 2020 Daniel K. Sweat Hunting

Sitting in the cab of Miles Fedinec’s pickup, beside a dirt road on a high sage flat in western Colorado, I can see through binoculars a pronghorn buck. He’s a half-mile away, standing in the 94-degree heat, and my arrow is pinned through both scapulae — 2 inches forward of fatal. In the blind an hour before, I had the

The Everyman’s Approach to DIY Archery Elk Hunting

2nd December 2020 Daniel K. Sweat Hunting

I’m a self-taught bow hunter with a passion for elk hunting. The first time I heard the bugle of a bull elk echo out of my computer speakers, I knew I had to go and experience it in person. So that’s exactly what I did. In 2017, my first season, I made just about every mistake a new hunter could