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Had a great archery elk hunt last week in Wyoming. I got lucky and connected on a nice 7x7. My friend Matt Bateman smoked a nice 6x6 and our friend Stevie Krahenbuhl also killed a good bull. Mike Lowry passed numerous bulls, hoping to punch his tag on a big herd bull. In the end, 3 of the four...

Was a proud Dad after this weekend. Took my sons down to the southern end of the state to try and get their archery tags filled in some of my old stompin' grounds. Sunday night my 13 year old son Preston made a perfect 50 yard heart-shot on his first ever animal with a bow. The buck was down in...

I was extremely disappointed this year to learn that I had not drawn an early archery tag in the state of Utah. I was still excited to do lots of scouting and hunting with my good friend, Matt Bateman. I told Matt about a month ago that I was starting to "get a good vibe" about his hunt.... I...

Had a great bear hunt a few weeks back and thought I'd post up some pics. My buddy's son Trevor ended up making a perfect 270 yard shot on an awesome 450 pound chocolate bear. His skull measured 19 5/8". An absolutely beautiful bear. Couldn't have been happier for Trevor on taking his awesome...

LAST EDITED ON May-14-15 AT 03:40PM (MST)[p]Had a great bear hunt a few weeks back and thought I'd post up some pics. My buddy's son Trevor ended up making a perfect 270 yard shot on an awesome 450 pound chocolate bear. His skull measured 19 5/8". An absolutely beautiful bear. Couldn't have been...

LAST EDITED ON Dec-14-14 AT 04:47PM (MST)[p]Thought it would be fun to post up pics from this past year. Hope you all enjoy and hope you all the best of success in 2015. 2014 Started out with a bear hunt in Arizona. Here's the boys and friends sitting on a glassing point Here's my son Easton...

Here are some pics of my summer and fall this year. Just sharing up some memories that mean a great deal to me. Hope you all enjoy. Kip Me and my boys and their friend on a backpacking/scouting trip to Colorado Colorado Backcountry Scouting Colorado Backcountry Scouting High Country 190...

I am looking for some help from all of you in recovering a mule deer that was stolen from a taxidermist shop in Northern Utah County. My cousin?s son killed his first mule deer this fall on the Utah Muzzleloader hunt. The buck was a trophy for many reasons. First, as you can see in the photos...

LAST EDITED ON Oct-25-13 AT 12:13PM (MST)[p]I am looking for some help from all of you in recovering a mule deer that was stolen from a taxidermist shop in Northern Utah County. My cousin?s son killed his first mule deer this fall on the Utah Muzzleloader hunt. The buck was a trophy for many...

I was able to slip an arrow into this buck Thursday night at dark. We hiked into an area and my buddy, Matt Bateman, spotted this buck up and on the move. I was able to work my way into position and held tight at the edge of some pines for over an hour. The buck finally gave me a 65 yard shot...

Here are pictures of the Utah general season archery buck that my good friend Matt Bateman took yesterday afternoon in the high country. We spotted this buck from nearly 2000 yards away and watched him bed on a near vertical cliff. For the next four hours I moved into position below the buck...

I have a tanned hide of a bear I killed in Utah last spring for sale. To clarify, this hide has not been turned into a rug yet.....it is just a treated and tanned hide that could be made into a rug or a full body mount. Chocolate color with some blond. Bear was a 200-230 pound sow. Asking $100...

I just got back from a fun hunt in the midwest archery hunting whitetail. I was fortunate enough to take a 140" class 12 point. Had a great time with some truly great friends! It was a end to a very memorable 2012!! I've also attached pictures of my Whitetail, my Utah Muley and my Alaskan Moose...

LAST EDITED ON Oct-01-12 AT 01:20PM (MST)[p]I just got back from Alaska hunting moose with my friend Matt Bateman. We lost four days up front due to weather and could not even be flown into our area until day five. That was unbelievably frustrating to say the least! On day five we were flown in...

Here's the buck I was lucky enough to take opening morning in the high country of northern Utah. I had been keeping a close eye on him all summer. He stayed in his routine one day too long and gave me a 48 yard shot from my blind. My arrow hit home and he only went 50 yards!!!! Huge thanks to my...

I have an upcoming bowhunt in Alaska in September which will be about 10 days. I need to see if anyone out there has a satellite phone they'd be willing to rent out for that time period or if you have any suggestions. Thanks in advance for any help. Kip 801-472-6555

Here's a couple pics of my good friend Matt Bateman's Utah Late Season Archery Buck he got yesterday right at dark. After I played cat and mouse with this buck most the day, he bedded down 80 yards from me in the thick oak and offered me no shot. So, we got Matt positioned behind the buck and I...

I thought I'd just post up some pics from this past year. I hope you guys enjoy the pics and keep posting your own! Thanks! Kip Whitetail Archery success in Illinois My Archery Whitetail Going in after a wounded bear in Arizona Nice non-typical muley in the high country of Colorado Utah...

Well, after all the hiking and baiting and hunting for past two months...it all came down to the last 5 minutes of the hunt. With daylight fading quickly, this bear came in and I was able to put one through the vitals. Thanks to my good friend Matt Bateman for his help on this hunt, and thanks...

Well, after all the hiking and baiting and hunting for past two months...it all came down to the last 5 minutes of the hunt. With daylight fading quickly, this bear came in and I was able to put one through the vitals. Thanks to my good friend Matt Bateman for his help on this hunt, and thanks...

Just wondering if anybody has had any luck with baits getting hit yet? I have a Utah Archery Bear Tag and am wondering if it's time to get baits out. We've had a ton of snow here in Utah, so some of the areas we want to bait are still not accessible. Anyways, any luck yet? Any trail cam pics to...

I just found out I drew a spring bear tag here in Utah. Got the blood pumpin already!!! It's going to be fun to get a bait going and see what we can bring in and hopefully slip an arrow in!!I thought I'd post some pics of some bears we have taken over the past few years. Enjoy and post some of...

LAST EDITED ON Nov-28-10 AT 02:10PM (MST)[p]Here are pics of my good friend Matt Bateman's archery buck he took Saturday night. He had played cat and mouse with this buck for numerous hours before he was finally able to slip one through the cover and put this great typical four-point down for...

LAST EDITED ON Nov-23-10 AT 10:26PM (MST)[p]Just got down out of a blizzard here in the mountains of Utah, but was fortunate enough to take a pretty good buck this morning with the help of my good friend, Matt Bateman. Thanks Matt! I've also included a picture of my Colorado archery muley from...

Here's a couple pics of my Colorado archery buck I took this week. After four days of pretty crazy weather up at 12,000 feet, the skies cleared and we spent Wednesday afternoon stalking through some high and steep avalanche chutes. At 1:00 in the afternoon I spotted this buck bedded and was able...

LAST EDITED ON Sep-04-10 AT 08:58AM (MST)[p]Here's a couple pics of my Colorado archery buck I took this week. After four days of pretty crazy weather up at 12,000 feet, the skies cleared and we spent Wednesday afternoon stalking through some high and steep avalanche chutes. At 1:00 in the...

LAST EDITED ON Aug-03-10 AT 09:04PM (MST)[p]I was down in Southern Utah today scouting for deer with my son Easton. We backpacked into an area where I found a seep about a month ago. It's an 8-mile haul in and an 8-mile haul out!!! No easy way to cover those 16 miles. But, in the end, the day...

LAST EDITED ON Jun-15-10 AT 06:24PM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Jun-15-10 AT 05:56?PM (MST) Bowhunters, we all know that the 2010 bowhunt is only eight weeks away. If you're like me you are checking off every day one at a time as summer rolls along. And we all have big dreams of arrowing a good...

LAST EDITED ON Nov-25-09 AT 10:41AM (MST)[p]Here are pics of the awesome archery buck that my good friend Matt Bateman took yesterday. I found this buck the previous day but we could not make a move on it. We found it again yesterday and put a plan together to position Matt for a shot. After...

In your opinions, what is the most impressive animal ever harvested? Could be any species, any weapon, but for whatever reason YOU want it to be. Doesnt have to be based on size of the animal (i.e. horns, weight, etc). Coud be anything...the circumstances....the individual...the hunt...the...

Archery records are falling. For over 20 years the Utah State Record Archery Velvet Typical Muley sat just below the 200." Until 2007, nobody had ever topped a 200" Net Score Velvet Muley in Utah....In the last three years it has happened five times that I know of...Obviously there are more...

Wht do I hunt? Because my Dad took me into the mountains when I was 4 years old and put a home-made birch-wood bow in my hand. Then he taught me how to shoot it. Rather than going on business trips or to ball games with his friends, he was hiking down a mountain trail with me on his shoulders...

Here's my Utah buck I took this morning. Thanks to my good friend Matt Bateman for all of his help. This buck is not the bruiser I've been hoping to slip an arrow into, but he's a fun buck. After setting up in an ambush location in a high mountain pass, he came right to me. I originally wasnt...

LAST EDITED ON Sep-03-09 AT 11:56PM (MST)[p]Here's a buck we took last week up in the high country of Colorado. After a pretty tough 3-hour hike loaded with 8o lbs of gear, we got to our base camp. Opening morning we sat in a deer bed/blind in a mountain-pass I had scouted last year. After some...

A good friend of mine took these pictures a few weeks ago. Any guesses on the location??? You'll be suprised

Two years ago I was hunting WAAAAAAY up in the cliffs and rocks of the Wasatch range. We were on a VERY steep and rugged ridgeline about ten feet from the top. The Cliff went straight down about 600 yards below us. There, lodged in the rocks along the ridgeline was a single snow-ski. I had to...

LAST EDITED ON May-19-09 AT 10:38PM (MST)[p]Lets hear the worst misses we've all had but hate to remember. 17 years ago I had filmed a 34" typical buck during the summer. He came in opening night and I missed him from 30 yards broadside. Shot right over his back. I think my nerves got the best...

Here's some pics of a great hunt we had two weeks ago. Thought you bear hunters out there would appreciate them. Huge thanks to my good friend Trent for all of his help. After pounding it out for the past few years looking for a huge bear it all finally came together! It was a hunt for the books...

MMRs, I just got my new Hoyt AlphaMax 32 and I'm stoked to get shootin it!! Before I do, I want to hear from those of you that have already shot it. What did you think?? What do you now think and what have you heard? Let me know. Then I'll let you know what I think. Thanks in advance!

MMRs, the previous post topics of best field photos, etc. has got me excited to see some our our best/favorite field pics. These by no nmeans are just limited to harvest pics or pics of kills. Rather, lets submit pics of hiking, camping, glassing a basin, a high-country camp set-up, a early...