Few “sports” have less in common than soccer and hunting. Sitting on a coach or a stadium chair with a
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Bugle: The Call of the Elk
Elk bugle! The sound of the American wapiti, or elk, carries far over the forests and mountains of America. The
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Waterfowl Locally
Early season goose and duck hunts are no easy deal, and a hunter who doesn’t have enough previous experience in waterfowl hunting may have a hard road of trial and error before returning home with a limit of birds. That’s where we come in. The best and quickest way to get the knack of the thing is a hunt with a good guide.
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The Weatherby Award: And the winner is… Jim Shockey!
Jim Shockey, BookYourHunt.com co-founder, has been announced as the winner of perhaps the most coveted and difficult award in the hunting world – The Weatherby Hunting and Conservation Award. He is now in the good company of hunting legends from Jack O’Connor to H.I.H. Prince Abdorreza Pahlavi, Herb W. Klein to Renee Snider. In the perfect world all we’d have to do was announce the occasion and send for the champagne. Unfortunately, today even some of the hunters need explaining what the award is, and why it matters.
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Thee More Reasons to Hunt in the USA
Hunting is a long-time American tradition. BookYourHunt.com lists three reasons why the US is an awesome hunting destination, and muses if it could be different in this 4th of July special.
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Flagging: A Russian Classic Wolf Hunt
What would you say if someone told you that it was possible to contain wild free-range grey wolves in a definite space in a forest, and make them move precisely where you want to, within a few feet? There is a way, invented by Russian hunters in the second part of the XIX century, and has been used with great success ever since. Here are a few wolf hunting tips from Russia that could help you not only tag a grey wolf, but might work magic for coyotes and red foxes.
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The Pheasant Journey
A brief history of the amazing journey of the pheasant and the people, from China to Europe and America.
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Does Your Dad Have a Dream?
There may be hunters who say “I spent too much time hunting with Dad”. But there are surely many more who wished they went out with the old man more often. It doesn’t have to be a fancy and expensive journey. In fact we all know that a sunset near a dove field, or a morning at a local river where the fish never bites may bring a bonding memory that no other can match. But whether you need inspiration, or know precisely what you want, we at BookYourHunt.com will be happy to make your dream come true!
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Monteria: Hunting like a king!
Monteria is a classic Spanish and Portuguese hunt for big game, such as red stag and wild boar, using beaters and packs of hounds to drive animals towards hunters. It allows an opportunity to harvest many animals in a day of hunting, but it is a very challenging hunt, requiring advanced skills in game identification, shooting running, and keeping a cool head for safety. Elaborate rituals and excitement makes it a truly royal hunt.
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3 Years of Making Hunting Dreams Come True
The idea of an online marketplace where outfitters can offer their hunts, and hunters can find them and book directly, at the outfitter’s price, without any hidden or extra costs, is simple. Making it work is another story. Still, in all the three years BookYourHunt.com has been seeing continuous growth.
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Wyoming’s Grizzly Season: The Why’s and Why-Not’s
It finally happened – for the first time in 44 years a grizzly hunting season is approved in the Lower 48. This story is looking into the most common arguments for and against the hunt. The very limited number of animals to be harvested, tough hunting regulations, on the one hand, and a likely though decrease of overall bear mortality with the legal season (due to improved attitude towards bears by locals, and decreased infanticide) make BookYourHunt.com support the hunt.
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Immersion Into the Past: Crocodile Hunting
Crocodiles evolved 60 million years ago, and outlived dinosaurs. They are dangerous neighbors for people in rural Africa, who are only happy when a hunter comes from Europe or America to kill one. Hundreds of people perish in crocodile jaws in Africa, which makes hunting the reptiles ethically justified: if they can kill us, we can kill them. Try walking in the shoes of Lt. Col. Patterson and Jim Corbett, but beware: crocodile hunting can be dangerous.
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