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Black Bears: Please stop charging me!

Patrick Thier — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:12:27 +0000

Close encounter with black bear #3… in less than a year! I don’t make this stuff up. Honestly. Yes, it happened again. When I was bear hunting on August 16, 2013 near Mt. Adams in Washington state, I had yet another very close, hair-raising and heart-pounding encounter with a black bear... READ MORE:

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The Most Fortunate Turkey Hunt…Ever

Patrick Thier — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:46:53 +0000

I would never have imagined in a million years what I was about to see when I opened my eyes and lifted my head from that sunny boulder protruding from the earth on the side of that peaceful mountain. But I... READ MORE: http:ThierOutdoors.com.

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Why I Hunt

Patrick Thier — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:48:01 +0000

A plethora of people have asked me the question throughout my lifetime, especially lately: “Why do you hunt?” To someone who is as passionate about hunting as I am, the answer is extremely easy, and yet as multi-faceted as the endeavor itself... READ MORE http://ThierOutdoors.com

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Broken Arrow, Broken Dream: The Vanishing Bear

Patrick Thier — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:16:15 +0000

I had a feeling from the beginning of July, 2012, that the upcoming hunting season was going to be special. By the end of the bear opener, which only resulted in the discovery of a virtually fruitless huckleberry crop, I was convinced this intuition had to be referring to ...READ MORE: http://ThierOutdoors.com

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Guest Story: Brett Stock scores on a Montana Mule Deer

Patrick Thier — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:54:30 +0000

I saw the blur out of my side window but didn’t have enough time to react as the little doe came busting out of the brush. I was doing about 60mph in my Silverado...READ MORE: http://ThierOutdoors.com

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The Unexpected Cougar

Patrick Thier — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:33:28 +0000

When I entered the dark, unassuming elk woods in early September, 2011, I never imagined what I was going to walk out with only a few short hours later. It was the second day of the elk bow season in Washington, but it was the night before opener that seemed to set the stage for the unexpected that was going to be the theme...READ MORE http://ThierOutdoors.com

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5 MORE Big Challenges with Bowhunting, and how to overcome them.

Patrick Thier — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:08:29 +0000

6. Scouting. When you only have to get to within 200 or 300 yards of an animal, your scouting can be substantially more lackadaisical. When you need to be within 20 or 30 yards, your scouting has to be as pinpointed as the shot itself...READ MORE: http://ThierOutdoors.com

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5 Big Challenges of Bowhunting…and how to overcome them.

Patrick Thier — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:41:41 +0000

When I entered the world of bowhunting as a 40 year-old, I thought it was going to be easier than it was. I admit, part of my challenge is where I hunt, how I hunt, and what I hunt. Although I have a decent resume of animals I have taken with a bow, READ MORE: http://ThierOutdoors.com

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The Redemption Bull: Elk Hunting in the National Forest

Patrick Thier — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:43:39 +0000

Opening day of archery elk in western Washington, September 8, 2008, found me sneaking through the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in search of the wily wapiti. To be quite honest, it didn’t matter very much to me if my broadhead found its mark on the side of a world-class bull, or a small cow. Sure, most hunters have a yearning for a trophy in some capacity, but for me it was... READ MORE http://ThierOutdoors.com.

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We’re not in Iowa, Toto: Bowhunting Mountain Whitetails.

Patrick Thier — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:30:30 +0000

Growing up in the rolling hills of NE Iowa, I’ve hunted whitetail deer with a shotgun several times in the eighties and nineties; typically on small, partially wooded farms that were owned by friends or relatives. Now living in the Pacific Northwest, I don’t have the option of an affordable, private property hunt. So I did what any maniacal, masochistic hunter would do: I took up bow hunting— the same year I decided to chase the whitetails that roamed the public mountains of eastern Washington. To add to the challenge of hunting such an elusive beast in such a fashion, I intended to settle for nothing less than a mature buck, and I wanted to take him while hunting from the ground.... http://ThierOutdoors.com

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