ThierOutdoors » mountains http://thieroutdoors.com Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Need sun? Climb a mountain. http://thieroutdoors.com/need-sun-climb-mountain/ http://thieroutdoors.com/need-sun-climb-mountain/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:10:35 +0000 Patrick Thier http://thieroutdoors.com/?p=404 The fourth day of no sunshine and an open afternoon spelled one thing: H...I...K...E.... READ MORE... http://ThierOutdoors.com

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]]> http://thieroutdoors.com/need-sun-climb-mountain/feed/ 0 Black Bears: Please stop charging me! http://thieroutdoors.com/black-bears-please-stop-charging-me/ http://thieroutdoors.com/black-bears-please-stop-charging-me/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:12:27 +0000 Patrick Thier http://thieroutdoors.com/?p=391 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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]]> http://thieroutdoors.com/black-bears-please-stop-charging-me/feed/ 0 The Most Fortunate Turkey Hunt…Ever http://thieroutdoors.com/the-most-fortunate-turkey-hunt-ever/ http://thieroutdoors.com/the-most-fortunate-turkey-hunt-ever/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:46:53 +0000 Patrick Thier http://thieroutdoors.com/?p=374 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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]]> http://thieroutdoors.com/the-most-fortunate-turkey-hunt-ever/feed/ 0 Hiking Spider Lake http://thieroutdoors.com/hiking-spider-lake/ http://thieroutdoors.com/hiking-spider-lake/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:00:38 +0000 Patrick Thier http://thieroutdoors.com/?p=366 Tucked in between a couple of evergreen-lined ridges, hidden in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains, sits pretty little Spider Lake. If you don’t know it’s there, you’ll most likely drive right by it. Around the perimeter of this modest aqua gem, a trail weaves in and out of the surrounding forest, offering a hike that is so ... READ MORE: http://ThierOutdoors.com

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]]> http://thieroutdoors.com/hiking-spider-lake/feed/ 0 Why I Hunt http://thieroutdoors.com/why-i-hunt/ http://thieroutdoors.com/why-i-hunt/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:48:01 +0000 Patrick Thier http://thieroutdoors.com/?p=356 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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]]> http://thieroutdoors.com/why-i-hunt/feed/ 0 Broken Arrow, Broken Dream: The Vanishing Bear http://thieroutdoors.com/broken-arrow-broken-dream-the-vanishing-bear/ http://thieroutdoors.com/broken-arrow-broken-dream-the-vanishing-bear/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:16:15 +0000 Patrick Thier http://thieroutdoors.com/?p=338 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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]]> http://thieroutdoors.com/broken-arrow-broken-dream-the-vanishing-bear/feed/ 0 Guest Story: Brett Stock scores on a Montana Mule Deer http://thieroutdoors.com/guest-story-brett-stock-scores-on-a-montana-mule-deer/ http://thieroutdoors.com/guest-story-brett-stock-scores-on-a-montana-mule-deer/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:54:30 +0000 Patrick Thier http://thieroutdoors.com/?p=327 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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]]> http://thieroutdoors.com/guest-story-brett-stock-scores-on-a-montana-mule-deer/feed/ 0 The Unexpected Cougar http://thieroutdoors.com/the-unexpected-cougar/ http://thieroutdoors.com/the-unexpected-cougar/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:33:28 +0000 Patrick Thier http://thieroutdoors.com/?p=314 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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]]> http://thieroutdoors.com/the-unexpected-cougar/feed/ 0 5 MORE Big Challenges with Bowhunting, and how to overcome them. http://thieroutdoors.com/5-more-big-challenges-with-bowhunting-and-how-to-overcome-them/ http://thieroutdoors.com/5-more-big-challenges-with-bowhunting-and-how-to-overcome-them/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:08:29 +0000 Patrick Thier http://thieroutdoors.com/?p=309 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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]]> http://thieroutdoors.com/5-more-big-challenges-with-bowhunting-and-how-to-overcome-them/feed/ 0 5 Big Challenges of Bowhunting…and how to overcome them. http://thieroutdoors.com/5-big-challenges-of-bowhunting-and-how-to-win-them/ http://thieroutdoors.com/5-big-challenges-of-bowhunting-and-how-to-win-them/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:41:41 +0000 Patrick Thier http://thieroutdoors.com/?p=304 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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