Hunting starts way before that moment when you are in the field pulling back your bow string or shouldering your firearm. A question that always arises from new hunters, as well as seasoned hunters alike, is “what should I be preparing for my hunt?” Because this topic...

Trail Diary 2: To start this diary entry, I ran the roads at 5:40 to try to catch animals out in the dark. There's nothing; no tracks in the road. This is crazy. This time last year, I was babysitting two herds. I saw them with my eyes and was following their...

Trail Diary #1: Deer and elk are tucked away somewhere. Saturday’s storm wiped the slate clean. I've managed to put in several hikes and run the roads as often as possible to determine where they are. I have to out scout the other hunters. 7 am already in the middle...

Throughout our many years of working with wonderful ScopeShield customers, we have seen more and more female hunters. Strong, dedicated ladies with a passion for the outdoors and the sport of hunting. Seeing as it is October, we want to encourage those ladies, and...

My name is Jeremiah Doughty, born and raised living the Southern lifestyle…. Well, the Southern California lifestyle. I was not raised as your typical hunter/fishermen, I was raised in the surf and the sand. I wore sandals rather than boots. But when it came time for...

There is a rustle of branches beneath her feet as the explorers dodge tree limbs from every direction. The cool wind grazes her face as she holds the camera steady in front of her. As she climbs over a pile of rocks, she stops in her tracks. She and a deer lock eyes,...

As I sit here this early September morning, I find myself doing something that I don't do too often: pondering. As I am now in my 6th decade of existence, life seems to be going by faster and faster. At the same time, I feel as if I’m getting slower and slower....

I wrote the following a few days after we returned from our 2009 elk hunting trip. It still inspires me to this day to learn more, gain confidence, and to become a better outdoorsman every chance I can get. Day One (Wednesday 10/14/09) My husband, Gary, and I headed...

It’s crazy for me to go back and think about the life that brought me to today. I grew up in a modest blue-collar family: dad was a hardworking electrician and mom was a domestic engineer (homemaker in layman terms). There were four kids in our family, all expected to...

It’s that time of year to get SERIOUS about getting in shape for the fall hunting seasons! Lose that off season padding around the middle. Start getting those old meat-packing muscles back into hiking trim. If we’re being honest with each other, there’s never a good...

It’s been quite a week. Last weekend, my 94 year old Mother in Law, who had lived with my wife and I for the past 3 ½ years, died, and went to be with the Lord. Then, along comes the tragic mass murder in Charleston. And, finally, along comes Fathers Day. What a mix...