Archery

      Archery Elk Season 2012

      by Bob Speirs September 26, 2012

      Every bull elk is different. Some are cowards. Others are loud braggarts. The best are conservative family men. My hunter and I worked them all through the middle weekend of South Dakota’s archery elk season. It has been brutal this fall on the forest. Drought has combined with the destructive forces of the pine beetles [...]

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      Arrows and Birds are Flying

      by Bob Speirs October 18, 2010

      I would rather hunt birds with my sons in the fall than call in another bugling bull or rattle in a big whitetail. The most appealing elements of the hunt are all there for me when I see my boys congratulating each other after a great shot or ribbing each other after a poor one. [...]

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      Archery Season Flys

      by Bob Speirs October 8, 2010

      If John Pole’s very first archery buck is any indication, this season will be one to remember. The Denver hunter came out to the Hills for the stick and string opener. He had hunted elk with his bow, but had never launched an arrow while on a hunt. The full moon and unseasonably hot weather [...]

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