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This gear review features the Gobbler Adapter for quickly mounting a shotgun to any Spartan Precision shooting aid. Turkey hunter Todd Helms tests out the Gobbler Adapter on his Weatherby Element shotgun using the Spartan...

ARTICLE BY: Brandon Moss

It is a common question amongst upland hunters; “Who should I use for a trainer?” Someone who has trained multiple retrievers from scratch — built solid obedience, introduced birds, and produced a reliable duck hunting machine, suddenly gets a pointing dog and decides the whole thing is better left to a professional. The relu...

Ike sits down with Steve Decker, Chief Revenue Officer of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, for a wide-ranging conversation about conservation, hunting heritage, and the future of one of America’s most impactful wildlife organizations. Steve grew up in Libby, Montana — son of RMEF founding member Charlie Decker — and has spent his life woven into the fabric of elk co...

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I consider Montana a neutral trending state in 2026 for pronghorn—it remains an opportunity state. Populations are estimated to bump up a tick from 2025, and the winter of 2025 and 2026 was normal, so no big die-offs are expected. Montana FWP does not conduct population counts every year. Tags are, however, becoming more and more difficult to draw, as resident and non...