It feels good to be out of the mountains . But this picture says it all , this fall was a heck of a ride. Elk hunting was good. Deer were plentiful. Goats were abundant ! Saw 9 different grizzlies , 2 wolves, 197 goats, well over 150 deer, so many grouse that I not […]
Bears Ive Known !!!!!!!!! I was riding with some guests today and was reflecting on a spring day , just like this one in 1973. It was a perilous time for the black bears and grizzly bears of Yellowstone and the surrounding primitive area and national forest. We had no wilderness area . It was […]
“Well there’s always been groups of people that could never see eye to eye… An’ I always thought if they’d get the chance to sit down and talk face to face they might realize they got a lot in common.” I was also taught to never judge a man until you shook his hand and […]
I received a very nice Christmas gift that I printed below and this got me to thinking about all the troubled kids Ive helped by giving them something to do and a sense of worth! I have worked right alongside my employees , and never asked them to do something I wouldn’t do . When […]
The Hells a Roarin’ Spring, Summer, Fall season is over!!! What a sensational year. We had a great spring bear season, sensational horse drive and dance, the summer trail rides were as busy as can be . Our summer trips into Hellroaring was as busy as we could hope for. And last but not least […]
I am a person who agonizes about every decision that I make . Whether it is a simple task or a monumental business decision . I believe in due diligence and accountability ,in all decisions especially those affecting others . I think that there was not enough due diligence done with the introduction of the […]
We started Hells a roarin Outfitters in 1982 with 12.00 in our pockets and a desire to be the best . My motto was never leave in the morning for second place . I have always operated my business on my own terms and my own way . There were 25 outfitters operating in this […]
It was March 17th 1971. I had just finished lunch at School and the Superintendent came and told me our home had burned down and all was lost . We had what was on our backs no insurance nothing ! Three feet of snow on the ground. But by nightfall we had a house to […]
Thanks for reading these posts and please know I am making a point in a round about way. Today I wanted to say a little more on the positive things that I and my friends have done to protect wildlife and its habitat. First I absolutely love what I do! It is so hard to […]
As I spoke yesterday I was going to continue writing about the elk and other wildlife of the northern Yellowstone region. To go back a few years from 1975 there was a “firing line” approximately one mile southwest of where I live and where I raised my family. This was mostly in the 1940s through […]