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Drop Camp Caribou with Arrowhead OutfittersBy Jaremy Hamm

I’ve always dreamed of hunting caribou. The vision of those big tops with lots of points and

double shovels was going to be part of my trophy room for sure. There are multiple species to hunt and they are located in many different portions of North America. Picking the species and the location is the easy part, but paying for the experience is an entirely different ball game. Some hunts range north of eight thousand dollars which, I felt was a bit pricey for an animal I could probably

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Jaremy Hamm, Troy Melum, and Jeremy Sage are all smiles with a successful caribou hunt with Arrowhead Outfitters.

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opportunity to do a drop camp with a very reputable outfitter in Northern Alaska. The hunt would be pretty inexpensive and we would have the ability to shoot two caribou. That was about all the enticement I was going to need and the trip was booked.

After months of planning and preparation, Au-gust had finally come around and our Alaska hunt-ing dream was about to happen. We were headed to the Northern Brooks range of Alaska. I would be accompanied by Jeremy Sage and Troy Melum. We w o u l d b e flown in by Ar-rowhead Outfit-ters, which is the only float plane operation north of the Brooks Range for a self-guided hunt. Most outfit-ters run on tundra tires which limits the places possi-ble to land. Floats limit this as well, but we are able to be dropped into areas that are to-

tally controlled by Arrowhead Out-fitters.

Just like the enthusiasm builds for every opening day, all the planning that went into our hunt just added to the excitement. We had spent hours combing over gear lists and finding excuses to add things to our hunting closets that we just had to have for this trip. Hours were spent on the phone talking about how excited we were and how much everything weighed to try and make the outfitters guidelines. As each hunting season comes and goes, I seem to find that all the time leading up to that day is half the fun.

When the last of our group arrived in Fairbanks at 10:30 pm, my first ad-venture to the wilds of Alaska started to become a reality. After months of foraging through forums and websites to try and get a taste of what we were about to experience, the time had fi-nally come. We had already decided a week earlier that the excitement and anticipation of the journey would have us way too high on adrenaline to even think about trying to get any sleep, so we loaded up the truck and hit the road for the 400 miles up the Dalton Highway towards Arrowhead Outfitters. With a couple of options to make the trip up the Dalton Highway, we chose to rent a ¾ ton four wheel drive due to the unknown conditions of the haul road.

Even with the limited darkness of northern Alaska at this time of year, the majority of our trip north was

made in the dark. We had our eyes out for some of the most notable landmarks as we drove, but believe me, there aren’t many and even fewer other vehicles at that time of night. We crossed over the Yukon River and into the Arctic Circle and arrived in Coldfoot to stretch the legs and grab some fuel.

As we crossed over Atigun Pass, we could see the sun start to rise and some of the landscape and views I had waited a lifetime to see start to show. The north side of the Brooks Range gave way to deep rolling tundra foot-hills and then to flatter river valleys all the way up to Deadhorse.

After nearly 10 hours, stopping only once for fuel and a couple other times just long enough to change drivers, we pulled into mile marker 366.5, which is the base camp of Arrowhead Outfitters. Howard and Deb met us there with breakfast sandwiches and gave us a spot to go through all of our gear and get ready for our flight out into the field. Howard spends a good deal of time with all of his hunters and makes sure that everyone under-stands the laws in Alaska as he does his very best to ensure a productive and safe adventure. After a quick orientation from our pilot, we picked up our camp kit in Prudhoe Bay from Camps by Deb and headed a mile to the lake to jump on a float plane and into the field.

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continued on page 6Jaremy Hamm took this whopper bull early in the hunt and it has everything you look for in a caribou.

Jeremy Sage with a his largest bull of the hunt. The tops on this bull are nothing short of spectacular.

Troy Melum with his first caribou of the trip. The open country provided many opportunities to find quality animals like this.

hunt on my own. My good friend Jeremy Sage called me just as we were starting to apply for tags throughout the west and informed me of a great

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By David Weger

O n July 21st, I found my-self in the middle of Lake N i p i s s i n g i n O n t a r i o ,

burning a double-10 bucktail over a secret weed bed in the middle of the lake. We were fishing with renowned Lake Nipissing Muskie gu ide , Dan Colomb y f rom h i s custom 21’ Triton fishing boat. I see a flash before my eyes, and a good fish smokes my bucktail. As I set the hook and yell “there’s a fish,” just as fast as it was there, it was gone. “That’s muskie fish-ing,” says my nephew.

Lets back up a few days. July 1 8 t h , 2 0 1 4 , m y 4 8 t h b i r t h d a y. I was on an American Airl ines flight headed to Toronto, Ontario to meet up with my brother Eddy, nephew Brian, stepfather Derk, and his brother Kenny. Our des-t inat ion was the North Woods for an annual family fishing trip. My nephew Brian towed his 16’ Crestliner boat that he had bought specifically for muskie fishing all the way up from Northern New Jersey. The p lan was to target muskies and northern pike in the prime summer fishing spots and throw in some bass and walleye when the big f ish were not ac-tive. I was greeted by my family members at my hotel that Friday morning and we began the last leg of our trip up to Lake Nipissing. The four hour drive to our cot-tage on the lake went by fast as we reminisced about our previous trips, the days ahead and what they might have in store for us.

We arrived at Lake Nipissing Resort, overlooking an inlet arm off Northwest Bay. Our cabins were on top of a bluff with a pris-tine view of the sunset reflecting off of the lake. We unpacked our gear and got set t led in . I t had been a long journey up North and we called it an early night to get some much needed sleep.

Day one – 5 am rolled around in the blink of an eye. After a nice cabin breakfast and some hot cof-fee, we loaded the boat and hit the water. The closest chain of islands to our cabin, the Hardwood Is-

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lands, seemed like a good starting point. Brian had command of the bow as he worked the trol l ing m o t o r. We s t a r t e d o f f c a s t i n g bucktails and spinner baits, and right off the bat , Brian hooked into a nice pike that inhaled his spinner bait. After some boat side d e - h o o k i n g w o r k a n d a q u i c k p h o t o , t h e f i s h w a s re l e a s e d . Shortly afterwards, Brian brought a mid 40-inch muskie right to the boat. I sat there and watched his and my brother Eddie’s jaws fall wide open. Unfor tunate ly, the fish did not eat. Regardless, we were off to a good start. The rest of the day yie lded some smal l pike and bass. I remember Brian saying to me that he thought the fishing should get better as the week progressed because of the coming moon phase.

Day two – We scheduled a day with muskie guide Dan Columby, who Brian had fished with on a previous trip two years prior. I could tell by speaking with Dan that he had an in-depth knowl-edge of the lake and the move-ment and behavior of our quarry. The day resulted in two follows, i n c l u d i n g a c r u s h i n g s u r f a c e s t r i k e o n m y D o u b l e C o w g i r l which got off just as quick, and one 40-inch muskie landed on a similar bucktail. We took a quick photo and made a healthy release. Dan touched on the subject of good catch and release tact ics . Pract ic ing catch and release is imperative to a healthy fishery, espec ia l ly in Canadian waters where muskies naturally repro-duce. That evening, Dan was kind enough to graph out some spots on our GPS, giving us multiple locations to target throughout the rest of the week. A true class act, this is one of the reasons it pays to invest in a guide like Dan to cut down the learning curve for locating active fish.

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When we arrived at the lake, we helped unload from a meat pick up and had the plane turned around and headed to camp within 10 minutes. Our pilot made a wide turn over the general area where we would be hunt-ing and pointed out over a 100 caribou as he put the plane down at our camp at Hart Lake. Between all the caribou we saw coming into camp and the great bull that walked into camp as we were setting up, the excitement level was pretty high.

On day one we left camp right around first light and headed up and over the hill from camp. It didn’t take long to spot a herd with some nice bulls. We had some ground to cover to get into position and unfortunately, the wind was blowing at our backs. It certainly wasn’t the ideal situation, but the excitement of the first day really had a hold on us. We made a couple of tries to catch up to the herd, but even when caribou aren’t being pushed, they can really cover some ground and we were already a mile and a half from camp.

We sat down for a little calorie re-load and saw some cows and calves coming up the hill about 100 yards away. As we watched another 15-20 cows use nearly the same route it be-came pretty apparent that caribou will often times follow where other cari-bou had already passed. We waited another 15 minutes or so and a nice

bull followed another group of cows up the same draw. Troy was up and he set himself for the shot. Once the bull got within range, he pulled down the crosshairs on his chest and the first bull of the trip was down.

With good numbers of caribou mov-ing, we decided to stay right where we were. Not long after Troy was able to put a tag on his bull a huge group of caribou came over the rise directly in front of us. We could only see about 150 yards in front of us, but all we could see spread out for nearly 200 yards across, was antlers coming over the hill. Jer-emy spotted a nice bull with huge tops that was easy to pick out and follow through the group. As the herd split to go around us the big bull went to our right and Jeremy had to wait until the bull cleared from the rest of the group. Jeremy’s bull had made it all the way around us before he had an opportunity to pull the trigger.

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All the gear required for a comfortable camp was provided by Camps by Deb which saved the team a good amount of money on excess weight from baggage fees.

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As I was waiting for Jeremy’s bull to clear for him, I had picked out a bull in the group that went around to our left. Within a minute of when Jeremy dropped his bull, I was able to drop a nice double-shovel bull who cleared from the other caribou just before he dropped out of sight. But at this point, day one was far from over.

We spent the next hour shooting photos and reliving what had just happened. It was the kind of memory that will stick for years and probably always be talked and laughed about every time we get together for another trip. But that memory will always somehow include the work that goes into dressing out three caribou and getting them 1.5 miles back to camp over the tundra.

We woke up a little later on day two pretty fogged in with a light rain that seemed to keep on falling through most of the day. We weren’t able to get everything out of the field the day before, so our goal for the day was

mostly to get back to our horns from the day before, hoping somehow the bears hadn’t gotten to them first.

I’m certainly no caribou expert, but we did seem to figure out a few things. We found that caribou move-ment really seemed to be dependent on the weather. If it was warmer and the bugs were out, they would cover a lot of distance and seemed to just keep moving throughout the day. The bugs just drove the caribou crazy. You could see them sometimes in the distance on a full out run for over a mile just to get away from those biting black flies. When we first saw it, we were expecting to see a bear or a pack of wolves close behind. On the days that were overcast and rainy though, the caribou didn’t seem to move far and pretty much stayed for hours in the same area where we spotted them.

Each of us had two tags on our hunt and we were all able to fill them. Jer-emy was able to pick up his second bull on day three and Troy filled his second tag with a nicer bull than his first one with a 450 yard shot on day four. We didn’t venture as far from

camp over the next couple of days because our camp was right in the middle of where all the caribou were moving. We set out on day five with my last tag to fill and news of some pretty nasty weather on the way over the next three days.

With overcast skies and cooler temps to start the day, the caribou were do-ing pretty much what we predicted. The caribou that we could see were grazing and not really moving. As the day progressed, a few bulls started to move as the clouds lifted and it got a little warmer. About mid-day a nice bull moved into range and I was able to score my second kill. As we were dressing our last caribou, we called Howard to let him know that all our tags were filled and discussed that we would be picked up the next morning.

It was an amazing trip. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the sheer number of caribou we saw each day numbered in the hundreds, with dozens of really solid bulls. Arrowhead took care of everything we could have needed and the pilots were extremely safe and competent. The camp kit we rented from Camps by Deb provided us with first class gear and everything we needed from tents and cots to kitchen gear. If you are looking for an Alaskan outfitter that can get the job done, you can count on Arrowhead Out-fitters. You can find out more about them on the web at www.arrow-headoutfitters.com or by calling them at 907-746-7744.

Hunt Recommendations:• Get in shape. Many sites and fo-rums will tell you a caribou hunt is easy and maybe compared to sheep or hauling a moose it is, but let me tell you, hauling a pack with 80 pounds of caribou meat through the tundra is tough.• Give some serious thought to rent-ing a camp. Due to the bag fees and weight restrictions nowadays with the airlines, we opted to rent a camp. Camps by Deb provided us with tents, cots, sleeping pads and a camp kitchen which saved us on a bunch of weight and cost on baggage fees. • Bring a good water filter. They tell you during the orientation that there is no giardia in the lakes or streams, but you never know.• Don’t over pack. Arrowhead Out-fitters provide a really good gear list. If it’s not on their list, you don’t need it. Bring smaller dry bags - it makes it so much easier on the pilots to load the planes and get you to your camp a lot faster.• Bring a really good pair of boots and gaiters.• Bring enough game bags to take care of your meat and trophies.• Don’t hesitate to go self-guided. Caribou with Arrowhead Outfitters was a great first trip.• Bring your GPS - I put on an extra half mile over the tundra because I got turned around on my way back to camp. It also gets really foggy some days and everything looks the same.

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The next few days, high winds and big waves hampered our ef-forts. The big water kept most of our group close to camp in the smal ler renta l boats , but wi th Brian’s Crestliner and 115-horse-power Mercury, we could search the lake for our elusive predator. Long days of casting large baits had our arms tired, but our spirits remained high. After all, that’s a big part of muskie fishing. There’s a mental aspect of it, Brian kept drilling that into my head. You need to stay focused and deter-mined to catch muskies, he kept saying. “You never know when the big girls are going to come out to play.”

We had several follows, includ-ing a huge fish that Brian said was the biggest he’d ever seen. I think I smirked at him and said some-thing l ike “yeah r ight – aren’ t they all?” We had a respectable pike leave a tooth in one of our

jerk baits, but we were having a hard time putting a muskie in the net. The evening fishing however, was producing a variety of other species. Staying closer to camp at night, I managed to catch my biggest walleye to date, a healthy 25-inch, 7-pounder.

July 25th, the last day – It comes before you know i t . The pres-sure was on to step-up our game and put a muskie in the net. The weather was a comfor tab le 65 degrees and the wind was calm in our bay. We filled our coffee mugs and hit the water. As we reached the open water outside of Northwest Bay, we were greeted with 2- to 3-foot rollers thanks to a steady NE wind. It was time to buckle down and keep course to our secret weed bed in the middle of the lake where we had success earlier in the week fishing with Dan. The 15-mile run seemed like it took forever. We got hit with wave a f ter wave , but we kept pushing through. As we reached our spot on the GPS, something

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f o u n d . A s w e c i r c l e d a r o u n d l o o k i n g f o r t h e w e e d g ro w t h , we determined that the constant high winds and waves had ripped off the tops of the weeds. The


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graph was s t i l l showing spots of submerged weeds, but it was also showing something else. Big schools of bait started to appear on the sonar, with bigger marks just below them suspended over the weedline.

M u s k i e f i s h i n g i s a l l a b o u t adapting to conditions and letting the fish “tell you what they want,” and after a couple of unsuccess-ful casting drifts, Brian said, “it’s time to troll.”

I dug into one of Br ian’s b ig Lakewood tackle boxes, looking for something a little different to show the fish. I pulled out big bait after big bait before settling on a black and gold, deep-diving Slam-mer crankbait. Brian chuckled, “I got that lure with a gift certifi-cate I won this year in my local Muskies Inc. Spring tournament. It’s never been used.” I mumbled back “never a bet ter t ime than right now”

We set our lures at 20-feet back behind the boat. Brian put on a shallow-running bait , I had my S lammer, and we put the rods in the rod holders. We were still somewhat perplexed about the m i s s i n g w e e d s , b u t k n e w t h a t trolling through suspended bait and covering water was a good option. We chatted about work, yeah I know, not a good subject while on vacation, but thankfully t h a t c o n v e r s a t i o n d i d n o t l a s t long. Brian quickly changed the

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subject and pointed out al l the bait clusters on the graph. I re-member glancing over at my rod seeing the rod t ip dig down as the bait worked it’s magic. Next thing I know we hear a loud ZING ZING ZING! I looked over and my rod was doubled over hard, as Brian yelled “FISH!” I jumped up and grabbed the rod out of the holder to put pressure on, but it didn’t thump or headshake. I yelled “I think we are snagged.” Brian yelled back “no way, LOOK, that’s a fish!” By that t ime, the fish had peeled about 80- yards of line out. Off in the distance, a large, golden-green shape broke the surface. I wil l never forget that fee l ing . “Don’ t horse her, don’t horse her,” Brian kept say-ing. Little did we know that the Go Pro Brian had strapped to his head was rolling the entire time, capturing the chaos. Brian got the net as I slowly started to gain on the fish. I was instructed to bring her in head first, straight into the net . A few heart pounding mo-ments later, I had my first muskie in the net. We de-hooked and mea-sured her. The healthy fish went a good 48- inches on the bump board. I help her up for some joy-ous photos and we put her quickly back into the water. After some nice boat side release photos, we even got a good underwater video of her swimming away to f ight another day. We high-fived each other and screamed as the adren-alin ran through our veins. Time to get back to work.

We reset the bai ts and began zig-zagging through the bait balls again. Not long after, the same rod goes off again and Brian yells “Fish ON.” It was his turn to reel one in. Brian grabbed the rod and I grabbed the net and 20 minutes after catching our first fish, we had another in the net; a respectable 36-incher. I think we were onto something at that point. We took a photo with the fish and got it back into the water quickly as we now had developed a solid pattern. As we zig-zagged again, both rods bent over slowly, a sure sign of weeds. I took the wheel as Brian cleared the lines and reset the baits. He stood over the rod to assure it was running true and the same rod goes off again! Before we knew it, we had fish Number three in the net. Woo Hoo! Hat Trick baby! This

one was a smaller 34-inch muskie, but even the little ones are fun to catch. We put it back in the water after a quick photo and got back to work. The wind really started to pick-up at that point, and now the boat was weaving in and out of 4-footers. We gave it some more time, but the window had closed and that was that.

A two hour, white-knuckled ride back to camp through some of the roughest water either of us had ever seen was worth every moment. After all, the higher the risk, the higher the reward.

Today, that lure which had never been used, that boated 3 muskies in one hour, hangs next to my photo of me with my Nipissing Giant. First time out of the box, HAT TRICK! A birthday present I will remember forever.

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Prep School For Predator Hunters

Schooling two new coyote hunters in the desert in Eastern Oregon

By Gary Lewis

We tend to think about coyote hunting a bit too late in the season. Hunters who love

to hunt coyotes more than anything else know that August and September are the best months to hunt the sharp-toothed critters. That’s when the pups get kicked out of their dens and learn to hunt on their own. But deer and elk seasons - October and November - offer

good opportunities to call in coyotes too.

My favorite place to hunt coyotes is around livestock where the predators think they can find easy meals. Last November, we went back into the des-ert, into cattle country, and we brought two new hunters with us. But each one had prior experience with the animals.

Angie Buehner told her stories about the coyotes that terrorized her animals. Once, she had to drive them off to keep them from killing her donkey. Both she and her friend Heather Satran, who joined us on our cattle country coyote hunt, had stories about the predators they had faced. Heather once fended off a cougar attack with a .38 Special.

Angie and Heather wanted to learn to hunt predators and I took them to school. Predator School. Our teacher was Gary Madison from Burns, a man who, like any experienced predator master, respects the coyote more than any other animal. Our other instructor was Mr. Coyote himself. On this hunt, there was a lot of educating going on, and it wasn’t just the hunters who learned the lessons.

We started at the rifle range at the COSSA Park east of Bend. Angie alter-nated between a .223 and a .243, both loaded with Nosler’s Varmageddon varmint ammunition. Heather carried

my Weatherby shotgun stoked with Hevi-Shot’s coyote specific loads. I schooled Sam Pyke, our photographer, on the care and feeding of my Colt Com-petition AR-15. Just in case.

On the first morning, Gary Madison told us about the coyote he saw kill a calf as it was being born. He had the rancher drive him out on the tractor because coyotes are smart enough to run when they see a guy in a strange pickup, but complacent enough to ignore the tractor at its daily work. “I dropped that coyote right on top of the calf it had killed,” Madison said.

Our biggest liability was the size of our group. There would be five of us on each stand. That problem manifested itself on the second stand of our first day when a coyote hooked around a butte and spotted our setup and made a quick exit before committing to the decoy.

At each set, Madison put up a Mojo motion decoy and put the Fox Pro elec-tronic call inside a bush. We stayed for a minimum of 20 minutes and sometimes as long as 40 minutes.

On day two, we shifted locales. Coy-otes can make a living around herds of cattle. We hunted on both BLM lands and private lands near working ranches. That made the difference. On the first set on the second day, the first coyote showed up in less than two minutes. The second one showed after 20 minutes and the third one at 31 minutes. Shoot-ing through a bush, I missed the first one and the girls learned a bit about being willing to shoot quick. Then I missed the second one, which makes for good

entertainment, but also educates the coyotes.

Madison likes to employ calls not normally used by other hunters. Magpie sounds, crow sounds and woodpecker sounds are among his favorites. Some-times he hangs a feather in a branch and lets the wind blow it around, to create added attraction. In areas with lots of coyotes, he uses coyote sounds like pup squeals and both dominance and submissive sounds.

Best practice is to call for a minute, go silent for two minutes then call for

A Bird’s Eye View of the Coyote Hunt

When a magpie or a crow shadows a coyote, it often drifts along about 30 feet above the ground or hops from perch to perch. Ever wonder what the hunt looks like from the bird’s point of view? Try a call set from a tree.

One January we headed out to mule deer winter range for an afternoon of calling. After our e-call batteries died on the fourth set, we switched to mouth calls for a jackrabbit/cottontail duet. We chose perches in two juniper trees, spaced 75 yards apart. I don’t know what that coyote was thinking about two rabbits up in the trees, but she came at a dead run.

The free-loading female dashed headlong for dinner. She was so fast I missed the first shot (incoming) at 15 yards when I realized the dog wasn’t going to stop. She skidded in the snow and made a quick right turn. I picked her up again, going away, and ended her career with a trip to the skinning shed.

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continued on page 45Headed out for a hunt in Eastern Oregon, Heather Satran (left) and Angie Buehner check out their marksmanship at the COSSA Park near Bend, Oregon. Photo by Gary Lewis

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By Michael Deming

Every year millions of hunters head to the field in hopes of filling their tags. Many of us do this to enjoy

the outdoors and the experience of the hunt, but in the end most of us enjoy the table fare it provides. It is one of the primary reasons that I hunt. I know that wild game is some of the healthiest and most nutritious protein I can put into my body. For this reason, every fall I hunt as many states as possible to fill our freezer.

To get the most out of your meat, it re-quires proper care from the minute you shoot it until it reaches your table. I’m

Big Game Processing: Making The Most Out Of Your Harvest

sure nearly everyone knows someone who doesn’t like the taste of deer, elk, or game in general. My mother is one such person. As a child, she was forced to eat lots of wild game, which wasn’t prop-erly taken care of. My grandfather was a wonderful man and he was good at har-vesting the animals, but this is where his skill stopped. They hunted with large groups of guys and the game would often end up riding around in the bed of a truck or a Jeep until they had time to take care of it. Many animals had the hides on them for extended periods of time and the beds of the trucks weren’t exactly a clean environment. Once they finally made it home, they would even-

tually get butch-ered. This con-sisted of pulling out the saw horses and plopping the butcher plywood onto it and get-ting started. That piece of plywood had numerous animals cut on it and I don’t ever remember seeing it get cleaned other than a splash off with the hose be-fore it went back behind the shed. By this time, the meat was covered in dirt, old blood, s l ivers of ply-

wood, and who knows what else. The processed meat was then wrapped in a single sheet of butcher paper and tossed into the freezer. Once it was thawed, it was usually cooked within an inch of its life to kill all the bacteria it had come in contact with, which made it dry, tough, and tasteless. It’s no wonder my mother and many others don’t like the taste of wild game when this is what happens to their game. I’m pretty sure you could take a domestic cow and run it through this exact process and nobody would enjoy it either.

Once I became an adult and started hunting and doing everything on my own, I was committed to understanding how to get the most out of my harvest. That required learning how to take care of it from beginning to end so that I could get the very best table fare. Today, my family eats almost all wild game. When we do get an occasional piece of beef steak at the store, my daughters want to know why it tastes so funny.

Here are some of the tips we use to get the very most out of our wild game while in the field as well as what we use to process our meats.

Keeping your meat clean in the field is one of the most difficult jobs there is. However, this is essential to getting good table fare. I’m a big believer in

getting the meat cooled down as soon as possible. When a cow hits the slaughter house, it is skinned and gutted imme-diately. This is the beginning of great tasting meat. This is a difficult job in the field, but it can be done even with large animals like elk and moose. I carry a 1 mil 10’X20’ drop cloth in my pack which can be purchased at nearly any hardware or paint store. It weighs about a pound and is the very best thing for keeping your meat out of the dirt as you break it down. I use the gutless method of taking apart an animal in nearly every situation which eliminates getting any of the enzymes from the intestines onto my meat. We have done several articles on this gutless method and can be found on our website at www.sportsmans-news.com if you aren’t familiar with this process. The skinned quarters and pieces of meat rest on the drop cloth and stay very clean. We do our very best to remove any loose hairs, grass, or dirt while the meat is on the drop cloth. Prior to transportation, we put the clean meat into a Caribou Game Bag. I like the Caribou Game Bags because they are extremely lightweight and very durable. They breathe very well and won’t come apart when they stick to the bloody por-


Setting up on easy to clean plastic tables will help your meat taste fresh and avoid contamination that can make you sick. Wipe them down with hot water and bleach before and after use.

Proper processing begins before the hunt. A drop cloth and quality game bags, like these from Caribou Game Bags, will help keep your meat clean while you get it cooled down quickly.

Having good knives and the ability to keep them sharp will make a huge difference in how you cut up your meat and how long it will take. The Outdoor Edge Game Processing kit on the left and the Wild-Pak on the right provide all of the tools you need to do the job right.


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tions of the meat. I have many of them that I’ve used for years and they still work fine after a washing.

Once back to camp, we hang the meat in a cool dry place at night and if it is hot during the day, we take the pieces down and put them into a cooler. Keep-ing your meat cool and dry is essential to making for great table fare. I will use this process for nearly a week to age my meat. This is a practice that cre-ates many arguments amongst people, which I won’t get into. I age my meat for a week and find that I seldom have a tough piece of meat on my table, so I won’t argue with the facts.

I like to process my own meat for many reasons. The primary reason is that I know the same care has gone into every package. Having the right equip-ment to make the job easy requires an initial investment, but knowing you will do this each and every year makes it relatively simple to justify. • The Game Processing Kit from Out-

door Edge is one essential item. It has all the knives and tools you will need to break down the animal into smaller packaged sized portions.

• The Wild-Pak from Outdoor Edge is a smaller version with not as many tools in it, but the essentials and this is the package that goes to camp every hunt.

• I like to have a couple of inexpen-sive folding tables. One is used for the butchering and the other is used

for staging meat for packaging or further processing.

• A meat grinder is essential to turn-ing your leftover pieces into burger or sausage.

• Jerky is usually a favorite of most sportsman, so a dehydrator or a smoker is a great addition to your processing setup as well.

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for sausage, sa-lami, or jerky are available from Hi Mountain Sea-sonings and is our favorite re-source for these types of prod-ucts. • A v a c u u m sealer makes the wrapping and storage of your

finished meat a very simple process and it insures that air is removed from your packaging, which ex-tends the shelf life of your precious harvest

Here is a more detailed look at the specific products we use and are avail-able at Sportsman’s Warehouse to help with your processing needs.

The Mighty Bite #8 Aluminum GrinderThe little brother of the Stainless Steel

Big Bite Grinder, the Mighty Bite is the perfect grinder for anyone interested in getting into grinding and sausage-making. Long-lasting gears and durable aluminum construction ensure it will make quick work on everything wild or tame for seasons to come without the weight of the stainless models. It has an aluminum motor housing, metal gears, heavy duty handle for easy moving, 120 volt, permanently lubricated motor, built in circuit breaker, stainless steel knife, aluminum head, auger and meat pan 9-7/8” x 7-1/2” x 2” deep, stainless steel coarse (3/8”), fine (3/16”) and

stuffing plates, 3 stuffing tubes (1/2”, 1”, 1-3/8” OD), and meat stomper.

MaxVac Vacuum SealerBeing able to remove the air and put

a permanent seal on your freezer bags is a key to long freezer life as air causes freezer burn that will spoil your meat. The MaxVac Vacuum Sealer is an indus-trial quality sealer with a weighted lid to engage vacuum “hands free” every cycle. The stainless steel construction is counter top friendly and built to last. Reduce marinating time or keep valu-ables safe and dry. The uses are endless. Compatible with most national brand vacuum bags. The MaxVac from LEM gives superior sealing and can handle bags up to 14 inches wide. It will work with rolls or pre-made bags and can

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Staging your meat before processing helps everything go more quickly. Piles for grinding, jerky, steaks, and roasts let you better portion your meat.

Beef fat, which you can usually pick up from your local grocery store butcher at no cost, ground with your burger, will keep it from being too lean.

The LEM Mighty Bite Grinder makes fast work of making burger and sausage, and even allows you to stuff your sausage or burger bags right on the grinder.


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manually or automatically seal, depending upon your preference. The stainless steel housing makes clean-up a breeze.

Foodsaver GameSaver Titanium Vacuum SealerMade from a stainless steel looking plastic, the

Foodsaver GameSaver Titanium is lighter and cleans up easily with just a quick wipe down. It features two pumps for powerful suction, an ultra-wide dual heat-ing element to allow it to be used with 15-inch rolls or bags, and can rapidly seal up to 100 bags in succession or dual seal bags for extra protection. Large rubber-

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ized buttons make operation quick and easy, and the auto-pressure sensor will tell the GameSaver when to seal once the optimal pressure has been reached. A removable drip tray catches fluids and allows for easy cleaning. A locking lid makes one-handed operation easy, and it locks the lid down for storage.

Camp Chef Pellet GrillThe Pellet Grills’ heavy-duty construction pro-

vides for great thermal efficiency and less pellet consumption. The dual temperature sensors allow you to see what the temperature is within the cook-ing chamber as well as the internal temperature of your meat without lifting the lid and allowing valuable heat to escape. It is equipped with a large capacity hopper, which will hold about 18 pounds of pellets. Depending on the desired cooking tem-perature and desired smoke you choose, this amount of pellets will last you between nine and 24 hours. The cooking surface itself is a generous 21.5” wide by 19” deep allowing for plenty of tasty treats for even the biggest of parties. An additional warm-ing rack above the cooking surface allows for even more cooking space. The side rack is a great place to prepare foods and keep spices and seasonings organized.

Pellets are an extremely efficient way of cooking as well as for adding flavor. These pellets come in numerous different flavors like hickory, mesquite, apple and cherry. Each pound of pellets will produce about 8500 BTU’s with a minimal amount of ash.

LEM 10 Tray Countertop DehydratorIf you like a less smoky flavor, you can use a de-

hydrator for making your jerky. The LEM 10 Tray Countertop Dehydrator features a digital timer for easy operation. Just set the timer and it will shut off the machine once the food is done. Large 15-inch square plastic trays hold a lot of food and make clean-up easy. The 10 tray unit has a fast drying 800 watt, rear mounted heating element and an innovative air flow door design, food grade, shatter proof, ABS trays and a steel reinforced housing to ensure long lasting use. The thermostat adjusts from 85 to 155 degrees F. When not making jerky, the dehydrator is excellent for fruits and vegetables or for drying herbs. Dehydrating is an excellent way to preserve food for long-term storage.

Hi Mountain Jerky Cure and SeasoningAvailable in flavors like Original, Hunter’s Blend,

Mesquite, Mandarin Teriyaki, Cajun Blend, Cracked Pepper and Garlic, and many others, the seasonings and cures from Hi Mountain Seasonings are easy to use. Simply mix the curing agent as specified in the

directions for the size batch you are making and coat all of the whole muscle or ground jerky with the mixed seasoning. Place it in a zipper bag in the refrigerator overnight, and then either smoke or dehydrate, de-pending upon your preference. Each package contains enough seasoning to flavor 10-15 pounds of jerky, de-pending upon how strong you like your flavor. Many of the flavors also come in low sodium versions for those watching their salt intake.

Hi Mountain Seasonings also makes a variety of sausage or snack stick seasoning kits that have the casings for you to stuff your own sausage.

Outdoor Edge Game ProcessorThe most complete portable butchering set for pre-

paring big game, waterfowl, wild turkey, small game and fish. This set doubles as a great set of cutting tools for camping and outdoor cooking. The Game-Proces-sor includes the four most practical knives for butch-ering. Each knife incorporates full-tang construction for superior strength and is taper ground to a razor’s edge from high carbon 420 stainless steel. Ergonomic design Kraton handles ensure comfort during long use and the rubberized texture enables a secure lock-on grip even when wet. This ultimate knife set stores in a hard-side carry case and is lifetime guaranteed.

Outdoor Edge Wild-PakLightweight, 8-piece field-to-freezer game process-

ing set with all the tools to help get the job done. Comes complete with full-tang caping knife, gut-hook skinner, boning knife, carbide sharpener, wood/bone saw, ribcage spreader and game cleaning gloves all in a hard-side carry case. Non-slip rubberized blaze-orange handles never get lost and feature a horn pat-tern inlay for enhanced grip.

A vacuum sealer like the LEM MaxVac (top) or the Foodsaver GameSaver Titanium (bottom) remove air to better preserve your meat and prevent freezer burn.

Smoking your jerky gives it a richer flavor and traces of the type of wood you use. This Pellet Grill from Camp Chef, makes temperature control easy and the addition of jerky trays gives you an even smoke while keeping your jerky tender.

A dehydrator, like this LEM 10 Tray Countertop version, will easily let you dry processed and ground jerky, as well as yummy fruit snacks and herbs.

Hi Mountain Seasonings makes a variety of products for jerky and sausage that feature excellent flavor and ease of use.



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I have a companion, they can attach the comealong to a good sturdy tree or rock and keep cranking while I try to drive the truck in the direction of the pull. This may overcome the inertia, giving me just enough assistance to dislodge the truck. It is important to ensure that you have a very sturdy tree to attach to as if too much force is applied, you may add to your problems by pulling the tree over onto the vehicle. Another tool that can be helpful for this is a winch, but un-less you also have some directional pul-leys or snatch blocks, the winch will not be as portable and maneuverable as the comealong. If you are alone, ratcheting the comealong tight and then applying


gas may just move you enough to get you unstuck. You may have to repeat this process several times to get the vehicle out. For the comealong, I also carry a sturdy tow chain and a good quality tow strap. These may give you needed extension to find the best tree or large boulder to get you unstuck. They can also aid in removing your vehicle if another truck comes along. Having a 25-foot tow strap is essential for pulling out your vehicle without bogging down the pulling vehicle. A shorter strap may work, but it increases the risk that the vehicle pulling will get stuck in the same quagmire that your vehicle is in.

To help gain traction, I carry a set of traction plates. These aluminum plates snap together to create a 2-3 foot strip with fins on the top to engage the tires and fins on the bottom to dig into the mud or snow. These are placed on the side of the tire opposite the direction you want to drive to pull them under the wheel and add traction. I have seen several times where sun has melted

snow and cold temperatures have re-frozen it into ice where these traction plates were the only way I could get out. Another trick is to carry a sandbag or two in the bed of the truck for addi-tional weight. In a pinch, you can cut open the sandbag and sprinkle the sand in front of or behind your tires to gain extra traction. Your floor mats can also be used to increase traction by placing them under the tires.

If you get into the mire deep enough, having a quality digging tool on hand can make an impossible escape pos-sible. While we will always wish we had a full sized shovel on hand, we also know that isn’t always practical to carry. If size and weight were no object, we would carry a backhoe with us. I carry the Gerber Gorge folding shovel under my seat. This small compact tool is made of quality steel that won’t bend or break when used in rocky soil or ice. It has a beefy rubber handle to let you really put some force into it and keep a good grip, even with heavy gloves. It can be locked in the 90-degree position and used like a pick, or fully extended to use as a shovel. The two-part handle

telescopes to give you another five inches of exten-sion. It even has a hammer on it. All of this fits into a tough nylon sack and weighs only 28 ounces.

If your vehicle breaks down, it is no longer a matter of getting it unstuck. The most common causes of vehicle breakdown in the backcountry are a dead battery or running out of fuel. When I am going far afield, I carry a spare five-gallon Jerry can full of my favorite octane, ratchet strapped into the bed of my truck to keep it from bouncing around. I also carry a fully charged jump pack, a portable bat-tery that can give me a boost should I leave the lights on for too long and

drain the battery. If I get a flat, I want to have a full sized spare and a good jack. Don’t forget the lug wrench. The reason for a full sized spare as opposed to a doughnut, is that I may have had

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Nothing can sideline you like a flat tire. Having the means to fix a flat and reinflate the tire are a must when going miles into the backcountry.


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specific ground clearance to get me into the backcountry, and I may not be able to get back out without that clearance. Additionally, my jump pack has an air compressor, so I carry a tire repair kit and can re-inflate the tire with the compressor. Another option is to carry a

can of Slime tire repair, but if you have a big truck, you will need more air than the can will contain.

At some point, you may realize that no matter what you are not going to get your rig unstuck. In that case, you are faced with the decision of waiting in place for help to arrive or trying to hike out. If you are like me, the places I drive into can take days to hike out

of. So first off, when you head off, let other people know when you will be back and where you are going. This will make rescue much eas-ier when you are over-due. In my truck, I also carry my “Get Home Kit.” This is like a 72 hour kit, but one that I carry in my rig. To keep it all organized, I use a good quality back-pack. A cheap pack may work for holding all of your gear for staying in place, but won’t cut it if you have to hike a

ways. My get home kit is contained in an ALPS Mountaineering Caldera 4500 cu-bic-inch pack. It will hold all of the gear I need to spend several days on the trail in extreme weather. I have warm clothing, shelter material, a camp stove, a knife, a multi-tool, a headlamp, water, means to purify or filter water, fire-making items, and a tarp for shelter, all in this pack at all times. I also carry a SOL emergency bivy from Adventure Medical Kits. It also contains a good quality first aid kit from AMK. To keep the gear dry and clean while driving down muddy or dusty dirt roads, I contain it all in a Plano 27 gallon sport storage locker. This tote has latches and a rubber O-ring to keep my gear dry and clean. Another option is a SealLine 115 liter Boundary Dry Pack. Inside, I also place a small tent and a Browning Alpine Fleece sleeping bag. The sleeping bag is only 6.5 inches in diameter and 13.5 inches long and weighs just under 2 pounds, so it is small enough that I can hike out with it if needed. I often travel with my best friend, so I toss in some TurboPup bars, which are like MREs for your dog, and some extra Cliff Bars for me.

If people know where you are and when to expect you back, the best course of action is to stay with your rig. A car or truck is a big item to find, so staying near that will increase your odds of being found. If no one is going to be looking, then knowing how you got in, what is around you, and the shortest distance to help, is necessary. Leave a note on your vehicle telling anyone who finds it which way you headed and when you left. I carry a windshield marker for this purpose. I can write a note on my windshield big enough to be read from the air. The last piece of gear I carry is a Delorme inReach Explorer. With the push of a button, I can get search and rescue or loved ones at home moving to my exact coordinates, whether I have cell service or not. Because it uses satel-lites, it can signal for help anywhere on the planet.

Exploring the great outdoors can be a lot of fun, but don’t get a false sense of security just because you have a ve-hicle. Take precautions and pack some extra gear to help you get back home safely should your vehicle no longer be available.

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I really hate to point this out, but it’s getting to be that season. No, not hunting season. I’d be happy to point that out. Not holiday season. I love to

cook and get to do a bunch of it over the holidays. No, the seasonal change I’m referring to is fishing related. It’s the time of year when we put the boat away, stow much of the tackle and generally start focusing on cold weather pursuits. Now, I know a bunch of you live in areas where seasons may not dictate your home waters fishing; I happen to live in Colorado. We get real winter complete with frozen lakes and ice-blocked rivers. Boating and open water fishing will be a thing of the past very shortly and won’t return until about April. Poopa.

What this really means is boat chores. I probably shouldn’t refer to anything fishing related as a chore, but in my line of work as an angler, there most cer-tainly are fishing chores. I stomach most of them by convincing myself that I’ll be ahead for next season if I get them done now, but they’re still chores. Maybe if I referred to them as “preparation”…

So what do I do in late fall and early winter that helps me for next year’s open water season? A bunch of stuff, and it starts with the big boat and ends with the Hotrod Crawdad.

Ahh, the big boat, my pride and joy Ranger bass boat. It has tons and tons of storage, which I love, and empty all of prior to winter. Yep, all tackle and gear comes out first thing. This gives me time to inventory, clean, and service all the tackle, (which is a whole other column, perhaps next month), and completely inspect every component and compart-ment on the Ranger. Regardless of your boat make, taking a few prep steps in fall can save you much headache in spring. If you take pride in your boat, spend some time and a little elbow grease and wax it to remove oxidation and provide a little fresh UV protection. If you have an aluminum boat, a thorough wash will suffice. A little dressing on the seats and upholstery will do wonders, and pressure washing the carpet is a must. While you’re doing all of this cleaning, inspect everything. That way, if something is wrong, you have all winter to get it fixed. This should include visible wiring, lid latches, throttle cables, lights, etc., paying special attention to check for loose nuts/bolts/screws.

The trailer is in need of love, too; checking and/

or re-packing the bearings is paramount to their longevity. Check wiring for dry rot on the insulation, inspect tires for damage and proper inflation, and tighten all bunk mounting bolts. Visually inspect any brakes your trailer may have.

Boat batteries can be frustrating and there are many misconceptions out there. I decided to consult with a sure ‘nuff battery expert about maintaining deep cycle batteries to get the real scoop. Jon Ptacek, besides being a hardcore angler, owns a couple of Batteries Plus Bulbs stores and offered this advice; top off the charge on all the batteries using a 10-15 amp charger. Then fill each with distilled water to ensure the plates inside are fully submerged. From there, a “trickle” or maintenance charge of 1-3 amps a few hours once a month should keep batteries fresh. Either disconnect all the batteries or turn off main electrical switches during any long periods of non-use. Cleaning any corrosion off battery terminals goes without saying; do it with a paste made of bak-ing soda and water applied with a stiff brush, and then rinse thoroughly.

My Ranger is powered by an Evinrude E-TEC which has a self winterization feature (very handy, right?). If yours does not and you will not be using the boat at all in winter, consider winterizing at a boat dealership. I check the lower unit oil for fullness and lack of water contamination, and also use a grease gun to lube all zirks on the steering rods and motor mount. I check all motor mount bolts including the trolling motors, and bleed the hydraulic steering too. Last thing to do if the boat will be subjected to sub-freezing temps is to turn each bilge and live well pump on briefly to clear any standing water, and make sure the outboard is fully drained too.

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My custom Crawdad is much easier to deal with. Basically I fill any serious gashes or scrapes in the ABS hull yearly, inspect the plug for rot, and clean everything. The trolling motor battery gets the same service as the big boat, and the cute little Lowrance battery gets charged up. Carpet is cleaned, deck frame screws torqued, and the trolling motors both have their props removed to check for junk in the line and leaky seals on the output shaft; something I should have mentioned above and that I do weekly throughout open water season on all my trolling motors.

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A ranch hand told us about a dead cow and we found it by glassing for birds. A dozen magpies were gathered on branches around the kill, which told

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We watched from about 400 yards, but the coyotes were aware of us, nervous. Later in the afternoon, we returned and I connected on a too-complacent coyote at just over 100

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Colt to Sam and took his camera. Madison started our last stand with coyote dis-t r e s s s o u n d s and a flickering decoy. In two minutes, a dog emerged from the tall grass at a dead run, dove through the fence and into the open in front of Sam, Heather and An-gie.

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A lot of people start to think about coyote hunting after the big game seasons have closed, but some of the best hunting of the year is in November. The temperature is changing and the coyotes have to eat more and are liable to stay active all day. Get out there and call them to dinner.

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Gary Madison prepares to call coyotes in sagebrush country in Eastern Oregon.

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Gary Madison with Angie Buehner (left) and Heather Satran at the end of a two-day coyote hunt. Photo by Gary Lewis


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IngredientsBrine• 4 cups water• ¼ cup kosher salt• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe• 10 whole dove breasts• 3 strips of Bacon• Splash of wine• 6 tablespoons butter• 1 medium onion chopped• 5 cloves garlic chopped• 1 pound mushrooms sliced• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning• ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes• 1 cup heavy cream• ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese• ¼ cup fresh chopped parsley• Kosher salt• Fresh cracked black pepper• 1 lb linguine or other pasta, cooked

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enhances the natural flavor and helps prevent it from drying out during cooking. In a non-metallic bowl, mix the salt and sugar with the water. Add the dove and refrigerate a minimum of one hour to overnight. Pull the birds from the marinade and pat them dry. Remove each side breast from the breastbone, then cut each one into 2-3 bite size pieces.

I have not provided instruction on the actual boiling of the pasta, as this will vary with type used, and can be found on the package. Linguine works really well with this sauce, but any

pasta will work (I used a Cavatappi in the photo). Boil the water as you are making the sauce, and have it ready to cook the pasta when the sauce is almost finished.

In a large skillet fry the bacon until crisp. Remove and set aside on a paper towel lined plate. Add the dove pieces to the bacon fat and saute over medium heat until just turning brown, stirring frequently. (3-4 minutes) Remove the meat from the pan and reserve on a plate. Throw a splash of wine in the pan and stir, scraping all the flavorful brown tidbits from the bottom of the pan. Do not discard these, they incor-porate in the sauce and are the flavor

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10. Rancho Cordova, California (916) 635-7800

11. Redding, California (530) 222-5500

12.Rocklin, California (916) 782-9900

13.Colorado Springs,Colorado (719) 597-9200

14.Grand Junction, Colorado (970) 243-8100

15.Loveland, Colorado (970) 461-5000

16.Thornton, Colorado (303) 428-6500

17. Idaho Falls, Idaho (208) 542-1900

18. Lewiston, Idaho (208) 743-2000

19. Meridian, Idaho(208) 884-3000

20.Nampa, Idaho(208) 468-7600

21. Pocatello, Idaho (208) 232-3100

22.Twin Falls, Idaho (208) 737-9900

23.Ankeny, Iowa (515) 963-3500

24.Lexington, Kentucky(859) 263-7000

25.Southaven, Mississippi(662) 349-5500

26.Bozeman, Montana(406) 586-0100

27. Helena, Montana(406) 457-7200

28.Missoula, Montana(406) 523-9000

29.Carson City, Nevada(775) 884-2100

30.Las Vegas, Nevada (702) 474-1100

31. Reno, Nevada (775) 828-1500

32.Albuquerque,New Mexico (505) 761-9900

33.Farmington,New Mexico (505) 326-2100

34.Bend, Oregon(541) 693-5000

35.Hillsboro, Oregon(503) 844-9100

36.Medford, Oregon (541) 732-3700

37. Portland, Oregon(503) 777-8700

38.Salem, Oregon(503) 589-0800

39.Columbia,South Carolina (803) 731-3000

40.Chattanooga,Tennessee (423) 892-6300

41. Logan, Utah(435) 787-1700

42.Midvale, Utah (801) 567-1000

43.Provo, Utah (801) 818-2000

44.Riverdale, Utah (801) 334-4000

45.St. George, Utah (435) 634-7300

46.Vernal, Utah(435) 789-5800

47. Roanoke, Virginia (540) 366-9700

48.Federal Way, Washington(253) 835-4100

49.Kelso, Washington(360) 423-2600

50.Kennewick, Washington(509) 736-2200

51. Puyallup, Washington (253) 864-0800

52.Silverdale, Washington(360) 307-6900

53.Vancouver, Washington(360) 604-8000

54.East Wenatchee,Washington(509) 886-7200

55.Casper, Wyoming (307) 233-3700

56.Cheyenne, Wyoming (307) 635-4500

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