Putting red meat on the table Utah Hunting Although my grandfather was an avid duck hunter and helped to start Utah’s first duck hunting club, and my father was an avid pheasant hunter, neither of them introduced me to hunting big game. I started hunting mule deer when I was 21 and a poor undergraduate wildlife student at Utah State University. Forty-four years later, I … [Read more...]
Utah’s Jackrabbits—The Great Freebie
Everyone knows about jackrabbits—those nasty vermin out there in the West Desert, right? Actually, most Utahns know very little about either of the two largest rabbit species in North America. The largest rabbit is the white-tailed jackrabbit found throughout the mid-elevation expanses of Utah’s sagebrush, while the slightly smaller black-tailed “jack” is found throughout … [Read more...]
Utah Hunters in Turf Battle
Hiring a guide company like MossBack will give you a competitive edge, but is it an unfair advantage? by Colby Frazier Doyle Moss has mixed feelings about the derogatory stickers targeting his company that grace the rear ends of pickup trucks across rural stretches of Utah. “Piss on MossBack,” they read, before disappearing in a cloud of diesel truck exhaust. “It’s … [Read more...]