I have had similar disappearing acts, sometimes we were able to figure it out, sometimes we weren’t. We had a jumped lion disappear in a lava flow a few months ago, initially we thought he made it across. He actually found a crack and disappeared underground. Given enough time, Daisy figured it out....

I think the Smithhurst line or kennel was Fred Smith.

I spoke with Fred on the phone years ago about his dogs. I don’t have any fresh I intel on him or his dogs.

I’ve been hunting some black dogs again. I’ve got a 1.5 year old female from Ken and Calvin that is really doing well. She is out of a Hailey X Hart cross.

Great nose, really can move a track and locates and trees like an old pro.

Several years ago I was helping F&G with a female lion. She had been caught in a bobcat trap, they released her with a GPS collar. Fast forward a year or two, the battery was going to go dead and they wanted to catch her and get their collar back. Anyway, the biologist sent me a map showing ever...

The last time I researched this same topic, the answer I came up with was to go to a local horse trailer manufacturer and try to talk them into building one. They didn’t have anything like that in their lineup, it would be a completely custom build.

With some of these places, it makes me wonder how many hundreds or thousands of years lions have been doing the same thing in the same place.

LION MAGNETS- I’m talking about places lion are drawn to. A place that if a lion is using a particular piece of country, they are drawn to these places and frequent them. A good friend of mine who has been helping me along the way, encouraged me to find these magnets and hunt them. He told me many s...

I’m curious about the lack of activity on this sight compared to 10-15 years ago. Is it other social media platforms? FB, Instagram etc?

I’ve got a 24” Fanno saw and like it. But, id also like to try one of those Silky Katanaboy folding saws. The lengths are in centimeters, so there’s a 500,750, 1,000 etc. but since they fold, it gives you some reach. The YouTube videos on this saw show it flying through some pretty good sized timber...

Seems to be a reoccurring theme, lack of trail maintenance. Seems like there are fewer and fewer people using stock in the back country and a lot of the old trails on the maps aren't maintained or are simply gone after fires and numerous decades. I visited with an old family friend who used to spend...

I know I've trailed some all day and I don't think I was any closer at the end of the day than I was at the beginning! A thought I've had on Toms: I've heard the biologist believe the biggest motivator for a Tom is reproduction (spreading their genes and measuring their prowess with other males). No...

There's a guy in Idaho named Jake Filmore who makes some great panniers. His are the heavy canvas type with leather ends ( similar to the Ray Holes type). However, he builds them a little bit different. Instead of having leather and canvas sewn together on the corner where they take a lot of wear hi...

Thank you for posting that video, I sure did enjoy it.

Emily, thanks for posting that. You know the mis-spelling of Mogollon by the author reminds me of a couple of other places that the mis-spelling stuck. I was told the Owyhee mountains were named that by miners and prospectors who trying to say and spell Hawaii after some Hawaiian mine workers or sla...

Nolte, how deep is that box? (From the cab towards the tailgate) I'm thinking about building one like that, but two compartments on top and large dog compartment under it, so I can still pull a gooseneck trailer, thanks