KILLSHOT Life, Riviera Beach, FL (2026)

07/15/2026

"Before you go bonkers, read the rest of this post."

Check out the story behind this walrus hunt by below:

"With a long hard winter looming in the Arctic all attentions are put towards food stores for the upcoming brutal cold and ice. The Inuit have managed to carve out a successful existence over thousands of years with the resources they have available. Walrus is one of those important resources.

I was invited by the Inuit to assist with this incredibly important endeavor and we harvested 4 walrus that day which will feed this small village of a few hundred people for months.

We, of course, followed ethical harvest guidelines that are steeped in the North American Conservation Model. It was an incredible experience to participate in this hunt and such an honor to spend time with the Inuit and learn some of their ways."

07/15/2026

A black bear tried to tear its way into two occupied tents in Wyoming, and almost nothing the campers did seemed to frighten it.

Maggie Bassett and Shonna Dehl were camping near Fool Creek in the Bighorn Mountains on July 5 when they were awakened around 11 p.m. by a bear hitting the side of a tent and ripping into the fabric. The women yelled, shined lights and tried to make themselves as intimidating as possible. Their four large dogs barked at the bear, but it reportedly showed little concern and continued circling the camp.

Bassett fired a warning shot near the bear’s feet, but she said it “didn’t even blink.” The bear finally backed away after additional shots were fired, giving the women enough time to reach their vehicles with their dogs. They spent roughly an hour inside, honking the horns to keep the bear away, before collecting their sleeping bags and retreating to a nearby family cabin. When they returned the next morning, their tents and campsite had been torn apart. Neither woman was injured. MeatEater, KTVQ and Cowboy State Daily reported that the encounter lasted approximately 20 minutes before the bear initially left the immediate camp.

What makes this encounter especially disturbing is that these weren’t careless tourists leaving coolers and garbage beside their tents. The women were experienced outdoorswomen who said they had secured their food and drinks in bear containers and kept scented items out of their sleeping areas. The bear reportedly never received a food reward from them.

That doesn’t mean food conditioning wasn’t involved. Bears remember places where they’ve previously found human food, garbage or other attractants. One irresponsible camper can unintentionally train a bear to investigate campsites long after that person has gone home. A clean camp protects you, but it also protects whoever camps there next.

Former federal bear recovery coordinator Chris Servheen told Outside that the animal’s complete lack of fear around people made it dangerous and that, in his opinion, it should be removed rather than relocated. Wyoming Game and Fish initially told the women that officials planned to trap and relocate it. That difference illustrates one of the hardest realities of wildlife management: once a large predator has learned to force its way into occupied tents and ignore people, dogs and gunfire, managers have to consider the risk it presents to the next family using that campsite.

The National Park Service is very clear about what to do if a black bear attacks you inside a tent: do not play dead. Escape to a vehicle or building when possible, and if escape isn’t possible, fight back aggressively. Bear spray should be carried where it can be reached immediately, including while sleeping, not buried inside a backpack. In this case, the women reportedly had bear spray, but said the attack unfolded so quickly that they couldn’t deploy it before the bear was already tearing into the tents.

This is why predator management can’t be reduced to a slogan. It includes secure food and garbage, public education, reporting aggressive behavior, bear spray, practical self-defense, targeted removal of dangerous animals and regulated hunting where populations support it. Wyoming provides spring and fall black bear hunting opportunities and manages the harvest through female mortality quotas intended to maintain sustainable populations, according to Wyoming Game and Fish.

A regulated hunting season isn’t a guarantee that a specific problem bear will never enter a campsite. It is, however, one part of maintaining healthy populations, collecting biological data, funding wildlife management and keeping large predators appropriately managed across the landscape. When an individual bear becomes dangerously conditioned to people, targeted removal may still be necessary.

Wildlife deserves respect, not romanticization. Bears are magnificent animals, but a bear attempting to enter an occupied tent isn’t being curious or playful. It is presenting an immediate and potentially deadly threat.

Would you sleep in a tent again after experiencing something like this? What would you have done differently in this scenario? (I have a pretty good idea...)

07/14/2026

652 yard KILLSHOT from ’ 15 year old daughter. Nicely done! 🎯 🦌

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07/14/2026

Ever participated in a driven hunt?

Driven hunting is one of the oldest and most effective ways to hunt deer and other game in thick cover. Across Europe, especially in countries such as Germany, Poland, Sweden, Hungary, and Romania, organized driven hunts are a major part of wildlife management. Hunters are positioned at designated stands while beaters and dogs move through the forest, pushing deer and wild boar toward known escape routes.

The method is also common in parts of the United States, although it often looks less formal. In the Northeast, Midwest, and Appalachia, groups of hunters conduct deer drives through swamps, timber, brush, and other areas where visibility is limited. Some hunters move slowly through bedding cover while others wait along likely travel corridors. In the South, hunting whitetails with hounds is another long-standing form of driven hunting.

Driven hunts can be highly effective, but they also require exceptional discipline. Every hunter must know exactly where the other participants are positioned, understand the approved shooting lanes, and follow the hunt leader’s instructions. Shots should never be taken toward movement, sound, brush, roads, buildings, dogs, beaters, or another hunter’s position. Blaze orange, reliable communication, clearly marked stand locations, and strict muzzle control are essential.

No animal is worth an unsafe shot. Done correctly, a driven hunt can help hunters cover difficult terrain and manage game populations effectively. Done carelessly, it can become dangerous very quickly.

Whether it’s a formal European hunt or a small group pushing a patch of American timber, the basic principle is the same: hunters work together to move game out of cover, but safety and coordination must always come before pulling the trigger.

07/14/2026

Ever been hunted down by a porcupine and had him stick you while you were in the middle of a spot n stalk? Amazing footage captured here 😂
bailey1993 shared: “I was stalking this buck yesterday, got to 10 yards and was just waiting for him to stand to get a shot, and a porcupine came down the same trail, hunted me down, stuck me in the leg, and I jumped and blew the whole stock.”

07/14/2026

Mountain lion hunting, when carefully regulated, is an important part of managing predator populations, protecting rural livelihoods, and reducing conflicts around homes, farms, and communities.

In Lake County, California, mountain lions reportedly killed 15 alpacas over just three nights in August 2025. None of the animals were eaten, and after nonlethal efforts failed, wildlife officials issued a lethal depredation permit. In Camptonville, another lion was euthanized after killing four goats beside a daycare facility. A GPS-collared lion in Mendocino County was also removed after preying on 12 sheep.

Those aren’t isolated concerns. Mountain lions can kill calves, sheep, goats, alpacas, horses, pets, and other domestic animals. Once a lion learns that fenced livestock or pets provide an easier meal than wild prey, the losses can continue until the individual animal is removed. In states without a regulated hunting season, that often means waiting until the damage has already occurred and then paying government employees or professional contractors to kill the same lion that a licensed hunter could have harvested.

Predator management can also be critical to the recovery of vulnerable wildlife populations. In California’s Sierra Nevada, mountain lion predation became serious enough that federal protection of the endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep specifically allowed managers to control lions threatening the remaining herds. Research in California’s Mojave Desert found mountain lions responsible for 75 percent of the investigated bighorn sheep deaths in one study area. In small or newly restored herds, one lion that specializes in hunting sheep can erase years of expensive conservation work.

Mountain lions also influence deer and elk populations. They are natural predators and belong on the landscape, but their effects aren’t identical everywhere. USGS research in California identified pumas as the leading cause of mortality among adult female mule deer in the study population. When deer herds are already struggling with habitat loss, drought, severe winters, disease, vehicle collisions, and other predators, wildlife managers need the ability to consider mountain lion predation as one part of the larger picture.

Public safety is another reason management can’t begin and end with telling people to coexist. Mountain lion attacks remain uncommon, but uncommon doesn’t mean impossible. In March 2024, a healthy 90-pound male lion killed one man and injured another in El Dorado County, California. DNA testing confirmed that the lion euthanized afterward was the animal responsible. Waiting until a predator attacks someone isn’t a management strategy.

Responsible management also helps preserve public tolerance for mountain lions. Ranchers who repeatedly lose animals, families who lose pets, and communities experiencing lions around homes are far less likely to support predator conservation when they believe wildlife agencies are unwilling or legally unable to respond. Carefully regulated hunting can reduce conflict, provide biological data, generate conservation revenue, and maintain the social acceptance that large predators need to survive alongside people.

Colorado offers a strong example. The state estimates that it supports approximately 3,800 to 4,400 independent mountain lions, not counting kittens. Colorado Parks and Wildlife says lion populations have grown since the species was classified as regulated big game in 1965. Hunters must follow unit-specific harvest limits, and every harvested lion is inspected by trained wildlife personnel so agencies can collect biological and law-enforcement data. That is management, not eradication.

And mountain lions aren’t hunted only for a hide or a trophy. Cougar meat is highly prized by many hunters and is commonly compared to lean pork or veal. Properly handled and thoroughly cooked, it provides excellent table fare and allows the hunter to make meaningful use of the animal.

Mountain lions are an important part of the landscape, but respecting a predator doesn’t require pretending it should never be managed. Healthy lion populations, healthy prey herds, working ranches, and safe rural communities can coexist when wildlife decisions are based on science rather than emotion.

Nicely done by .arrow_outdoors:

“A silent hunter was taken off the mountain.”

07/13/2026

Nice big hogfish secured in the Bahamas - does ciguatera concern you in these large ones?

07/13/2026

Wait for the size reveal on ’s PB wahoo - great shot! 🎯 🐟

07/12/2026

Supporters have submitted signatures to enshrine right to hunt and fish in Colorado Constitution.

Supporters of Initiative 302 delivered more than 180,000 petition signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State on July 8, well above the roughly 124,000 valid signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot. The Secretary of State now has until September 2 to complete its review and determine whether enough of those signatures are valid, according to the state’s official initiative-tracking system.

If approved by voters, Initiative 302 would add a constitutional right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife using traditional methods. It would also recognize regulated hunting and fishing as preferred methods of managing wildlife populations, while preserving the state’s authority to regulate seasons, methods and harvest for conservation, public safety and sustainability.

That distinction is important. This proposal wouldn’t eliminate regulations, guarantee unlimited access or prevent Colorado Parks and Wildlife from closing seasons when biological conditions require it. It would protect regulated hunting and fishing while leaving professional wildlife managers responsible for deciding how, when and where those activities occur.

Supporters aren’t pushing this because hunting and fishing are currently illegal in Colorado. They’re looking at the direction wildlife politics have taken across the country and trying to protect those traditions before another emotionally driven ballot campaign removes them.

Colorado has already become a national example of wildlife management being decided through political advertising and statewide popularity contests. The state’s wolf reintroduction mandate was approved at the ballot box despite overwhelming opposition in many of the rural communities expected to live with the consequences. Sportsmen have also watched proposed initiatives in Oregon, California and other states target hunting, trapping, fishing and predator management.

Once a traditional wildlife-management tool is prohibited, restoring it can be nearly impossible. A constitutional right gives hunting and fishing greater legal protection, but it still allows science-based regulations governing seasons, limits and methods.

There’s also a major conservation and economic component. The Colorado Wildlife Council estimates that hunting and fishing contribute more than $3.25 billion annually to Colorado’s economy and support over 25,000 jobs. License purchases and federal excise taxes on fi****ms, ammunition, archery equipment and fishing gear also provide funding that supports wildlife management and habitat work, including work benefiting species that are never hunted.

Opponents argue that Initiative 302 could restrict future wildlife-policy choices or elevate hunting and fishing above habitat conservation and species restoration. The actual proposal, however, specifically preserves the state’s ability to regulate wildlife for scientific conservation and sustainability. Protecting hunting and fishing doesn’t mean abandoning habitat work or recovery programs. Under the North American Model, those efforts have long worked together.

Submitting 180,000 signatures doesn’t guarantee that Initiative 302 will make the ballot. The signatures must still be verified. Because this is a constitutional amendment, it would then need at least 55 percent of the vote to pass in November.

Still, this is a significant development. Colorado could become the 25th state to constitutionally protect the right to hunt and fish, and the response from petition signers shows that a lot of Coloradans understand what’s at stake.

Wildlife management should be based on science, habitat conditions and population data, not whichever activist campaign produces the most emotional television commercial. Protecting the right to hunt and fish is one way to make sure sportsmen, professional biologists and proven conservation practices remain part of Colorado’s future.

Do you believe hunting and fishing should be protected in every state constitution?

07/12/2026

Calling a feral goat in nice and close… Did make this shot? 🎯 🐐

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"I have been learning so much about hunting on land lately and loving all the similarities to Spearfishing, particularly Bluewater hunting. Your body language, the time of day the animals/fish are out, the moon phase influence, noises to attract different species in. The main difference is the holding the breath part. Tag a mate that would miss this shot 🫣"

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