In November of 2003, Jim Sorenson kept a daily journal of an elk hunting trip to Hell’s Canyon. Jim refers to several family members and friends. It may be helpful to know how the following people are related to Jim. Lyn (his wife), Scott (his brother), Gary (another brother), Benji …
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Part II of Jim’s Oregon elk hunt.
Jim’s brother and BCL co-founder, Gary Sorenson, in Hell’s Canyon. ![]()
DAY 3 - Friday, Nov. 7, 2003
Dear Friends,
I better speed this up a little. Oh, but one little bit of information that I forgot from …
Continue readingPart three of Jim’s elk hunt.
Lies…I mean, stories - very true stories - are told liberally in the hunting tent.
DAY 6 – Monday, Nov. 10
Dear Friends,
The day began promising to be a good 2nd …
Continue readingHere is part two of Warren Phillips’ story.
Enjoy!
Almost Heaven Continued
If you create a monster, you have to feed it. Just ask Dr. Frankenstein. Now that I’d created a hunting monster, I’d have to feed him. Before we knew it, Daniel was 10 and it was time to start thinking …
A while back, Warren Phillips sent me this story about introducing his son to hunting. I broke the story up into two parts due to its length. Thanks, Warren for a great story, and for passing the hunting heritage on to the next generation!
Enjoy!
Almost Heaven
By Warren …
Here is a story sent to me by my brother, Benji Sorenson. Benji wrote this a few months ago and I think it really captures what the outdoor experience means to us all. We can not afford to take for granted each time we get to spend in …
Continue readingWell, I followed my cousin’s husband around in the mountains this past weekend. Justin McKerrow drew a rifle tag for elk in the same unit I’d archery hunted earlier this year. I thought it’d be a good chance for me to exact some revenge, so I tagged along …
Continue readingHere is a story sent to me from Michigan’s John Marshall about the fulfillment of his dream - an elk hunt in the Western United States. Thanks for the story, John!
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HEAD WEST YOUNG MAN
Since I was young, growing up in Pennsylvania and Michigan, I gobbled up as many articles …
It’s been a while since I’ve gone hunting. A few weeks at least. Today I’m following Justin McKerrow to Lookout Mountain - the scene of my own archery season - in pursuit of an elk. But this time, Justin will be armed with a Remington 7mm, and …
Continue readingWell, we just received the “skin” from BlueLine today and love the look of it. This means that we are very close to switching from the blahzo look of what I’ve been used to now for a few weeks to the very cool design we saw a few minutes …
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