Leupold Core Insider

Few big game species are as elusive as the Columbia blacktail deer. Hard to find and harder yet to get a shot on, chasing blacktail is a demanding hunt. Leupold’s Shawn Skipper and Nic Kytlica are joined by Adam Heggenstaller (American Hunter) and John Snow (Outdoor Life and Field & Stream) to recap their week-long blacktail hunt in northwestern Oregon. Subjects discussed: John Snow's relationship to Kit Harrington; under-appreciating blacktail; battling vast timbered terrain; unseasonably warm weather and fog; perils of true public land hunting; utilizing mountain bikes as means of travel; and more.