Recently, three friends took a girl’s weekend in Arizona to explore one of the most beautiful places in the world, Antelope Canyon. The three are extraordinary women. Aside from maintaining friendships worldwide for more than 40 years, all three are veterans or military contractors, and cancer survivors who kept their…
Category: Adventure
Hot Fishing Action in the Florida Keys
Captain Bob Brown, Jr. is back in Marathon, the Florida Keys and sportfishing on the Sundance is red hot. Recently, the Sundance has landed catches as diverse as swordfish to grouper to wahoo. Captain Bob writes, Sailfish season in the Florida Keys is just around the corner, as many fish…
Pagan Rituals, 2023
Halloween is one of our favorite holidays because it brings so many good things together. Harvest time, full moons, good scares, trick or treating, and roasted pumpkin seeds to name a few. We have always appreciated the kids who came to our doors seeking Halloween treats and the parents who…
Colorado Bow Hunter Makes the Big Nine
Have you heard of the Colorado Big Nine? It’s a big deal. You earn it by taking the top big game species in Colorado: elk, mule deer, whitetail, antelope, black bear, mountain lion, moose, mountain goat, and bighorn sheep, with a bow. It’s a quest that takes you from the…
A Tranquil Night on the Cowlitz
The Cowlitz River is one of the best-known rivers in the state for steelhead, chinook, and native cutthroat trout. It’s often hard to find a place to fish that is not elbow to elbow. But now and then you get lucky and hit one of your favorite fishing holes and…
Memphis Ranch Bison: Farm-to-Table Phenomenal
Recently Bear Farm Outdoors adventured to Colorado to meet our new grandson Woodrow, the latest addition to the Bear Farm clan. On the way, we stayed at locations we found with Harvest Hosts, which is a yearly subscription service that gives you access to 5,000+ locations across the US where…
Amazing Columbia River Gorge Sunset
Returning from our latest Bear Farm Outdoors adventure, we had a rare, clear, windless night along the Columbia River Gorge near Arlington, Oregon. The sunset was so beautiful we had to pull over and get some footage for you. Enjoy!
New Washington State Record Mahi Mahi
Catching a mahi mahi [dolphin fish or dorado] off the coast in Washington state isn’t a usual catch, but it’s not unheard of. In El Nino years when warm water pushes north, mahi, marlin, swordfish and other warm-water pelagic species will follow the albacore tuna sometimes as close as 30…
Wilderness Foraging
Fall brings an abundance of foraging opportunities nationwide, from berries to mushrooms and more. Kathy Meade Merritt of Willow, Alaska, recently roamed the forest and came up with this mixed bag of tasty mushrooms. Like many rural Alaskans, Kathy forages for sustenance as much as fun. She dries mushrooms and…
Camping in Style
There’s camping, and there’s the fine art of bushcraft camping. Alex Mausheim has definitely embraced his inner bear with this most excellent bushcraft camp. When he hits the woods, he goes all-out, from authentic open-air tents to period-appropriate attire to a trusty 1911 with ivory grips. Looking at his setup,…