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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: bornhunter on November 26, 2018, 02:53:01 PM

Title: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: bornhunter on November 26, 2018, 02:53:01 PM: Which one of these magazines do you guys who are familiae with them find the most useful?
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: jackelope on November 26, 2018, 04:03:21 PM: I’ve really been enjoying epic outdoors.
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: Bigshooter on November 26, 2018, 04:08:33 PM: Quote from: bornhunter on November 26, 2018, 02:53:01 PM
Which one of these magazines do you guys who are familiae with them find the most useful?

Garth doesn't own the huntin fool anymore. And I would go with Epic Outdoors. Jason Cater is one of the main guys at Epic.
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: grade-creek-rd on November 26, 2018, 04:09:47 PM: I prefer Western Hunting Journal...it's published in Portland, Oregon and focuses on hunts we can all do, both locally and around the west. It is professionally done, great photos, written by actual writers as well as a "reader story", and provides info on western states. It is a fairly new magazine which means that it isn't the "same issue, different photos" like a few of the other ones out there and it's not "high end nobody can afford this stuff"...

https://www.westernhuntingjournal.com/

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Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: Stein on November 26, 2018, 07:30:57 PM: I gave up my Eastmans subscription, not much there with the options out there these days.

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Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: bornhunter on November 26, 2018, 09:17:24 PM: I am seeing that in Eastmans. Same ol same ol. I was not aware of these other publications. Will look at them. Thanks all.
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: fishnfur on November 26, 2018, 09:45:09 PM: I only looked at pictures in Eastmans - not my type of read. I liked Deer and Deer hunting, but I let the subscription lapse. It's a WT based, QDM/quas.i-science based mag. that's a decent read. Western Hunting Journal is OK, but really mostly out of state hunts. Oregon Hunter's Association puts out a quarterly mag. that is all local topics, which is nice.
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: huntnfmly on November 27, 2018, 10:26:54 AM: Quote from: grade-creek-rd on November 26, 2018, 04:09:47 PM
I prefer Western Hunting Journal...it's published in Portland, Oregon and focuses on hunts we can all do, both locally and around the west. It is professionally done, great photos, written by actual writers as well as a "reader story", and provides info on western states. It is a fairly new magazine which means that it isn't the "same issue, different photos" like a few of the other ones out there and it's not "high end nobody can afford this stuff"...

https://www.westernhuntingjournal.com/

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Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: jackelope on November 27, 2018, 10:41:15 AM: Quote from: grade-creek-rd on November 26, 2018, 04:09:47 PM
I prefer Western Hunting Journal...it's published in Portland, Oregon and focuses on hunts we can all do, both locally and around the west. It is professionally done, great photos, written by actual writers as well as a "reader story", and provides info on western states. It is a fairly new magazine which means that it isn't the "same issue, different photos" like a few of the other ones out there and it's not "high end nobody can afford this stuff"...

https://www.westernhuntingjournal.com/

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I took the OP's thread/question more along the lines of the magazines or services that have memberships and provide draw odds, harvest stats, etc like Eastman's Member Research Supplement.
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: bornhunter on November 27, 2018, 10:51:42 AM: :yeah:
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: Skyvalhunter on November 27, 2018, 11:34:03 AM: Been a member of huntin fool for over 10 years. Great mag and the people are very knowledgeable when you call in. :twocents:
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: Karl Blanchard on November 27, 2018, 11:54:29 AM: Gohunt is another great one stop shop. While it's not a magazine, their website has a ton of stories, how to's, and gear reviews. I gave up on magazines. Stacks and stacks of them went unread so decided what's the point :chuckle:
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: Bob33 on November 27, 2018, 11:54:38 AM: The problem with services like Huntin’ Fool that publish information about “best” units is that as soon a unit is proclaimed “the best” it become much more difficult to draw. For many years I hunted an antelope unit in Wyoming that could consistently produce 75-80”+ bucks, and it was possible to draw just about every year. One of the publication highlighted it as a top unit, and the next year it took five points to draw.
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: Bigshooter on November 27, 2018, 12:50:10 PM: Quote from: Bob33 on November 27, 2018, 11:54:38 AM
The problem with services like Huntin’ Fool that publish information about “best” units is that as soon a unit is proclaimed “the best” it become much more difficult to draw. For many years I hunted an antelope unit in Wyoming that could consistently produce 75-80”+ bucks, and it was possible to draw just about every year. One of the publication highlighted it as a top unit, and the next year it took five points to draw.

If one of the magazines listed it, it means don't apply for it anymore.
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: Bigshooter on November 27, 2018, 12:51:02 PM: Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 27, 2018, 11:54:29 AM
Gohunt is another great one stop shop. While it's not a magazine, their website has a ton of stories, how to's, and gear reviews. I gave up on magazines. Stacks and stacks of them went unread so decided what's the point :chuckle:

Emags
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: Karl Blanchard on November 27, 2018, 01:19:52 PM: Quote from: Bigshooter on November 27, 2018, 12:51:02 PM
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on November 27, 2018, 11:54:29 AM
Gohunt is another great one stop shop. While it's not a magazine, their website has a ton of stories, how to's, and gear reviews. I gave up on magazines. Stacks and stacks of them went unread so decided what's the point :chuckle:

Emags
that's what gohunt is in a sense but with a draw odds filter :chuckle:
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: bornhunter on December 02, 2018, 09:18:14 PM: Does anyone besides me subscribe to eastmans? Any comments on their MRS?
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: elkspert on December 03, 2018, 07:07:36 PM: I have been subscribing to the huntin fool since 2010, I still have almost all of the copies saved in a tote. Every once in a while I will go back looking at certain states for info on a certain unit. Well last year I cancelled and went with eastmans. Seams like to get the info on draw stats and odds for most of the states you need to get both the hunting and bow hunting editions and there print seams smaller and harder to read, might just be that my eye sight isn't what it used to be also. Anyway for that reason I think I will go back to the huntin fool. I have also called them and other members a few times and been contacted by other members as well to discuss a unit.
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: Mtnwalker on December 03, 2018, 07:53:30 PM: Eastmans MRS is kind of a joke these days IMO. They make WA more “blue chip” for mule deer than Wyoming or Montana.
Title: Re: Eastman's or Carters Huntin Fool
Post by: bornhunter on December 03, 2018, 09:12:56 PM: Kind of interesting. Nobody comments on Eastmans good or bad?