Bob Robb

Tucson

Contributor at Game And Fish Magazine

Outdoor Writer and Consultant at Freelance

outdoors dude, writer, editor, sucker for small batch bourbon, craft beer, wilderness sunrises, & kids in the woods, dreaming about secret spots yet discovered.

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Articles

The Truth About DIY Public Land Western Bowhunting | Grand View Outdoors

3 weeks ago | grandviewoutdoors.com | Bob Robb

Appeared in print as "The Truth About DIY Public Land Western Bowhunting" As someone who grew up in California, back in the late 1960s through the 1980s, I spent most of my big game hunting roaming most of the West on DIY hunts for elk, mule deer, pronghorn and black bears. It was a far different world then. Licenses and tags were relatively inexpensive, and you could buy them over-the-counter. There was no internet, no smartphone hunting apps, and if you were willing to backpack a short ways...
Top 10 Coyote Hunting Tips

2 months ago | grandviewoutdoors.com | Bob Robb

Appeared in print as "Top 10 Coyote Hunting Tips" “Champions are brilliant at the basics.” So stated John Wooden, the most successful college basketball coach of all time, a man whose UCLA Bruins dominated college hoops during the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, winning 10 national championships in 12 years, and who compiled a 664-162 winning record during his 29-year coaching career. I started seriously hunting back when Coach Wooden’s teams were at their peak, and his philosophy was something...
The 5 Best Hunting Tripods

2 months ago | fieldandstream.com | Bob Robb

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn moreHunting tripods have become an essential tool for serious outdoorsmen because they allow you to steadily aim a rifle or point binoculars or a spotting scope for a long time. Because a tripod supports the weight of the rifle or the optics, it greatly reduces fatigue, providing stable glassing and rock-steady aiming and firing.
Find the Right Turkey Decoy Setup

Mar 11, 2025 | turkeyandturkeyhunting.com | Bob Robb

One of the most exciting, and effective, ways to lure a gobbler into shotgun or bow range is the use of turkey decoys. That’s no big secret. But successfully decoying gobblers is more than randomly putting out a couple feeding hen decoys and hoping it all works out. With today’s incredibly lifelike decoys, you can vary the type you use, how many you use, and where you place them, depending on the time of the season and how birds are acting.
The Corner-Crossing Debate

Nov 22, 2024 | archerybusiness.com | Bob Robb

To briefly summarize the corner-crossing issue, in the fall of 2021, four nonresident hunters from Missouri wanted to access public land in Wyoming that heretofore had been off-limits to the general public due to the fact that two tracts of private land met at a corner, theoretically blocking the public from crossing the private land holdings without permission.
Southeastern Coyote Behavior

Nov 6, 2024 | grandviewoutdoors.com | Bob Robb

Dr. Michael Chamberlain, Terrell Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Warner School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, has been conducting research on the habits and lifestyles of whitetail deer and wild turkeys for decades. His website, https://wildturkeylab.com/, is loaded with fascinating information on the wild turkey. For Dr. Chamberlin, a funny thing happened during his early research days.
The Corner-Crossing Debate

Oct 17, 2024 | grandviewoutdoors.com | Bob Robb

Appeared in print as "The Corner-Crossing Debate" To briefly summarize the corner-crossing issue, in the fall of 2021, four nonresident hunters from Missouri wanted to access public land in Wyoming that heretofore had been off-limits to the general public due to the fact that two tracts of private land met at a corner, theoretically blocking the public from crossing the private land holdings without permission. To do so without trespassing, they built an A-frame ladder (above right) across...
3 Keys to Decoying Deer

Oct 11, 2024 | grandviewoutdoors.com | Bob Robb

Appeared in print as "3 Keys to Decoying Deer" It was a frosty November morning in southwestern Kansas, and I had climbed into my river-bottom stand 2 hours before daybreak. The reason for the extra-early arrival was I’d decided to try something relatively new, at least for me – using a deer decoy. Now, this was back in the days when the Dewey Decimal System (look it up) was used as my primary library research tool, not Google or DuckDuckGo. It was well before the food plot craze, trail...
Field Test: Can-Am Defender

Oct 8, 2024 | grandviewoutdoors.com | Bob Robb

One of the most useful all-around hunting tools I’ve found over the last 2 decades is a UTV (utility task vehicle), also called a side-by-side. Of course, before UTVs and four-wheelers (ATVs/all terrain vehicles), there were three-wheelers. I bought one in the 1990s that almost killed me when the front wheel caught in a dirt road rut, rolled, and threw me down a California mountainside.
How-To: Crossbow String Maintenance

Aug 29, 2024 | deeranddeerhunting.com | Bob Robb

The friction and high draw weights of modern hunting crossbows place a lot of stress on the bow’s string and cables. This requires you to pay close attention to wear and tear, as well as follow a simple, yet important, system of string maintenance to ensure both safety and consistent accuracy. First and foremost, before every shooting session or trip to the woods, take a moment to check that the strings and cables are free of debris, and remove anything that shouldn’t be there.