Rodger Holscher

1 week ago | petersenshunting.com | Rodger Holscher

Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard of Steiner. I bought my first Steiner rifle scope in February 2015 when I got my first true “long-range” rifle. This was a Steiner T5Xi 5-25x56 with the SCR reticle. This scope has since been discontinued and replaced with the T6Xi. Since 2015, I have owned the Steiner Predator 4 and Predator 8 rifle scopes.

4 weeks ago | blog.eastmans.com | Rodger Holscher

Some of you might remember that in February 2024, the Idaho State Legislature attempted to pass House Bill 587. That bill would have made a statutory requirement for the IDFG to issue nonresident elk, deer and pronghorn tags via a draw system. (Read more about it here Idaho Ends OTC Deer, Elk and Antelope Tags? | Eastmans TagHub). While most people would agree that a draw would be a better system, everyone agreed that having the Legislature mandate this was a bad idea.

1 month ago | blog.eastmans.com | Rodger Holscher

No you are not having dejavu. In 2024, a north Idaho bear hunter killed a young grizzly bear during the spring black bear hunting season (https://blog.eastmans.com/idaho-hunter-mistakenly-kills-grizzly-how-important-is-target-identification/).  This sparked a change for Idaho black bear hunters. This new change was a mandatory Bear Identification Test in order to hunt black bears in the State. I wrote about this new requirement back in March of 2025.

Mar 30, 2025 | blog.eastmans.com | Rodger Holscher

If you commented/voted on the 2025 elk proposals for the Brownlee and Weiser River Zones, you might have noticed something. There were new/more tags being proposed in those zones. This was a pleasing sight when I cast my vote for the proposal. It came as no surprise to me when IDFG announced that they had conducted two elk surveys in that area and showed an increase in the elk population.  Both the Brownlee and Weiser River Zones are covered in patchy public land surrounded by private land.

Mar 20, 2025 | blog.eastmans.com | Rodger Holscher

If you commented/voted on the 2025 elk proposals for the Brownlee and Weiser River Zones, you might have noticed something. There were new/more tags being proposed in those zones. This was a pleasing sight when I cast my vote for the proposal. It came as no surprise to me when IDFG announced that they had conducted two elk surveys in that area and showed an increase in the elk population.  Both the Brownlee and Weiser River Zones are covered in patchy public land surrounded by private land.