Scott Haugen

About Scott Haugen

Prior to entering into the outdoor industry full-time, Scott Haugen taught science for 12 years. With a Masters Degree in education, a bachelors in science/biology, and lifelong outdoor experience, Haugen is uniquely qualified to share what he knows and continues to learn. Since hanging up his teacher’s hat, he’s appeared on more than 300 television shows, penned over 1,400 magazine articles and written several books – with new titles always in the works.

Fall Turkey Hunting With Your Dog

Fall turkey hunting continues to grow in popularity throughout the West. With increased bird numbers, and multiple tags available in some states, opportunities are on the rise. Enter your gun dog. Hunting fall turkeys with [...]

Hunting Gear That Makes A Difference

I’m asked a lot about the gear I use while hunting, not only throughout the West, but around the world. While some of the clothes, boots, trail food, guns, bows, bullets and arrows come down [...]

Kazden’s First Bear

Over the years, Kazden has been on several bear hunts with the family. He’s even held his own tags, but he’s never taken a bear, until now. I wanted Kazden to experience success, and knowing [...]

Columbia Blacktails: The Learning Never Stops

I’m often asked what the hardest animal is I’ve ever hunted for. Mountain goat and Himalayan tahr are the toughest hunts I’ve been on, physically speaking. Mentally, the toughest hunts have been the man-eaters I’ve [...]

Egg Handling To Optimize Your Cures

Fall is the time to catch lots of great eating salmon...and accumulate large amounts of eggs. Regardless of the egg curing recipes you like to use, it’s crucial to start with the best, cleanest eggs [...]

Clam Digging Fun!

This summer has offered some of the best clamming in recent years along the Pacific Coast; except for razor clams. Due to the open-ocean habitat razor clams thrive in, red tide levels have been high, [...]

Spring & Summer Fishing Adventures

“Dad, how long’s it been since you’ve made a blog post?” quizzed my oldest son. “Uh...wow, a long time,” I hesitated. “Yeah, 9 months,” he reminded me. While I love my job of hunting and [...]

From The Arctic To Valdez

Part two of our Alaskan adventure found us regrouping, thanks to the help of many friends.  Unfortunately, the middle of the trip suffered some setbacks due to the passing of Tim Delarm’s dad, as many [...]

From Adak To The Kenai

We’re off and running in Alaska.  The first week was spent hunting caribou on Adak Island, Alaska’s westernmost, and southernmost, city.  Just seeing the WWII history in this place, and all the other military infrastructure, [...]

Doves & Pigeons & Dogs, Oh My!

    I grew up hunting doves and pigeons.  Back in the 1970s and early ‘80s, the daily limit on bandtails in Oregon was 7, today it’s only 2.  But with favorable nesting conditions the past [...]

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