Hello,
I would like to start off by extending a huge thanks to the whole staff at eastmans for great mags and a great tv show. I live in montana and my family and i are always enjoying the outdoors with every chance we get. My question is about your slogan ” no fences here”. I hunt about every thing you can in montana and some in wyoming. I have noticed in the past ten or more years how much tougher it is getting to find a land owner that is willing to give up hunting access. My question is do you folks at eastman pay trespass fees or do you pay guides. Does the no fences here slogan pertain to high fence hunting? I am a middle class working joe and it is getting harder to afford the sport i love. I would consider my self a “trophy hunter” in the regard that like most hunters i would love to harvest some of the animals i see in your mags and on your show. Do you have a secret for access or are you paying for some of it?

Justus H.

Guy’s Reply:

Hello Justus,

Thank you for the e-mail and kind words. To answer your question, the “No Fences Here” slogan is in regards to no high fenced hunts. We do not hunt under any conditions that are not considered Fair Chase and ethical.

As for the public land hunts, we do on occasion hunt on private land or with outfitters, but a majority of our hunts/shows are public land DIY hunts. We calculated it the other day, and I think for the 2009 television season over 65% of the hunts on the TV schedule where public land DIY hunts. Surprisingly, most of the biggest trophies taken on the show are on the public land hunts. We film over 26 shows each year and it is next to impossible to get that many episodes without going on a few guided or private land hunts mostly due to the extraordinary amount of hoops we have to jump through to get filing permits and such from the Federal Government just to hunt/film on public land, not to mention the additional expense for these very expensive film permits (over $150 per day in most cases).

There is a ton of public land opportunity out there to take advantage of, it just requires a little bit of research and hard work to find it.

Good luck this fall and thank you for the question.

Guy

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