Articles by Jim Horn

Jim has been writing articles for magazines for quite some time. He just recently joined with Hunting The West Magazine as a field editor. This page gives you easy access to all of Jim's articles, in one convenient location.

Elk & Calls During Gun Season - It is rifle season now and many a hunter hits the woods not knowing if they should use an elk call or not and many are missing a good opportunity to make a call work for them.

Bow hunting Early Season Elk - Understand this, we as hunters have a window of opportunity...we call it the rut. A lot of hunters think of the rut as the love making process, when in fact it is a series of changes that make elk react...

Calling in Bulls Early - What many guys don't realize is that a bull is ready for the rut much sooner than a cow is. He knows what the rut feels like, and most importantly for you the caller, what it sounds like. If you create the type of "herd excitement" he has heard during previous ruts, he will come in no matter what stage the rut is in...

Seven... - At 18 yards the bull stopped to look my way, I think he saw some slight movement. I placed my pin on the pocket and aimed. I saw some small limbs in front of the arrow path and leaned forward enough to clear them and released...