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Shauna Stephenson — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:09:18 +0000

Late-season Colorado elk

Shauna Stephenson — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:43:17 +0000

In late October, three of us set out to get to know a piece of country near Carbondale, Colorado known as the Thompson Divide. The goal was two-fold: One, spend a few days traipsing around to get a feel for the place and two, fill a couple of elk tags.

Miles down and two steep descents through some of the hariest undergrowth in the west, one in the light and one in the dark, guess which goal was accomplished. Whoever said there were elk peering from behind every tree in Colorado clearly never hunted elk.

Aaron Kindle and Shane Cross look at a map of the Thompason Divide area.Packing in gear.Snow rolling in.Beers after work.A patch of blue, but not for long.Walking into camp.Bear prints.Old aspen groves and conifers dominate the Thompson Divide area.Hidden waterfall.

New frontiers

Shauna Stephenson — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:59:21 +0000

After more than a decade in the newspaper business, I hung up my press pass this fall and took day job with Trout Unlimited. I figured I had harped long enough on conserving some of the great spaces of the west that, in the scary times in which we live, it was time to shut-up and do something about it.

Exciting? Yes. Sad? A little. But alas, life moves forward, right? Perhaps the most painful part was handing in the thousands of dollars worth of photo gear I had been absolutely spoiled rotten with over the years. Goodbye 400mm lens. Goodbye wide angle. How I will miss thee.

BUT.

New lenses have arrived, and they're beauties! Photos of new adventures to come: Think elk hunters in Colorado, steelhead in Oregon, and for those who still read, the saga of the mule deer...

Catch Magazine

Shauna Stephenson — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:46:24 +0000

Check out the newest Catch Magazine: www.catchmagazine.net

Summer backpacking

Shauna Stephenson — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:36:57 +0000

Golden trout are worth the climb: check out these photos.

A star is born

Shauna Stephenson — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:44:28 +0000

After a year of trying, the little bugger finally caught her first fish - an 18 inch brown on a dry fly tied by her father. And damned if she hasn't caught anything under 18 inches since!

A less traveled trail

Shauna Stephenson — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:39:25 +0000

What would late August be without a trip to the Wind River Range?

Some recent work

Shauna Stephenson — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:08:56 +0000

If you haven't bopped on over to the New West site (www.newwest.net), I highly recommend it. As a general clearing house for all things Western, it tends to plumb topics other outlets don't. Here's a smattering of posts: