Traders Rendezvous

01/09/2025

I had a great time chopping it up with on the Born Hunting Podcast last week about my pursuit for the CO Big9 with a bow, and a recap of an amazing hunting season. I’ll post the Spotify link in my bio if you want to listen in! Thank you Jace and all the amazing people that have helped me thus far. One to go!

12/30/2024

I will never understand why God continues to bless me with far more than I deserve, but he keeps showing up every single day with more. I am living out my own dream, with a family that loves me, great friends who back me, and more damn wild adventures than I can shake a stick at.

A gnarly, roadless, wilderness chase through some of the most beautiful country on earth, ended with an arrow and the king of the mountain. This is a day that will play on repeat in my head for as long as I live. To those special people who made this possible, I will be forever indebted to you for this memory, thank you. And to the Most Valuable Momma , thank you for supporting my dream and for kicking my ass out the door to go chase it, even on the hard days. I love you 4 more than you will ever know!

Lion Green Chile Pazole is on the menu. #8 🌶️ 🦁 🏹

12/17/2024

For all you late Christmas Shoppers like me, here ya go!! 20% off for Christmas with promo code Christmas20. I will get all orders out tomorrow morning! Link in bio

12/04/2024

I started bow hunting 10 years ago this year. This decade has been filled with a ton of failure, a million miles of growing and learning, and just enough triumph to keep me powering forward. When I was driving home from my whitetail hunt I got pretty sentimental thinking about all the people in my life who have sacrificed, helped and pushed me through this last decade of bowhunting. I might be the one in the hero shots, but believe me, there was a whole damn village behind every single photo and hunt and I truly couldn’t have done it without them. You know who you are. Last of all, I love my state. I know Colorado has changed a lot in this last decade, but it is my home and I will never let them push me out. This state was carved out by hard ass people, and I want to be one of those hard people that stays here like a burr in their saddle until the bitter end. Next species up, MOUNTAIN LION, all thanks to those hard ass, double tough people that are still in this state and fought like hell, tooth and claw to defend our rights as hunters! Let’s roll.

12/02/2024

The quest to become the youngest ever to kill the Colorado Big 9 with a bow continues… #7 CO Whitetail. Can’t thank and his family enough for their hospitality and whitetail knowledge! 2 to go, 2 years to do it

09/29/2024

Friends since Kindergarten, lethal from the start.

09/21/2024

If not for the miles, lack of sleep, malnutrition and feet sores, would one even have hunted? What. A. Grind. And I am thankful for that grind. 2024 Once in a lifetime Archery Colorado Shiras Moose. This hunt took more than a village! It took half the damn town and you know who you are. I got to spend two weeks in what I consider the prettiest country in the world alongside family and friends and this morning it came together on a big, perfect bull. I know I’m lucky, I know I’m blessed and I am extremely grateful for both. 🏹🫎☁️9️⃣

08/16/2024

It is possible for a normal guy to get his Grand Slam. This journey for Grafton started 9 years ago when he drew his CO Rocky tag and he closed the book this week.

Rocky: 2015, Colorado, draw, DIY hunt
Desert: 2019, Colorado, draw, DIY hunt
Stone: 2022, BC, $10 raffle, outfitter (req.)
Dall: 2024, AK, outfitter (req.) , and did it with a torn patella 🤣

Getting your slam is impressive. It is even more impressive to get it done before you are 40. But even more impressive is to get it done before 40 as a small business owner. You did it the right way and proved you don’t have to be a millionaire to get it done, just gotta have a little luck, a will to push yourself to the limit and be as tough as woodpecker lips. Congrats on the accomplishment of many lifetimes. Time to hang up the old Keep Hammering hat in the middle of the Slam!

07/09/2024

403 0/8” Gross, 378 0/8” Net. Over 400” and a Net Boone all-time typical 😮‍💨. Thanks to all who played even though half of your are scared of throwing out the ol’ 400 mark 😜. Winner is with the gross guess of 403 1/8 and 376 4/8” Net for the tiebreaker. Congrats Charles!

07/02/2024

Tough Enough To Wear Pink hats are back!!! All profits go directly to TETWP. I only could order 40 hats this year so come get one asap at TR!

07/02/2024

06/24/2024

242 1/8” GROSS, 240 3/8” NET Colorado Monster from the 50’s. Thanks to all who played! We had a tie for 1st place between (1/8” high) and .jq (1/8” low). They tied again on the tiebreaker, so they are both getting an auto emblem shipped to their doorsteps! There were many people within 4/8” which is insane to me! We’ll do it again

06/13/2024

Thank you to everyone who participated in the mule deer scoring game (187 3/8”) and the Polar Bear tiebreaker! The polar bear here is just short of book at 26 8/16”.

1st Place: ….. 7/16” off
2nd Place: ….. 10/16” off
3rd Place: ….. 15/16” off

Closest guess:

If you are tagged here, please DM an address and I am going to send everyone a little something!! Thank you guys.

05/29/2024

My dad and our great family friend (among many others) have been applying for Shiras Moose in Colorado since it was first opened up in North Park in 1985, and are now 0/39. The system is broken…but today the broken system favored me….and although I feel for all of the max point holders, I could not be more thankful and excited. I AM A COLORADO MOOSE HUNTER, and I will be going for CO Species #6 with the bow. LFG 🫎🏹🏔️

04/30/2024

Some more fresh lids live on the website and stocked in TR!

11/02/2023

Killers kill. Congrats to these Gunnygrown boys on an absolute slob of a muley. They have a home playoff game this weekend, but they still found a way to get it done on this heavy old brute! Great job fellas, good luck Saturday!

10/29/2023

2023 Muley

10/26/2023

Blaze Orange hats are on sale for 2nd and 3rd rifle! Normally $34.95, on sale for $29.95! No discount code required. Click the link in my bio to order or stop in and grab one!