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Welcome to Way Up West Outdoors, we're the Laughters! This is a husband & wife hunting duo whose passion and love for the outdoors runs deep into our roots. Follow along as we venture through the on and off seasons of hunting DIY and public land style here in Idaho and across the West. Preparation for all seasons take place year-round at our house. Fitness and hard work build the foundation and ethos of our hunting style. Primarily, you will find us with bows in hand, but we aren't afraid to use a boom stick on occasion.
When we aren't at our day jobs you can bet we're in the woods - together. As you could guess, hunting with your spouse takes ample patience from each end. Learning to navigate the hard earned ups and the many inevitable downs of hunting has bound us tighter than our wedding vows.

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With less than 4% draw odds, Jess somehow pulls a coveted Nevada archery Mule Deer tag. Our focus for hunting season shifted to this tag immediately. A summer scouting trip with friends who knew the area gave us confidence by seeing nice bucks and we had a good starting point come season opener. As August rolled around and 10 days allotted for this hunt, we headed south – finding target bucks the very first night. But, as big bucks do, they didn’t cooperate by either bedding in tough stalking terrain or not presenting shots as they left their beds that Jess stalked in on. After many days and multiple attempts to notch an out of state tag – dirty, dusty, sunburned, and tired Jess was able to hang her tag on one of the original bucks from the first night in Nevada.

First Notch

Steven and Jess as they introduce Kifaru’s own Mackenzie Gates to the world of elk hunting. Patrick Smith’s granddaughter and a mom of two young girls trying to find a passion at almost 40. A year of prep work - getting comfortable behind a gun, taking hunter safety, gathering gear, learning how to ruck, and ample gym prep - all to make that first notch. It’s safe to say - she’s hooked.