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This Fall, Remember to be Elk SMART
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Hunting With a Lens: Hunting Makes You a Better Photographer and Vice Versa
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Moultrie Mobile Cellular Camera for Photography Scouting?
AUGUST 9, 2024
Shots By Shopes Affiliates with Outdoor Industry Leaders
AUGUST 1, 2024
Benefits and Gear for Filming Your Own Hunts with Drury Outdoors
JULY 31, 2024
Fawning Over Fawns
JULY 8, 2024
Out on the Prairie...Kinda
JULY 3, 2024
Shots By Shopes, Brand Ambassador for Bow Crew Apparel
JUNE 28, 2024
Capturing a Moment for Conservation
JUNE 10, 2024
Spring Photography Frustrations Continue
MAY 22, 2024
What Exactly is the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation?
MAY 13, 2024
Straub, K.E.C.A. Team Up For Special Edition Label
MAY 1, 2024
Another Year, Another Cow Elk in the K.E.C.A. Calendar
APRIL 26, 2024
Using Paintings as Photography Inspiration
APRIL 22, 2024 - EARTH DAY!
My Submission for Pennsylvania Magazine's 2024 Photo Contest
APRIL 9, 2024
My 2025 K.E.C.A. Photo Contest Submission
APRIL 2, 2024
Welcome to the Ohio River Valley Institute
MARCH 12, 2024
The Ansel Adams Project: Lake Placid Edition
JANUARY 18, 2024
Ending 2023 On An Elk High
JANUARY 6, 2024
You Never Know What You're Gonna Find
JANUARY 4, 2024
My 2024 Photography Goals
JANUARY 1, 2024
Shots By Shopes Top 10 Photographs of the Year
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Opening Day Booner
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
The "WTF" Method of Scouting for Whitetails
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Behind the Scenes: Moose of the Mountain
JULY 17, 2023
Throwback to Younger Years: Photographing the Game I Love - Baseball
JULY 7, 2023
Foggy Mornings in Benezette: Photographing Elk Over 4th of July Weekend
JULY 5, 2023
Reviewing Ben Long's "Hunter & Angler Field Guide to Raising Hell"
JUNE 29, 2023
Building a Business: How to Create and Maintain a Following
JUNE 16, 2023
Behind the Scenes: Mother of the Year
JUNE 13, 2023
Q&A with Whitetail Photographer Lance Krueger
JUNE 9, 2023
My Whitetail Photography Must-Have For the Field
JUNE 7, 2023
How Photography Helps Conservation
JUNE 1, 2023
An April Full of Gobblers
MAY 3, 2023
"Caribou: Wind Walkers of the Northern Wilderness" by Mark Raycroft
MAY 1, 2023
Q&A with Wildlife Photographer Matthew Gehly
APRIL 20, 2023
Elk Photography Tips with Daniel Lindhardt
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
"Moose: Crowned Giant of the Northern Wilderness" by Mark Raycroft
JANUARY 18, 2023
My 2023 Photography Goals
JANUARY 1, 2023
Shots By Shopes 2022 Photos of the Year
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Exploring Erie National Wildlife Refuge
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Senate Bill 431: No More Pink Envelopes
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
My Biggest Archery Buck
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Summer Shooting in South Park - September Edition
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Screamin' Season in Benezette, PA
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
Shenandoah National Park Recap
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Summer Shooting in South Park - August Edition
AUGUST 30, 2022
Q&A with Whitetail Photographer Matt Hansen
AUGUST 10, 2022
Q&A with Outdoor Photographer Jason Loftus
AUGUST 3, 2022
Closing Out July at Benezette
AUGUST 2, 2022
Summer Shooting in South Park - July Edition
JULY 29, 2022
My Top 12 Photography Inspirations
JULY 20, 2022
Q&A with Outdoor Photographer Phoebe Carnes
JULY 14, 2022
Wapiti Woods: Photographers Paradise
JULY 1, 2022
Q&A with Creekbed Photography
MAY 2, 2022
Q&A with Wildlife Photographer Mark Raycroft
APRIL 26, 2022
Elk Photography in Pennsylvania
JANUARY 10, 2022
Bird and Raptor Photography
JANUARY 10, 2022
Pennsylvania...Mule Deer?
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
What is Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)?
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
My First Archery Buck
NOVEMBER 7, 2020
Perseverance
DECEMBER 5, 2018