While archery hunting along the Dalton Highway, AKA the Haul Road, I met a man from Fairbanks by the name of Dickie Byrd. Dickie is a true woodsman and has passed on some great moose hunting stories. We have stayed in touch and recently he sent me the following photo and message. It ties in [...]
Archive for July, 2008
More about Hunting Alaska’s Haul Road
Posted in Archery hunting, outdoors, photography, tagged Dalton Highway on July 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Departing for Nevada High-Desert Archery Mule Deer Hunt
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, mule deer, outdoors, tagged Achery hunting for deer on July 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Seems like the last week before leaving for a hunting trip is always a stressful time. Besides getting ready to hunt - tuning bow, shooting, and hiking to maintain some kind of conditioning - there’s the equipment and supplies required to make the trip as comfortable and productive as possible.
Caption: Santa Rosa Mountains, just west [...]
Wildflowers, Waterfalls and Wilderness
Posted in wildflowers, tagged wildflowers on July 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The wildflowers were out in full force in the Hoover Wilderness last weekend. These flowers were along the Little Walker River at about 9200 feet elevation. Lupines on the far bank, but I don’t know the name of the yellows ones. Butterflies were also out in numbers.
One the way home we discovered Levitt Falls along highway 108 on the [...]
Scouting for the 2008 Mule Deer Hunt
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, mule deer, outdoors, wildlife, tagged scouting for mule deer on July 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Scouting for mule deer. What does that mean? When you’re looking at a huge area, you’ve got many different levels of scouting.
We’ve hunted CA deer zone X12 before and it has huge deer habitat. It seems as if the entire unit holds deer. We’ve concluded that the biggest bucks are in the most difficult spots [...]
Costs of Shipping Your Trophies home from Africa
Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My South Africa trip ended last July and this week I picked up my final delivery of processed trophies from Golden State Tannery, Inc. located in Turlock. The last two boxes included the back hides from my kudu bull, back hide from my impala ram and complete hide from my black wildebeest.
Along with the hides [...]
Fiscal Assessment of SB1172 which will come before the CA Assembly Appropriations Committee in mid-August
Posted in Big game hunting, Hunting, legislation, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged legislation on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Date of Hearing: July 2, 2008
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mark Leno, Chair
SB 1172 (Dutton) - As Amended: June 25, 2009
Policy Committee: Water, Parks &
Wildlife Vote: 12-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill restructures the process by which the Department of
Fish and Game (DFG) deposits [...]
Opening Day of Deer Season 2008
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, birds, outdoors, photography, tagged Deer hunting on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Opening day is always good. This year was unique as I hunted alone with little fanfare. As my blind was set up for afternoon and evening winds, I didn’t get up early. Arriving about 2:00 PM, the weather was warm, but not unbearable. An appropriate sweat kept me cool enough and as usual, animal activity kept [...]
Getting Ready for Deer Season 2008
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Hunting, blacktail deer, boar, mule deer, outdoors, tagged Add new tag, Deer hunting on July 8, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Saturday it starts, deer season 2008. I’ve got my ground blind set beside a pond that typically attacts bucks during hot weather. I’ve missed a couple from this spot, but never put my tag on one yet. But this may be the year.
My blind is commercially made and has several ports to shoot through. I [...]
Common Mergansers
Posted in outdoors, wildlife, tagged Common mergansers on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Mergansers thrive at Butt Lake and when we’re fishing, the large broods often swim by within a few yards of us. They seem to be searching for pond smelt which can be numerous.
During the day they lay in the sun along the bank and rest.
Nevada Landowner Antelope Tag, Utah Elk Tag
Posted in Hunting, tagged Add new tag, Nevada Landowner Antelope Tag on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s another offering from Jim Lopresto.
Rich,
I just was notified of a Nevada Antelope tag available in Units 114 -
115.
Tag Only cost is $2100 and Guided is $3750.
These are premium zones.
Season - Aug 22
Also Utah Elk Tag $8300 / guide $5500 - 340 + Bulls
Dates September 13 - 23 and Late - Nov. 8 - 14
Let [...]
