Mountain lions are the most secretive of creatures. By nature, they are generally much more aware of what’s going on around them than other animals, especially people. However, there are couple major clues one should keep in mind that can warn you of their presence – deer vocalizations and cat sounds.
Mountain lions scare the poop out of deer, [...]
Archive for August, 2008
When Lions are Near
Posted in Hunting, Mountain lions, mule deer, outdoors, wildlife, tagged cougars, Mountain lions on August 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Mayberry Farms in Summer – Cocklebur Battles
Posted in Ranch Management, Wildlife habitat, seasonal marsh, waterfowl, wildlife management, tagged cocklebur control, duck club management on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arrived at Mayberry this morning about 9:30 AM. I was amazed at the amount of water on the ground on Sherman Island.
Rob is battling cockleburs and he needed me to cut off irrigation of one of our fields. He kills the cockleburs by chopping them and then flooding them up for a few days. The [...]
Opening Day of Califoria A Zone Rifle Season
Posted in Hunting, outdoors, tagged acorn woodpecker, scrub jay on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The jays were active, but not the deer.
The deer didn’t seem to be doing much on Saturday morning. That’s not unusual. Between Rob and I we didn’t see a legal buck, but we we’re all that concerned. The season runs for another six weeks and the best days are usually the last two weeks of [...]
CDFG Big-Game Tag Funds Oversight Bill – SB1172 Bites the Dust
Posted in Big game hunting, Wildlife habitat, wildlife, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged SB 1172 on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday SB 1172 died in the California Assembly Appropriations Committee. Authored by Senator Dutton and Sponsored by COHA, the bill died after being placed in suspense due largely to the fact that it would force CDFG to come up with approximately $3M dollars to replace the money it has misappropriated from user-fee accounts that are supposed [...]
2008 Nevada Archery Mule Deer Hunt Wrap
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Hunting, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, wildlife conservation, tagged mule deer habitat in Nevada on August 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hard to believe that I could not spot a single deer from this lofty perch on the last day of the hunt. I could see a couple buck antelope in the distance and a little further out approximately 30 wild horses, but no mule deer.
The buck in the above photo was the second largest buck [...]
Mule Deer – How Big is Big Enough?
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Hunting, Wildlife habitat, mule deer, outdoors, tagged Archery hunting for mule deer on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Conflicted. That’s how I often feel when hunting mule deer. I’ve found two or three bucks so far this week that would be my personal best, but I’ve never killed a very large mule deer. I’d prefer to stalk a buck that’s a no brainer, but so far that one hasn’t showed up.
A very nice [...]
Nevada Archery Season Underway
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Hunting, mule deer, tagged archery deer hunting on August 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Arriving at an unknown Nevada desert location is always tricky. Add to that, darkness and unmarked dirt roads and outdated maps. Now you’ve got a royal pain in the you know what.
After traveling from daylight until dark, I was ready to hit the sack. I thought I was in the right location at 9:00 [...]
