Gray Lodge, October 1986
One would suspect that arriving three days before the start of duck season would be early enough to assure entrance to Gray Lodge Wildlife Area for the start of the season. How many people would come and wait in line for three days in order to hunt on opening morning? The answer [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Opening Day of the California Duck Season at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, October 1986
Posted in Duck hunting, Hunting, Wildlife habitat, hunting public areas, outdoors, wildlife management, tagged Duck hunting, duck hunting tactics, Gray Lodge Wildlife Refuge, hunting the public areas, John Cowan, unattached hunter on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Back Country Mule Deer Hunt Slide Show
Posted in Big game hunting, Hunting, horse pack trip, mule deer, outdoors, tagged California mule deer hunting, high country mule deer hunt, horse pack trip on September 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On Wednesday morning we headed up canyon.
On Thursday, after glassing for bucks in the morning, Rob and Wes headed to their spike camp in preparation for hunting on Saturday. The packs look heavy and they were. The climb to spike camp was up a steep trail and about a 1,000 foot climb.
Although we saw no [...]
Ready for X12 Pack Trip
Posted in Big game hunting, Hunting, mule deer, outdoors, tagged Deer hunting on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The blacktail is in the freezer. Made some nice venison breakfast sausage – a little spicy, but very good. Jerky in the dehydrator, almost ready to take along on the trip. Used the vacuum sealer to package the meat. Since there’s almost nobody around here who processes wild game, it’s easier to just do it [...]
Tule Elk in the East Bay Area – SFPUC Lands
Posted in Big game hunting, Hunting, The Mule Deer Foundation, elk, fundraising, outdoors, tule elk, wildlife, wildlife management, tagged fundraising elk tag, tule elk on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I photographed this tule elk bull on my way home. I was querried as to whether I considered this bull to be good sized. It’s always hard for me to tell somebody else that a bull elk or buck deer is a large one. Just when I say, “Yea, that’s bigger than anything [...]
Venison At Last
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, blacktail deer, outdoors, tule elk, tagged Blacktail deer hunting, tule elk on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It looked like my last chance to harvest a blacktail this year. The weather had cooled the last couple days and it was looking like a window of opportunity. With a positive feeling about my chances, I took off this afternoon and headed to the hills ready to shoot the first decent buck I could find. [...]
Sarah Palin and Teddy Roosevelt
Posted in Big game hunting, Hunting, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged artic wildlife refuge, CNN Political Reporting, Hunting Alaska, Sarah Palin, Wolf management, wolves on September 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
On a recent evening in the hills near Livermore, I climbed a rock overlooking a couple square miles of deer habitat. It wasn’t the best spot for spotting deer, but it did overlook a lot of country so I decided to give it a try.
As the evening wore on, I spotted a coyote in the [...]
California Coastal Blacktail Season, So Far
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, blacktail deer, outdoors, tagged Blacktail deer hunting on September 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Been a slow season so far. The end is approaching and so are the best opportunities. There seem to be plenty of deer, but the bucks are not showing. The fawn population also looks good. I’d guess that we have about 50 fawns per 100 does.
I slept out on the ridge top a couple times [...]
Mule Deer Foundation Approves CA 2008 Projects
Posted in Ecology, The Mule Deer Foundation, Wildlife habitat, mule deer, wildlife, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged deer habitat improvement on September 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Draft Minutes of CA TAC meeting Wed Sept 3, 2008, 10:30 AM
Location: Foster’s Big Horn Grill, 143 Main Street, Rio Vista CA
Present: MDF Staff: Bob Meulengracht, Fawna Gregory, Brian Lake; CDFG: Mary Sommer, BLM David Burton, USFS: George Garcia, COHA: Rick Bullock; MDF Volunteers, Rich Fletcher – State Chair, Joe Sunderland – Sacramento Chapter
1. Reviewed [...]
