We stayed in the Chalets, lined up on the left of the photo an and ate meals in the building in the background.
Red stags were pretty easy to find. The hunting took place inside a four thousand acre enclosure. I’m not sure what the density of stags was, but there were plenty.
On my second day [...]
Archive for October, 2008
New Zealand – Hunting and other Fun Stuff to do
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Hunting, birds, outdoors, red stag, travel, tagged hunting in New Zealand, New Zealand travel on October 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Opening Day of Duck Season 2008
Posted in Duck hunting, Hunting, dog, tagged 2008 Duck Opener on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was a slow opener at Mayberry Farms. Just didn’t have the number of ducks that usually show. Could have been due to the way we managed the club in September, but more likely it was simply due to the ducks not being in our area.
Funny how ducks move around. We try to understand why [...]
Ducks of Autumn
Posted in Duck hunting, Hunting, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, pheasant, tagged 2008 duck opener Oct 18 on October 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Checked the water at Mayberry Farms today. Opened the gate valve on one syphon and had to set up the vacuum pump and reprime the other pipe, but the real news was that the weather finally turned to autumn and not only that, but the ducks were flying.
With the wind gusting to over 20 mph [...]
Creating a Mule Deer Hunt Check List
Posted in Big game hunting, Hunting, mule deer, outdoors, tagged preparing for your deer hunt on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Call it old age and memory loss or whatever you want. I cannot prepare for a lengthy deer hunt anymore without preparing a checklist. Therefore, I keep a checklist from each hunt saved on my computer. That way I can just revise it for the next hunt. Here’s a draft of my next checklist prepared [...]
Mick’s Big Utah Buck
Posted in Hunting, The Mule Deer Foundation, mule deer, tagged trophy Utah mule deer on October 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mick Dover just sent in this photo of the buck he killed in Utah recently. Mick’s a member of our Livermore MDF Chapter and former Chapter Chair. Nice buck Mick.
Nevada Landowner Mule Deer Tag
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, wildlife conservation, tagged landowner mule deer tag on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For the first time in my life, I bought a landowner tag this year. I’ve been involved with the sale of many mule deer tags, primarily for The Mule Deer Foundation in the form of State Fundraising tags. The fundraising tags produce money for deer programs in their respective states.
Caption: Here’s one of the bucks I [...]
The Goats of Mayberry
Posted in Duck hunting, Farm Management, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, seasonal marsh, seasonal marsh, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged flood up for duck hunting, habitat management through goat grazing on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The goats are in and they’re doing their job. As many at 1,700 goats have been grazing on our duck club and they are removing much of the vegitation choking our duck ponds.
This is Walter the Peruvian goat herder. Talks about as much English as I do Spanish.
Walter says the great Pyrenees guard dogs make [...]
Climb the Mountain, Catch the Fish, Utilize the Outdoor Classroom
Posted in Hunting, Wildlife habitat, mule deer, outdoors, youth in the outdoors, tagged outdoor education, teaching urban youth about hunting and fishing, youth in the outdoors on October 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A couple weeks ago, I spent a week with three friends hutning deer in the Hoover Wilderness. Although my initial efforts were focused on bringing home a bragging buck, the mountain quickly humbled my attitude and in the end, my trophy buck was only a young three-point. It was still a trophy to me.
The altitude, [...]
