A few weeks ago, my brother told me that he’d been hearing a strange animal making a sound from the trail behind his house. He described the sound as half way between a coyote and a cat sound. Our friend Joe said that is was the sound of a gray fox.
A few days after Rob told [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Gray Fox, City Fox
Posted in gray fox, wildlife, tagged gray fox, urban wildlife on June 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Where have the Pigs Gone?
Posted in Archery hunting, Hunting, boar, dogs, wildlife management, tagged Hunting pigs in California, Pig decline in California on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
About twenty-five years ago, I shot my first pig. It was a surprise pig as I ran into it while hunting turkeys. The sow weighed about 200 pounds and I spined it with an arrow from about 30 yards. At the time, pigs were present in Alameda County, but not prevalent.
Ten years later we were [...]
Getting Ready for A-Zone Blacktail – 2009
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, blacktail deer, hunting public areas, tagged archery deer hunting, A-Zone Blacktail hunting, blacktail deer, California Coastal Blacktail Hunting on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
California’s A-zone blacktail aren’t big deer. Every once in a while a 24 inch wide buck shows up and occasionally one that has four points per side. Here are a few live photos of some A-zone bucks. Most of the bucks you’ll see in the A-zone are forked horns.
This is a cache creek buck photographed [...]
Hunting Turkeys at the Cache Creek Wildlife Area
Posted in Hunting, hunting public areas, turkey, tagged Cache Creek, Cache Creek Wildlife Area, Public Lands Turkey Hunting, Wilson Valley on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t been to the Wilson Valley in quite a few years. The hike in is a workout, especially during deer season when the weather is warm.
My brother, Rob, and I first hiked into the Wilson Valley during the 1980’s when we were eager to find a place to hunt turkeys. We had hunted the [...]
