Posted in Archery hunting, Deer hunting, Mountain lions, animal tracks, black bears, blacktail deer, horse pack trip, hunting public areas, mule deer, tagged Pack in deer hunt, Hunting with Kennedy Meadows Pack Station on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fernando was one of our two packers.
Randy was the other. They work for Kennedy Meadows Pack Station. The owner, Matt Bloom, is very accommodating.
This was a very large bear and we saw him two days in a row. We observed about six bears in all.
One bruin left his track near camp, but we didn’t have any [...]
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, The Mule Deer Foundation, blacktail deer, wildlife conservation, tagged Purple Heart Tour, Purple Heart blacktail deer hunt on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The weekend of August 14-16 was a whirlwind event for the Purple Heart Tour hunters – Dan Hammack, Kevin Olech, Ryan Olech and Austin Schultz. After flying in from Atlanta and Memphis to SFO the time flew by as one event led to another. From airport to hotel to gun range to BBQ to hunting, there wasn’t [...]
Posted in Big game hunting, Hunting, blacktail deer, tagged Deer hunting, Coastal Blacktail Season on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When you’re in your office trying to get things done or when you’re explaining to your wife why you must spend the night at the ranch in order to hunt deer it sometimes seems like there’s never a good day to go hunting.
On the other hand, once your on stand or setting up your spotting [...]
Posted in Wildlife habitat, pheasant, turkey, wildlife conservation, tagged quail hatch, turkey hatch on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For some time I’ve been thinking that the wet spring of 2009 should have been a good one for quail, turkey and maybe even pheasants. Now we’re seeing signs that it was. On my way to the ranch last week I took a route through our turkey territory and came upon a flock of about [...]
