Set up my trail camera about ten days ago and Rob exchanged the SD card on Sunday. Here are a few of the better photos. That’s about a weeks worth of bucks and I’ve got a similar number of does. I’m playing around with the rest of the data provided by the camera. I’ll let [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Here’s a Trail Cam Sample
Posted in blacktail deer, Deer hunting, photography, Trail Camera, tagged Trail Camera on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Joshua Bags His Blacktail
Posted in blacktail deer, California Deer Association, Deer hunting, handicaped hunters, Purple Heart Tour, The Mule Deer Foundation, vehicle for handicaped hunters, tagged handicaped hunters, handicapped hunters on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The weather has been a little tough on the Purple Heart Outdoor Tour hunters, but on the Banke Ranch action was pretty good with the hunters counting 79 deer during the day leading up to a small gathering for dinner with Kathy Banke providing some tasty BBQ tri-tips. After dinner the hunting crew prepared for the [...]
Jerry’s Hardest Hunt
Posted in Big game hunting, Hardest Hunts, sheep on August 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Got this email from Jerry Lowery this week. Jerry and I have been friends for many years and served together on The Mule Deer Foundation Board of Directors for several years. Jerry’s a hard core big game hunter and hunts only with his muzzle loader. He has taken many big game trophies with his muzzle [...]
A Follow-up on “Stockpiling Deer”
Posted in blacktail deer, Deer hunting on August 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a photo of the Buck We Should have Shot Last Season. It’s easy to get complacent when you control your property and it’s easy to pass on bucks thinking you’ll get them later. I was rumaging around in my camera disks and came up with this photo. These are last year’s photos of two [...]
Finally, a Seed Mix for Western Deer
Posted in Deer hunting, habitat manipulation, planting, The Mule Deer Foundation on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
August 18, 2010 Contact: Miles Moretti Tel.: 1-888-375-DEER E-mail: president@muledeer.org MDF and Granite Seed Company announce partnership to benefit members and habitat SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Mule Deer Foundation and Granite Seed Company have formed a unique partnership that will offer MDF members free consultations and the opportunity to acquire professional-grade native seed [...]
Help Defeat California Assembly Bill 1810
Posted in firearms, legislation, tagged AB 1810 on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why? Please veiw this video by COHA director, Rob Olsen, President of Delta Waterfowl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Npxho7NEw
Here’s the Scoop on Our Fifth Purple Heart Outdoor Tour Blacktail Hunter
Posted in Purple Heart Tour, The Mule Deer Foundation on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Got this info in an email from LTC Hammack this morning. My Name is Joshua Olson. I was born August 21, 1979 in Spokane Washington. I graduated from high school in 1997 and enlisted straight into the Army. I went to basic training and AIT at Fort Benning, Ga. My first duty station was at [...]
Hunterlandowner gets Award
Posted in awards, blogs on August 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
You never know about stuff you receive by email. That’s why I was a bit skeptical when I got an email saying that I was receiving a award for hunterlandowner, my blog. I wrote back to Amy Wilkes at Online University, and here’s the response. Hey Rich, No problem. Actually 2 ideas went into your [...]
A Walk Around a Revived Pond
Posted in amphibians, California newt, California red-legged frog, California Tiger Salamander, Endangered species, wildlife, tagged California newt larvae, California red-legged frog juvenile, California tiger salamander larvae on August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Two summers ago we repaired the dam on one of our best ponds. It was also filled with bass and bluegill, something that gave use pleasure on many occasions. However, as we prepared to make this parcel ready for a conservation easement for endangered species, we were required to remove the fish. We pumped the [...]
Can’t Stockpile Wildlife
Posted in Big game hunting, deer, Mountain lions, wildlife management, tagged mountain lion management on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When you think you have control over a population of animals on your property, you’re heading for disappointment. Nature is designed to end surplus and if you don’t step in when a surplus is available, something else will. We found this out a few years ago when we had a rather unusal buck on our [...]
