Posted in Archery hunting, Deer hunting, Mountain lions, animal tracks, black bears, blacktail deer, horse pack trip, hunting public areas, mule deer, tagged Hunting with Kennedy Meadows Pack Station, Pack in deer hunt 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 Coyotes, animal tracks, tracking, tagged animal tracks, coyote tracks, Coyotes on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The coyote is the most visible predator in our region and probably in North America. Its tracks can be found in most wild places in California and elsewhere in the West. The coyote is a canine and its track patterns are very similar to all canines including foxes and wolves. The tracks below were sketched [...]
Posted in Deer hunting, animal tracks, outdoors, tracking on March 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Our tracks and the tracks of the pursued are intricately woven into the land that we live on. We cannot escape from the mold that we have been placed into. Every creature leaves a unique trail in its path. The ability to decipher this trail and follow or learn about the one who left it [...]
Posted in animal tracks, mule deer, outdoors, tracking on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I few years ago I took some notes in my notebook about the set of tracks described above. Later I transfered my sketch to piece of paper. The track was interesting because it showed more than just a set of tracks.
The size of the animal’s stride indicated to me that it was a buck. The [...]
