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 Archery hunting, Big game hunting, ethics, hunting heritage, outdoor education, tagged Hunting, hunting ethics on July 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
After playing baseball for 25 years I can remember my days in the sun ‑ both of them.
Some high points come to mind… stealing a base and knocking in the game winning run a couple times, but unfortunately there were many more times when I missed fat pitches that came “right down the pipe.”
As a [...]
Posted in Archery hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, birds, birds of prey, blacktail deer, deer, photography, wildlife, tagged hunting blacktail deer, California deer hunting, photographing wildlife from a blind on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The day began with a typical flurry of bird activity. Many were drinking from the pond and others were bathing.
The acorn woodpecker posed for several photos from about 15 feet away.
A stellar jay joined him and it seemed like they were buddies, but I think not.
Scrub jays were everywhere, both adult and imature.
These young California [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Hunting, elk, hunting public areas, tagged Archery Elk Hunting, Hunting the Elk rut, Elk hunting in Idaho on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The first time is often special.
My first hunt for elk was one of those times. It was an experience that inspired me to start writing about my outdoor experiences.
The hunt took place in September of 1985. My brother, Rob, and I hooked up with some friends who lived in Council Idaho. They pointed out [...]
Posted in Alaska hunting, Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, Salmon fishing, blacktail deer, fishing, grizzly bears, outdoors, travel, tagged fishing for silver salmon, grizzly bear encounters, Hunting in Alaska, sitka blacktail deer on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the top hunting trips of my life took place about ten years ago in Alaska. The original trip was based upon a caribou hunt I purchased at the MDF Convention in Sacramento.
Ironically, it was the self-guided blacktail hunt on Kodiak Island (which followed the caribou hunt) that topped the list for excitement.
We arranged [...]
Posted in African wildlife, Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Hunting, Hunts with a Professional Hunter or Outfitter, Kruger National Park, african, safaris, wildebest, tagged safaris, South Africa, Wildebeest on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The wildebeest is a distinctly African animal. If I’d seen “The Lion King” prior to going to Africa, I might have made different decisions.
The blue wildebeest in the above photo was observed and photographed from a vehicle at Kruger National Park.
I took the photo on week two of our African “safari.” On week three, I [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Hunting, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, wildlife conservation, tagged mule deer habitat in Nevada on August 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hard to believe that I could not spot a single deer from this lofty perch on the last day of the hunt. I could see a couple buck antelope in the distance and a little further out approximately 30 wild horses, but no mule deer.
The buck in the above photo was the second largest buck [...]
