SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Mule Deer Foundation President and CEO Miles
Moretti announced today that MDF has once again put over $1.5 million
dollars on the ground in 2009 to enhance and conserve mule deer and
black-tailed deer habitat throughout the western United States. The
money was raised through the sale of state wildlife auction and
raffle tags, local [...]
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Mule Deer Foundation puts $1.5 Million on the Ground
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, The Mule Deer Foundation, Wildlife habitat, fundraising, wildlife conservation, tagged mule and blacktail deer projects, Mule Deer Foundation Projects on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
2009 Nevada Late Season Mule Deer Hunt
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, tagged Nevada mule deer hunt on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s interesting how every deer hunt takes on a new look. No two hunts are ever alike and this year’s Nevada mule deer hunt was nothing like last years.
We arrived to very cold temps and snow on the mountains. The first night it was difficult to sleep in the bitter cold. However, each day of [...]
Purple Heart Tour Blacktail Hunt – a Participant’s View by Kevin Olech
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, wildlife conservation, tagged Purple Heart Tour, Purple Hart Tour Blacktail Hunt on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kevin Olech and Dan Hammack with Kevin’s buck
by Kevin Olech, edited by Rich Fletcher
As long as I can remember, hunting has been a way of life for me and my brothers. We heard hunting stories and tales from as far back as I can remember. In my home town, the first day of deer season [...]
D6 Drop Camp Rifle Deer Hunt 2009
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, black bears, horse pack trip, hunting public areas, tagged Deer hunting, D6 Deer Zone, Black Bear, mountain quail, Kenndy Meadows Pack Station on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the last day of the D6 hunt, I made this video describing the action on the hunt and showing a bit of the rugged mountains along the Clarke Fork of the Stanislaus River.
On the second day of the hunt, I passed on a young buck, but managed to get a [...]
Quick on the Trigger
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, tagged A-Zone Blacktail hunting, trophy blacktail buck on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When the right buck comes along, it’s time to shoot. We learned this lesson a couple times this season. During the last week of the A-Zone season, Rob spotted a buck and it took Joe only a few seconds to zero in and put it to sleep.
Rob was a little bummed because it was the [...]
Purple Heart Blacktail Hunt
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 [...]
Never a Good Day – Never a Bad Day Either
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 [...]
Is Hunting a Sport?
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 [...]
New Tule Elk Unit In Our Future?
Posted in Big game hunting, tule elk, wildlife management, tagged hunting tule elk, tule elk on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yes, these tule elk are (or in this case, were) living in a the potential new tule elk unit.
These bulls were photographed last winter in Southern Alameda County. Here they are again, a little closer.
These are very respectible animals.
Here’s a lone bull photographed in the same area as those above on another trip. Hard to say [...]
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 [...]
