UNIT 102 Ruby Mountains To be auctioned at the March 8th, 2012, Livermore-Pleasanton Mule Deer Foundation Annual Banquet. The first tag will be auctioned and the high bidder will have the opportunity to buy the second tag at the same price. To bid by phone contact Randy Morrison at (707) 592 9998, prior to the [...]
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Nevada Landowner Tag Auction March 8, 2012
Posted in Big game hunting, landowner tag, mule deer, The Mule Deer Foundation, wildlife conservation, tagged Landowner tag at auction on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
California Fails to Manage Mountain Lions
Posted in Big game hunting, blacktail deer, Hunting, Mountain lions, mule deer, mule deer, wildlife conservation, tagged Mountain lions on February 22, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Mountain lions are an essential element of California ecosystems. Unfortunately they are not currently managed in any form. Although the most important cougar prey species, blacktail and mule deer, are managed, a failure to manage the main species that eats deer makes deer management less predictable. Other states have progressive, scientific methods of managing wildlife and consider mountain lions [...]
All My Hunts are Trophy Hunts
Posted in Big game hunting, Hunting, hunting heritage on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When you look up the definition of trophy, you will find something like, “A prize or memento held in remembrance of winning a competitive event.” If you do some research, you’ll find various definitions of trophy hunting that go something like this: “Trophy hunting is hunting with the intent of retaining some type of trophy [...]
Decision Time Tomorrow
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, mule deer, trophy hunting on November 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Looked at a lot of mule deer bucks the last two days – more four point bucks than I can recount. Not sure exactly how large the largest buck has been. Only one way to know that for sure. Hunting near Wilson Creek, Washington. Buck Run, the private ranch on which I’m hunting, is managed under [...]
First Muzzleloader Buck
Posted in Big game hunting, blacktail deer, Deer hunting, Muzzleloader hunting, tagged Blacktail deer hunt, Muzzleloader hunting for deer on August 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My first buck came by bow and arrow in 1971. My first rifle-killed buck came in about 1997 or so. Last weekend I bagged my first muzzleloader buck. I decided early on that in order to improve my competency with the muzzleloader, I needed to go all the way and kill a buck. With two [...]
Hogs Gone Wild
Posted in Big game hunting, boar, Hunting, photography, tagged Wild Boar on August 1, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Some of you may have seen the Discovery Channel program titled “Hogs Gone Wild.” I might not have ever watched it except for a personal interest established when the show agreed to pay me $75 for the use of one of my photos. The photo in question was taken after a friend of mine bagged a giant [...]
Books Bull
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, elk, Hunting, tagged Archery Elk Hunting, Archery hunting on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I appear to be growling as I kneel over this six-point bull. A neck shot drained the blood from this bull quickly and I heard him drop with a thud. Rob dropped me off in darkness at the base of one of two Idaho mountains we called The Bookends – The Books for short. [...]
Gaming for a Big-Game Tag in 2011
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, blacktail deer, Deer hunting, elk, fundraising, Hunting, landowner tag, mule deer, sheep, tule elk, wildlife conservation, tagged Big Game tag lottery on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s easy to spend money and not go hunting. I once came across an interesting character who used to put in for Los Banos Wildlife Area in the waterfowl lottery. One weekend he was drawn and arrived three days early so he could be first in line for the Saturday hunt. He got the space blind he wanted, [...]
Bad News – but Good News in UC Lead-Poisoning Reports
Posted in Big game hunting, birds of prey, golden eagles, lead ammunition, outdoor education, turkey vultures, tagged Lead poisoning in turkey vultures and golden eagles on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two reports from UC Davis confirm what most of us have expected. Turkey vultures, ravens and golden eagles eat the remains of deer, pig, bear and various varmints killed by hunters and those birds have been proven to ingest lead when eating the remains that contain lead from lead bullets. Lead bullets often fragment when they enter the target animal. Those [...]
Wild Bunch from Craig, CO Donates Combo Late Season Hunt to MDF
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, elk, fundraising, Hunting, mule deer, The Mule Deer Foundation, wildlife conservation, tagged Colorado Deer/Elk Hunt at MDF Auction, Craig Wild Bunch on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
2010 Late Season Elk For the second year in a row, Willie White’s Craig Wild Bunch, Inc. is donating a late season Combo deer, elk hunt on their private 3,800 acre ranch near Craig Colorado. The hunt takes place during the 4th rifle season and is for either sex elk or mule deer. The hunter [...]
