Looks like Mick Dover is at it again. This time he’s got a great looking B-Zone blacktail from the mountains west of Corning. Haven’t got all the details yet, but here’s the photo.
Can’t wait to hear the stories that go along with this buck.
Archive for the ‘blacktail deer’ Category
Mick Strikes Again
Posted in Deer hunting, blacktail deer, tagged Mick Dover's blacktail buck on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Couple more Road Critters
Posted in blacktail deer, photography, reptiles, snakes, wildlife, tagged roadside wildlife, gopher snake on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No matter how hard we try, the majority of the critters we see are either in or next to the road we drive. I guess we just cover too much ground while driving. Passed this buck on the way home the other day. He’s not a huge buck but he is pretty.
Gopher snakes are harmless, [...]
2009 Kenndy Meadows D6 Pack in Archery Hunt
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 [...]
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 [...]
Opening Day of A-Zone Archery 2009
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 [...]
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 [...]
Kodiak Part 3: Just Another Day on the Ayakulak
Posted in Alaska hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, blacktail deer, grizzly bears, outdoors, tagged grizzly bear encounters, Kodiak Island, hunting sitka blacktail deer, Ayakulak River on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On day three of our Kodiak adventure I awoke quite stiff and sore. Upon our return to camp on day two, Rob had wrapped his deer in a plastic bag and buried it in the dirt a few yards from our tent to keep the bears from it.
Wrong! When Rob checked on it in the [...]
Kodiak Part 1: Blacktails, Silver Salmon and Grizzlies on Kodiak Island
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 [...]
Venison At Last
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, blacktail deer, outdoors, tule elk, tagged Blacktail deer hunting, tule elk on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It looked like my last chance to harvest a blacktail this year. The weather had cooled the last couple days and it was looking like a window of opportunity. With a positive feeling about my chances, I took off this afternoon and headed to the hills ready to shoot the first decent buck I could find. [...]
