Nothing makes me think of the good old days like pheasant hunting.
While looking through the archives – the days before digital photography – I found some old photos of our 90s pheasant harvest. A few of them have the date on them – 11-25-95.
That is fourteen years ago and it sure was different then. Take [...]
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The Good Old Days – again.
Posted in California Delta, Hunting, habitat manipulation, pheasant, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged delta pheasant hunting on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Aerial Spraying Results – 15 days after spraying
Posted in California Delta, Farm Management, Wildlife habitat, seasonal marsh, wildfire habitat recovery, wildlife management, tagged duck and pheasant habitat, habitat management on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Tuesday, June 16 2009 a helicopter spraying company hit our thick stands of cattails, tules, Bermuda and blackberries with a 3 quart to the acre mix of roundup.
Took a trip to Mayberry yesterday to view the results of the aerial spraying efforts. I found the cattails to be hard hit. Bermuda grass showed signs that [...]
A Few Shots of Mayberry Last Weekend 2009
Posted in California Delta, Duck hunting, Gear, seasonal marsh, tagged Duck hunting on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rob and Wes tried to downplay the significance of killing ducks by holding a jam session.
If you’re serious about duck hunting, you may be interested in some of the items that I believe are valuable in the marsh. 1.) Note that my Bennelli pump is camoflauged. I like a pump because I can stick it in [...]
More Youth Hunt Photos
Posted in California Delta, Duck hunting, photography, seasonal marsh, waterfowl, wildlife management, youth in the outdoors, tagged Youth Waterfowl Hunt on February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here are some shots of the recent youth hunt. These were taken by Ron Spradlin.
Darron Solero, CWA Regional Director, set up the hunt and cooked the prehunt wild game feed of mallard and honker breasts. His son, Hunter, came along for the trip.
Ron and Robbie around the camp fire.
Robbie at the ready.
Rich in the distance, Rob [...]
A First-Duck-Hunt Jackpot
Posted in California Delta, Duck hunting, seasonal marsh, wildlife management, youth in the outdoors, tagged youth in the outdoors, Youth Waterfowl Hunt on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Youth hunts are supposed to be a good opportunity, but this was ridiculous.
Fourteen year old Robbie was on his first duck hunt and he must have been impressed as we headed for the pond. Thousands of ducks and geese were rising from the marsh as we approached.
Snow geese were exploding from the water with a [...]
Mick and Rich at Webb Tract
Posted in California Delta, Duck hunting, Hunting, goose, outdoors, tagged Goose hunting on January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mick Dover and I hunted geese on Webb tract Jan 14th and it was a nice day. Ususally warm weather makes goose and duck hunting tough, but yesterday it didn’t matter.
A ground fog greeted us in the morning but burned off about 10 AM. Although we shot a spec and pintail in the fog, the [...]
Does the California Delta Have Big Largemouth Bass?
Posted in California Delta, bass fishing, fishing, tagged CA Delta Largemouth fishing on January 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This photo was taken last year. I was parked on a delta levee and watched this gentleman land a largemouth. It appears to be the largest largemouth bass that I’ve even seen in person while (it was) still alive.
You might still be able to catch this fish as I watched the fisherman release it.
How much do [...]
The Pheasant Crash
Posted in California Delta, Farm Management, Hunting, Ranch Management, Wildlife habitat, pheasant, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged pheasant hunting, pheasants, managing for pheasant production on December 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
A comment on my post about the weekend hunting asked my opinion on why there are no pheasants in the Central Valley. The question is very appropriate and to say that the pheasant population has declined dramatically is an understatement.
Pheasants are survivors. They live in diverse habitats and under good conditions they thrive in California [...]
Near-Disaster Goose Hunt
Posted in California Delta, goose, outdoors on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The fog was thick.
How thick was it?
If you looked up into the air you might fall over from vertigo. It was the type of tule fog that would prevent us from reaching our duck club on Webb Tract before daylight, in fact we didn’t even leave the dock until nearly first light.
We’d crossed Frank’s Tract [...]
