Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were filled with mule deer, but we didn’t find a no-brainer. We did find lots of mule deer and a few whitetails. I had the option of shooting a “trophy” buck or a management buck. Here’s a trophy quality buck we observed and passed on. Am I crazy? No. I’ll come [...]
Archive for the ‘Guided hunts’ Category
Columbia Basin Ranch Hunt Ends with a Bang
Posted in Deer hunting, Guided hunts, Hunting, mule deer on November 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
BC Deer Hunt
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Guided hunts, Hunts with a Professional Hunter or Outfitter, trophy hunting, tagged BC Deer Hunt on November 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
BC was great, the deer were there and the hunting was good. Although I didn’t bring home a buck, I was impressed by the opportunity and also the bucks my friends Jeff and George bagged. The area was densely wooded except where fields had been created by clearing timber and those fields held both whitetail and [...]
Versatile Clothing Makes for a Light Pack
Posted in Deer hunting, Guided hunts, Preparing for the hunt, travel on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s always difficult packing enough clothing for a serious hunt without creating a huge burden. On our recent D6 horse pack trip, I worked hard to keep clothing to a minimum. Having recently purchased some Sitka clothing, a 90% jacket, 90% pants, suspenders and base layer, I made this the core of my daily clothes. I [...]
Montana, Land of Plenty for the Outdoorsman
Posted in bass fishing, fishing, Guided hunts, Hunts with a Professional Hunter or Outfitter, whitetail deer on August 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just back from a week in Montana. What a place. Here’s a snippit of what we saw. We caught lots of smallmouth and some pike. The smally in the photo is three pounds, our largest. Fishing at Thompson Falls, we caught two others about that size and a zillion small bass. [...]
When Wounded Hogs Charge
Posted in Big game hunting, boar, Guided hunts, Hunting, outdoors, tagged Add new tag, boar hunting on May 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
During the several years that I part timed as a pig guide, we killed about 25 to 30 wild boars. Several hunters came back for a second or even third time. One of those was Roger Fung. Roger was very excited about killing a big pig. He was slight of stature, probably in the [...]
