A five-day drop-camp trip for two people will be offered at the Livermore Pleasanton Mule Deer Foundation banquet on March 10, 2011. Each person will be provided with a riding horse and pack mule along with a packer to load the animals and guide them to camp. On day one the packer will deliver the riders [...]
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Kennedy Meadows Pack Station adds Pack Trip to the Livermore-Pleasanton MDF Auction
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, fundraising, horse pack trip, The Mule Deer Foundation, trout fishing, tagged Kennedy Meadows Pack Station, MDF Banquet Livermore-Pleasanton Chapter on February 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
2010 D6 Hunt Mostly a Bust
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, horse pack trip on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We were there. On the ridge top at 9850 ft elevation, spotting scopes poised as the sun rose last Friday morning, one day before the D6 opener. The wind howled as it became light enough to catch the image of deer within 200 yards of us, then 500, then clear across the basin to the [...]
D6 Drop Camp Rifle Deer Hunt 2009
Posted in Big game hunting, black bears, Deer hunting, horse pack trip, hunting public areas, tagged Black Bear, D6 Deer Zone, Deer hunting, Kenndy Meadows Pack Station, mountain quail on September 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On the last day of the D6 hunt, I took a long shot at a small buck feeding on a ridge overlooking the Clarke Fork of the Stanislaus River. Each day produced excitement of one type or another. On the second day of the hunt, I passed on a young buck, but he just didn’t [...]
2009 Kenndy Meadows D6 Pack in Archery Hunt
Posted in animal tracks, Archery hunting, black bears, blacktail deer, Deer hunting, horse pack trip, hunting public areas, Mountain lions, mule deer, tagged Hunting with Kennedy Meadows Pack Station, Pack in deer hunt 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 [...]
Back Country Mule Deer Hunt Slide Show
Posted in Big game hunting, horse pack trip, Hunting, mule deer, outdoors, tagged California mule deer hunting, high country mule deer hunt, horse pack trip on September 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On Wednesday morning we headed up canyon. On Thursday, after glassing for bucks in the morning, Rob and Wes headed to their spike camp in preparation for hunting on Saturday. The packs look heavy and they were. The climb to spike camp was up a steep trail and about a 1,000 foot climb. Although [...]
