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 [...]
Archive for the ‘mule deer’ Category
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 »
Columbia Basin Ranch Hunt Ends with a Bang
Posted in Deer hunting, Guided hunts, Hunting, mule deer on November 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Nevada Muzzleloader Hunt
Posted in Deer hunting, Hunting, mule deer, Muzzleloader hunting, wild horses, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged Muzzleloader hunting for deer on October 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was jazzed about the opportunity to hunt mule deer with my muzzleoader in Nevada. After great debate, I decided to hunt the Robert’s Creek Mountains first and follow up with the Diamond Peak Range and finally the Cortez Mountains if all else failed. My friends Pat and Jerry Lowery came along for company and support. [...]
Two Trips in One
Posted in Archery hunting, Deer hunting, elk, Hunting, mule deer, Muzzleloader hunting, tagged Big Game Hunting on September 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m preparing to depart on an Idaho archery elk hunt and a Nevada muzzleloader mule deer hunt at the same time. I’ll be hunting with my brother, Rob and cousin, Wes. The Idaho hunt will be a week followed by a week in Nevada, where I’ll be joined by Jerry Lowery. Loading for two hunts isn’t [...]
Nevada Mule Deer Tag
Posted in Deer hunting, Hunting, mule deer, Muzzleloader hunting, tagged Hunting mule deer on June 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Struck pay-dirt for a deer tag in Nevada. With three bonus points, I figured my odds were pretty good. Now the rest of the story. The hunt is a muzzleloader hunt and I don’t even own a rifle. I guess I’ll be taking the crash course over the next couple months. I’ve fired a muzzleloader [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
The Harry Rowell Buck
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, mule deer, mule deer, tagged Harry Rowell Buck on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Got this email message from Paul Cardoza regarding the post, “The Good Old Days.” Rich, here’s the pic of me holding the buck I came across at the Sports show in Frisco, 1981. Stan Escover had the 9×12 photo that we compared Rowells buck with the buck one I’m holding in this pic. The picture that [...]
The Good Old Days
Posted in Hunting, mule deer, tagged Good Old Days, Mule Deer Hunting on January 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a photo of Harry Rowell and and another fellow. This other fellow has been called Johnny horsekiller by some of the locals. I don’t have the story to go with the name. The photo speaks for itself. From what I’ve been told, these deer were killed in Nevada. Any of them would win the [...]
