UNIT 102 Ruby Mountains To be auctioned at the March 8th, 2012, Livermore-Pleasanton Mule Deer Foundation Annual Banquet. The first tag will be auctioned and the high bidder will have the opportunity to buy the second tag at the same price. To bid by phone contact Randy Morrison at (707) 592 9998, prior to the [...]
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Nevada Landowner Tag Auction March 8, 2012
Posted in Big game hunting, landowner tag, mule deer, The Mule Deer Foundation, wildlife conservation, tagged Landowner tag at auction on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
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 Rut
Posted in animal behavior, deer, mule deer, whitetail deer, tagged mule deer behavior, whitetail deer behavior on November 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
During the BC hunt, I was able to video bucks chasing does on two occasions. Watch these videos and you’ll see for your own eyes that whitetail bucks are more aggressive breeders. The first clip is a good-sized muley buck and the second clip a smaller whitetail buck. These deer were filmed within a mile of each other. [...]
After a Great Week in CA, Leaving for a BC Trophy Deer Hunt Tomorrow
Posted in Deer hunting, Duck hunting, ducks, Gear, Hunting, mule deer, The Mule Deer Foundation, trophy hunting, whitetail deer, tagged Trophy hunting on November 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The middle of November is both frustrating and exhilarating. Duck season is always ebbing as pheasant season begins. Yesterday morning was classic. After three hours of working at bagging a mallard, a stiff late-morning wind brought a flock of mallards within range and I managed to bring one down. The final approach duck boat is [...]
Sometimes You Need Some Luck
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hardest Hunts, mule deer, tagged Archery hunting for mule deer on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday morning Aug 17, 2000 the opening morning of the CA x-12 deer season. Rob and I had drawn archery tags for the unit and planned to hunt just west of the Nevada border near Lobdale Reservoir, known for it’s population of grayling trout. We set up camp about two miles east of the reservoir [...]
Thoughts for Planning Your Deer Hunt in 2010
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, hunting public areas, mule deer, tagged Hunting fo deer on public lands on June 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whether hunting public lands in an X zone, D zone or B zone, your best bet is to find a camp site that is remote enough that other hunters won’t be in your face. Once you locate such a site, the next key is to set up your camp early enough to give yourself a [...]
Rocky Mountain Mule Deer in California
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, mule deer, wildfire habitat recovery, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, tagged Eastern Slope California Deer, Mule Deer in California on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When dreaming mule deer bucks, you may picture themselves in the Colorado/ Wyoming mountains or the Utah/Arizona canyon country. But if you’ve hunted California’s eastern-slope mule deer, you know that our State can provide excellent hunting for respectable mule deer in a remote and picturesque setting. With a variety of habitat types and bioregions, California [...]
Back to Nevada – ’09 Mule Deer
Posted in landowner tag, mule deer on October 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last year’s Nevada buck. We’ll be looking to do better this year.Next week it will be back to Nevada. I’ve got my Nevada landowner tag again and this year I’ve saved it all for the last ten days of the season. If you followed my blog last year, you know that I hunted both the [...]
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 [...]
