Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, mule deer, outdoors, wildlife, tagged scouting for mule deer on July 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Scouting for mule deer. What does that mean? When you’re looking at a huge area, you’ve got many different levels of scouting.
We’ve hunted CA deer zone X12 before and it has huge deer habitat. It seems as if the entire unit holds deer. We’ve concluded that the biggest bucks are in the most difficult spots [...]
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Hunting, blacktail deer, boar, mule deer, outdoors, tagged Add new tag, Deer hunting on July 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Saturday it starts, deer season 2008. I’ve got my ground blind set beside a pond that typically attacts bucks during hot weather. I’ve missed a couple from this spot, but never put my tag on one yet. But this may be the year.
My blind is commercially made and has several ports to shoot through. I [...]
Posted in Big game hunting, Hunting, mule deer, outdoors, tagged hunting opportunities on July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
This in recently from Jim Lopresto of AIM Adventures:
Hi Rich,
I have an Oregon Archery Deer/ Elk hunt - Unguided but includes a camp or residence about 3 miles for the ranch.
The ranch is 5000 acres and borders national forest which has locked gates and only allows foot traffic giving another 7000 acres enclosed.
7 day hunt [...]
Posted in Big game hunting, Ecology, Hunting, Mountain lions, Wildlife habitat, Yosemite National Park, mule deer, outdoors, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged Add new tag, Yosemite National Park on June 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Researchers in Oregon have concluded, after extensive research, that prey species have a fear of predators and that prey species move away from their mortal enemies in an effort to survive. They have also concluded that this natural system has an important relationship to the success of other plant and animal life.
Impressive conclusion?
Interesting how a bit of [...]
Posted in Big game hunting, Ecology, Hunting, Wildlife habitat, legislation, mule deer, outdoors, wildlife, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged wildlife conservation on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
SB1172 creates California Fish and Game Commission oversight over expenditure of funds generated from sale of all tags and stamps issued for take of big game animals in California including funds generated from Fundraising Tags, deer, elk, bear, sheep, antelope and pig tags as well as upland game bird stamps.
This video shows the testimony of Senator Dutton [...]
Posted in Big game hunting, Hunting, Wildlife habitat, mule deer, wildlife, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged Add new tag, boar hunting, Conservation, Deer hunting on May 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Mule Deer Foundation is an active member of the California Outdoor Heritage Alliance, sponsor of State Senate Bill 1172.
COHA has announced that SB1172 has passed the State Senate with a 39-0 vote. The bill must now pass through the State Assembly and the Governor’s office to become law.
Below is a news release from [...]
Posted in Archery hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, mule deer, outdoors, tagged Archery hunting, Deer hunting, game meat on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Just about every episode of my favorite Outdoor Channel hunting programs are recorded at my house. When I arrive home from work I often have a few minutes alone to relax and watch TV. That’s when I review the recorded programs and pick out something entertaining.
It is impressive to see how many big bucks [...]
Posted in Ecology, Mountain lions, deer, mule deer, outdoors, wildlife, wildlife conservation, wildlife management on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
According to Bob (Lion) Taylor, President of Citizens for Sustainable California Wildlife (SCSCW), predators are not only reducing deer numbers, but they are having a negative impact upon many other sensitive California wildlife species.
Bob understands that wildlife, like agricultural crops, need to be managed to maintain their health. Unfortunately, Proposition 117, an initiative which was [...]
Posted in Big game hunting, The Mule Deer Foundation, deer, fundraising, mule deer, wildlife conservation on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
What does it take to raise $50,000 at a fundraising banquet? We’re not talking the cancer society here, were talking deer. The average person would say you’re nuts if you said you were about to endeavor to raise that kind of money for deer habitat.
But deer are special critters in the hearts of many people. [...]
Posted in Big game hunting, Mountain lions, mule deer, outdoors, wildlife on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I don’t remember what year it was, 1987 most likely. I’d been archery hunting mule deer in the Santa Rosa Range north of Winnemucca Nevada. Although the season was over, I wasn’t in a hurry to leave the area when I came upon a rancher whose family owned property and grazing rights in one of [...]
