Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Hunting, birds, outdoors, photography, tagged Deer hunting on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Opening day is always good. This year was unique as I hunted alone with little fanfare. As my blind was set up for afternoon and evening winds, I didn’t get up early. Arriving about 2:00 PM, the weather was warm, but not unbearable. An appropriate sweat kept me cool enough and as usual, animal activity kept [...]
Posted in Land Ownership, blacktail deer, boar, elk, outdoors, photography, tule elk, turkey, wildlife on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
The first few trips to the ranch after the close of duck season are an awakening. I make very few trips to the hills during duck season, mainly because I’m focused on ducks and once the hills on our ranch become saturated by winter rains, travel becomes difficult.
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Once duck [...]
Posted in outdoors, photography, wildlife, wildlife conservation on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
During our trip to South Africa, we spent four days at Nagala Tented Safaris and we had numerous encounters with the king of beasts, both male and female. On one occasion we followed a male lion at night and watched him roar from about 15 yards away. A lion roar is a spectacular event when that close. [...]
Posted in outdoors, photography, wildlife on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
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While we were in South Africa last summer, the lilac breasted roller bird was with us constantly. It was first mentioned by our guide at Kruger National Park. Then we observed it in the Limpopo Province while I was hunting.
I attempted to photograph the roller bird on several occations, but lighting issues and failure [...]
Posted in California Delta, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, photography, seasonal marsh, seasonal marsh, waterfowl, wildlife, wildlife management on February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
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Superbowl Sunday was a great photography day at Mayberry Farms. The sun was good and the birds were cooperative. These pelicans took off from the pasture next door.
The egret passed by close enough to capture him in flight.
Lola was pumped up and chased everything that moved.
Mallards were [...]
Posted in blacktail deer, deer, outdoors, photography, wildlife on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
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The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am will be played next week on the Monterey Peninsula. Most of the hoopla will be around the pro golfers like Phil Mickelson and the celebrities like George Lopez and Kevin James, but there are other players on these courses.
Pebble Beach, Spyglass and Poppy [...]
