It’s always difficult packing enough clothing for a serious hunt without creating a huge burden. On our recent D6 horse pack trip, I worked hard to keep clothing to a minimum. Having recently purchased some Sitka clothing, a 90% jacket, 90% pants, suspenders and base layer, I made this the core of my daily clothes. I [...]
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Versatile Clothing Makes for a Light Pack
Posted in Deer hunting, Guided hunts, Preparing for the hunt, travel on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hyenas at Kruger National Park
Posted in African wildlife, Kruger National Park, safaris, travel, wildlife, tagged Hyena, wildlife on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Once you find a hyena den, you’re going to get some action as the den will house adults, sub-adults and also the very young. The adults share the duty and watch over each other’s young. Watch this video as a young hyena follows a Francolin grouse past our Land Rover. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBHIsJkF0ow
Dugga Boys at Kruger National Park, South Africa
Posted in Kruger National Park, photography, safaris, travel, wildlife, tagged big five, South Africa, wildlife on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we toured Kruger National Park during our 2007 visit, cape buffalo were uncommon, but we did encounter them on a couple of occasions. Both times we found dugga boys. Here’s a video clip of one encounter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz1cOdAjtWU On another day, we were dropped off about a mile from camp and walked in with [...]
Kodiak Part 1: Blacktails, Silver Salmon and Grizzlies on Kodiak Island
Posted in Alaska hunting, Archery hunting, Big game hunting, blacktail deer, Deer hunting, fishing, grizzly bears, Hunting, outdoors, Salmon fishing, travel, tagged fishing for silver salmon, grizzly bear encounters, Hunting in Alaska, sitka blacktail deer on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the top hunting trips of my life took place about ten years ago in Alaska. The original trip was based upon a caribou hunt I purchased at the MDF Convention in Sacramento. Ironically, it was the self-guided blacktail hunt on Kodiak Island (which followed the caribou hunt) that topped the list for excitement. [...]
Fishing at Joe’s Salmon Lodge, British Columbia
Posted in fishing, fishing guides, float plane/seaplane, halibut fishing, outdoors, Salmon fishing, travel, tagged Salmon fishing on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The lodge is tucked away in an Island Cove just off the coast of northern BC and seaward of the inland passage. Although protected and calm, it’s only about a mile run to the surf and maybe 10 miles to actual deep water fishing for halibut. Each group of two fishermen received use of a [...]
Flying in the Grumman Goose to Joe’s Salmon Lodge in BC
Posted in float plane/seaplane, Salmon fishing, tagged Alaska travel, seaplane/float plane on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Joe’s Salmon Lodge in northern British Columbia is a fun place to fish for salmon. I purchased a trip for two at our MDF banquet a few years back and took my brother along. Our dates were in early July and we fished for about three days. The trip is an interesting adventure, traveling on three [...]
New Zealand – Hunting and other Fun Stuff to do
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, birds, Hunting, outdoors, red stag, travel, tagged hunting in New Zealand, New Zealand travel on October 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
We stayed in the Chalets, lined up on the left of the photo an and ate meals in the building in the background. Red stags were pretty easy to find. The hunting took place inside a four thousand acre enclosure. I’m not sure what the density of stags was, but there were plenty. On my [...]
Costs of Shipping Your Trophies home from Africa
Posted in shipping trophies, taxidermy, trophy care on July 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My South Africa trip ended last July and this week I picked up my final delivery of processed trophies from Golden State Tannery, Inc. located in Turlock. The last two boxes included the back hides from my kudu bull, back hide from my impala ram and complete hide from my black wildebeest. Along with [...]
