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, [...]
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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 »
Some Would Like to Stop the Alameda County Tule Elk Hunt
Posted in Big game hunting, elk, Hunting, tule elk, wildlife, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management on November 4, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Somebody from the Alamea Creek Alliance would like to put an end to the Alameda County tule elk hunt. Check out their reasoning on their web site at: http://www.alamedacreek.org/Alerts/Tule%20Elk%20Hunt/Tule%20Elk%20Hunt.htm I disagree with their conclusion, but I also believe their information is inaccurate. They comment that the hunt could interfere with breeding as it takes place during the [...]
Are Wildlife Management Programs Going Astray?
Posted in "take", California Tiger Salamander, Endangered species, habitat manipulation, hunting heritage, tule elk, wildlife, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged "take", Endangered Species Act, wildlife managment on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Traditional wildlife management is based upon an assumption of consumptive use. With consumptive use as a goal, habitat is managed to produce a healthy wildlife population with some species targeted for harvest. Healthy habitat produces a surplus of the targeted species, the ones desirable for human use. The surplus is available for consumption, with [...]
Six New Tule Elk Zones?
Posted in elk, Hunting, tule elk, wildlife conservation, tagged hunting tule elk on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The California Department of Fish and Game will propose six new tule elk zones to the Fish and Game Commission this comming year. In general they are as follows: Mendocino County – 0-4 bulls, 0-4 cows; Colusa-Lake-Yolo Counties – 0-4 bulls, 0-4 cows; Lake County (Lake Pillsbury area) 0-4 bulls, 0-4 cows; Alameda – San [...]
New Tule Elk Unit In Our Future?
Posted in Big game hunting, tule elk, wildlife management, tagged hunting tule elk, tule elk on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yes, these tule elk are (or in this case, were) living in a the potential new tule elk unit. These bulls were photographed last winter in Southern Alameda County. Here they are again, a little closer. These are very respectible animals. Here’s a lone bull photographed in the same area as those above on another trip. [...]
East Bay Tule Elk
Posted in elk, Hunting, outdoors, photography, tule elk, tagged photographing tule elk, tule elk on December 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The rut is long over and the bulls of San Antonio Reservoir have banded together for the winter. We often see them on the ridges near our ranch. The bulls are shy, but they will hang around for a few minutes before they disappear over the ridge. We found this bull herd last week and [...]
Tule Elk in the East Bay Area – SFPUC Lands
Posted in Big game hunting, elk, fundraising, Hunting, outdoors, The Mule Deer Foundation, tule elk, wildlife, wildlife management, tagged fundraising elk tag, tule elk on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I photographed this tule elk bull on my way home. I was querried as to whether I considered this bull to be good sized. It’s always hard for me to tell somebody else that a bull elk or buck deer is a large one. Just when I say, “Yea, that’s bigger than anything [...]
Venison At Last
Posted in Big game hunting, blacktail deer, Deer hunting, Hunting, outdoors, tule elk, tagged Blacktail deer hunting, tule elk on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It looked like my last chance to harvest a blacktail this year. The weather had cooled the last couple days and it was looking like a window of opportunity. With a positive feeling about my chances, I took off this afternoon and headed to the hills ready to shoot the first decent buck I could find. [...]
Private Lands Elk Tags for Sale April 5, 2008
Posted in Big game hunting, fundraising, outdoors, tule elk, wildlife conservation on April 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here’s some info on three elk tags being sold at the Livermore RMEF banquet April 5, 2008. The Tri Valley Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will hold its Annual Banquet in Livermore, CA on Saturday April 5, 2008. Among the items to be auctioned will be a California Tule Elk PLM Tag and a Nevada [...]
Springtime is Turkey Time
Posted in blacktail deer, boar, elk, Land Ownership, outdoors, photography, tule elk, turkey, wildlife on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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. (Note: Click on photos to enlarge them.) [...]
