just returned from a tahr hunt in new zealand. started out a few months ago when a hunting mate in nz got a tahr ballot block for may 7-13 and sent me an invite to join in on the hunt. in the area he got we would be the 2nd group in on this area. the first group of guys was 3 of them hunting...
i own a few hunting rifles that range from 221 fireball up to 416 express and many of them end up sitting and not even used for that years hunting. a few hrs ago a very good friend and my best hunting buddy passed away and left me a few of his very nice hunting rifles and shotguns. i made my...
just helped my renter from next door get his bear back home
he shot it with an open sight 45-70 ay about 60 yrds
whats funny is this bear was just behind my 200 yrd back stop on my rifle range
he must not have heard me shooting all day yesterday lol
had a chance to get out a cpl times these last cpl weeks for some scouting in a area i have not hunted in for a few yrs. 1st trip up the river with the jet boat we ran into a few log jams and could not make it by all of them. so 2nd trip up we took a cpl chainsaws and bingo got up to some good...
just got a new jack russell pup 1 day ago lol and took her out to see if she was ok with a little shotgun fire . i live out in the country and have turkeys come into my place all the time
so today they did just that . i grabbed the 28 gauge and the pup and went out to see if i could get a shot...
i took this pic of a mule deer that was hanging in an old log house we stayed in while hunting on this ranch outside meeker colorado. i took the pic in the early 70's and was told by my gramps it at always been there from the time he started hunting the ranch back in the early 50;s. not sure if...
this was taken at what is now los laureles lodge in carmel valley california maybe around 1900
it must be airbrushed in deer right ? they have now camo or sent blocker and not a T C in there hands lol
picked up a cpl nz mounts i had done from a oyo hunt down there a few months back
1 tahr 1 chamois . the chamois has his winter coat but the tahr did not have his full winter coat yet
got a chance to hunt with a cpl friends earlier this yr in new zealand. we did a oyo self guided hunt for tahr,chamois,fallow,possom,rabbit,wallaby. we landed in christchurch and met up with a cpl friends that live down under and a cpl new friends that also came in that day by plane.there was 2...
i am getting ready to head out next week maybe wed for a mule deer hunt and was looking at a few older pix from that area we hunt to see the dates we hunted in the past. this pic came up and it is still the oddest racked mule deer i have ever taken. its just so round a swear you could set a...
i know this will piss off some guys but i think it needs to be said
now lets look at a few things here that i think might cover what a real true guide is
1. he is older with some hard miles behind him in the field
2. if he is younger then he is still learning even if right now he thinks he...
trick question yes and no . YES a whole elk fits but NO if you do not cut it in half first lol
went out for opening day of rifle elk here in mt with a cpl friends. left camp in the dark and walked in about 3 miles . got to the spot 1 friend said we needed to be as the sun comes up.
well all i...
this is 1 of the few antelope we even seen this yr. the #'s are down so bad im lucky to even have 1 for the freezer this yr. last yr i did not even get drawn for the 1st ever.
this yr i got 2 tags and after looking over a million acres and only seeing like 9 antelope i felt bad for them and only...
ok so this was 1 of the shortest bear hunts i have ever been on .
was out this morning looking for a nice bear and found nothing at all
came home for a few hrs eat some lunch watch some tv and talk myself into going out again looking for a bear. well it was already getting late so i just went up...