Teen Trip, 2006 ... here

Bachelor Canyon (Spring 2006) ... here

The Art of Spot-and-Stalking ... Quacks! ... (Private)

My Friend Has a Pond ...

I picked a greenhead in the flock of fleeing mallards and pulled the trigger.  The shot pattern smashed through several ducks between me and the one I picked, and apparently captured some more beside and behind ...

Story published in Huntn & Fishn Biz, Jan/Feb 2006, Vol. 4, Issue 1, Pages 38-39.

Deer Magnet Candace ...here

A Steep @$$ Hunt ...here

Homedale Quail ... here

Dana Plateau, Sierras ... here

Road Trip (Snow, elk, sheep) ... here

Terry had a Controlled Hunt Tag - Mule Deer - Unit 18.  I felt somewhat obligated to help him fill it, since he applied for the tag somewhat in collaboration with - or at least in the excitement of - my applying for a Mountain Goat tag in the Seven Devils.

He also helped me pack out my goat ... it was `the least I could do'.  ...here ...

A Perfect Hunt ...

The Seven Devils Mountains / Hells Canyon Wilderness–National Recreation Area on the Idaho–Oregon border contains the deepest canyon in North American.  The Snake River cuts through its bottom at an elevation of 1400 ft above sea level. Less than 6 miles away, He Devil peak soars at 9400 ft, ... 8000 ft higher.  The Idaho Fish and Game Department has a controlled hunt draw for four or five  permits each year for Mountain Goat on the Idaho Side. 

In 2003 I drew ... here

Text as published in Huntn & Fishn Biz, Nov/Dec 2005, Vol. 3, Issue 11 ... here.

Idaho Mountain Goat Hunting ... Big Game Hunt ... here

Eastern Washington Controlled Antlerless  Hunt

Hunt with Candace ... here

Youth and Beginner Hunts ... in Big Game Hunt ... here

Three Bears Road ... Hunt with Gerry Wren ... aqui

Salmon River Breaks - Mule Deer Hunt

Candace (age 12) takes aim at 5x5 mule deer buck at 211 yards plus.  Buck is standing watching us with only head and neck visible - highlighted by sun against shade backdrop.

I let Candace take the shot if she wanted it ...

The rest is ... here

Also published in Hunt'n with Hunt'n Biz, Vol. 1, Issue 6, November 2003, p. 32-33.

Scouting for Goats ... here

Hard Recon ... August

Greg and I went back into the `Devils for a short and hard recon ...aqui

Soft Recons ... August

Jackie, Chad, and Georgia ... two short `soft' recon hikes ...

More ... here

Goats at Hanson Pass ...

Whereas a few days earlier we didn't get into the goats, this trip we did ...

Continued ... here

Cannon Lakes, June 2003

To scout for Mountain Goats, and to get familiar with the country, Duane P., Candace, and Jackie and I headed into the Seven Devils mountains.  Our objective - the Cannon Lakes drainage and upper end of Hanson Creek. 

Details ... here

Albion Geese 1, NYD 2003
 

We did as we had done previously, this time with Jesse and I taking the state line, Jared going past the couple houses into Idaho, and this time Terry pushing the pond.  There were a lot of ducks flying, but not many geese.  One group came out over Jesse, in 'the Corner'; he got a couple shots off, but nothing came down.  I got off a couple shots at some high mallards, but nothing came down.

 Jesse said he had a spot ... Continued

One Shot Candace

Terry’s protocol is to be at road’s end at daybreak – and hunt to points beyond.  Perhaps from years of duck hunting over decoys – my protocol is to get where you want to be, before daybreak.  So when I said I wanted to be in place, in a covert canyon some one and a half miles in, before daybreak – Terry volunteered to meet me in there `as the morning progressed’ – he would come in from on top with Amy and Justin.

So Candace and I left Moscow about 4:30 am.  The moon had set by the time we left the vehicle at the Park, so we navigated by starlight and, at least for a while, by the light from the trailer park upstream.  Once our eyes adjusted to the gentle glow of the stars, we could do fine – except, as I was reminded, twice, for fences … the second fence (the first one on the climb) coming unexpectedly soon, and cutting my chin.  I was familiar with the route – it was the Power Climb, which I had taken my kids on (and some friends), … Continued

How we handle game ... here

Earlier draft published as ... "How to Easily Pack Your Meat Out," Hunt'n with Hunt'n Biz, Vol. 2, Issue 3, March 2004, p. 53.

Also, more ... here

At first light Terry dropped me off in the garbanzo bean field. I would come around west, in to the wind, and position myself at the corner of the CRP field. He would drive ...Continued

To Shoot [at] An Elk

In the early minutes of opening day we were glassing the upper end of a branch of main "A" canyon. Terry spotted an animal "too big to be a deer."  I confirmed ... Continued

I gulped, ...  not physically, but in my mind, as I agreed to recon the other side ... Continued

The Petting Zoo 

The mule deer were working the garbanzo beans hard.  I would break away from work and drive on out.  As they were plowing up the fields, I found myself having to walk farther and farther.  The wind was typically ...Continued...

Big Whitetail Deer

It was a Tuesday evening and I got a late start.  While dropping children at piano lessons, I painted my face up with green face paint, which had seemed to be work well on previous hunts.  I got out to the ...Continued

Slate Creek 

I left Church mid-service to drive down to Slate Creek where ...Continued

Buck Canyon ...

There's something almost evil about getting up at 3 am ... Continued

EPICS

Death March, Whitecloud Mountains,  Central Idaho.

(Also published on BigGameHunt.net ... here.)

Saved by an Angel, McCall area.

Learning to Fly ... here

Rules, and Things to Think About ... here

Quotes and Thoughts ... here

 Other Publications and Works ... here