New ...
* New * Journey (2008) ... here
* New * How How We Think - Affects Our Hunting Experience ... on BigGameHunt.net ... here
* New * "Why I Hunt" ... (Accepted for Publication ... so stay tuned! ... pics are ... here)
Recent Adventures ...
"Soldier Bar" ... * Aborted * (Let's try 2008 ... stay tuned!)
Idaho Unit 27-1, Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Hunt (2007) ... here
"These Local Deer" ... (in progress) ...
`Twenty-Eight Miles' ... August Depredation Deer Hunt (*Warning* - Graphic Content) ... here
`Baal Slot' (Seven Devils Mountains, Idaho)... here
`Solo Recon' ... here
`Beaverdam Peak' ... here
`Madagonia' ... here
Law of Attraction - Tom!... here
... and ...
Got Him! ... here
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Law of Attraction - Gobbs ... here

| March Dep Deer Hunt ... here | Journey (2007) ... here | |
| How We Handle Game ... (*WARNING* - Graphic Content) ... here |
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Teen Trip, 2006 ... here |
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Bachelor Canyon (Spring 2006) ... here
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The Art of Spot-and-Stalking ... Quacks! ... (Private) |
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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.
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Deer Magnet Candace ...here |
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A Steep @$$ Hunt ...here |
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Homedale Quail ... here |
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Dana Plateau, Sierras ... here |
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Road Trip (Snow, elk, sheep) ... here |
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Controlled
Hunt - Unit 18
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 ...
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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. |
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Idaho Mountain Goat Hunting ... Big Game Hunt ... here
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Eastern Washington Controlled Antlerless Hunt
Hunt with Candace ... here
Youth and Beginner Hunts ... in Big Game Hunt ... here |
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Three Bears Road ... Hunt with Gerry Wren ... aqui |
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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. |
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Scouting for Goats ... here |
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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 |
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Goats at Hanson Pass ... Whereas a few days earlier we didn't get into the goats, this trip we did ... Continued ... here |
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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 |
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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
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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
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| We Do Power Climbs, and Rocks ... in the Off Season ... here |
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
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Catch a Deer
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
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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
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From Snowy River" "I thought it would work just as it did in previous times. " Terry and I were about 500 yards apart. We were trying ... Continued
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(No-Man's Land)
I gulped, ... not physically, but in my mind, as I agreed to recon the other side ... Continued
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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
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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 |
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EPICS Death March, Whitecloud
Mountains, Central Idaho.
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Saved by an Angel, McCall area. |
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On Drinking Water in the Outdoors ... (it's not the water) ... here | |
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Rules, and Things to Think About ... here
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Quotes and Thoughts ... here |
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Other Publications and Works ... here |