Awesome Course!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Pheasant Season Was Great!
Oakley had a successful day in the field. We were able to bag a few birds with a group of friends.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
The story of the hunt - short version
This was an awesome experience. Thanks to Brandon, Brent. and Colton for all their help in harvesting this nice bull.
Friday September 26th. The hunt started well before daylight. We rode the four wheelers for about 15 miles from camp to McCook Ridge. We seen a number of bulls in a large burn area the day before and I think we seen the bull I shot right a daylight but couldn't get on him right then. We stalked and called for about 2 hours before we walked into the burn. We had a couple different bulls talking back to us but they never presented a shot. Around 10:30 a.m. we had made a big circle and was about 1.5 miles away from the four wheelers. Brent stopped and made some more calls - then the bull answered. He was on the next ridge over in the sky line. I knew he was a decent bull so everyone headed that direction to get a better look. Once we were in position we called and he wouldn't come in. Brent and I decided to try to sneak up on where we thought he was bedded down - however he wasn't there. Then suddenly the bull answered back from the bottom of the draw. He was well over 300 yards away. The next time I saw him he was 200 yards away and coming our direction. I didn't want to shoot my muzzle loader at that distance plus I didn't get that great of look at him. The next 20 minutes seemed to take for ever. I thought the bull would come to us on the North side of our position but he didn't. Brent whispered "there he is - it's the bull". I had to make a complete 180 turn to the South and take aim. I thought he was a good bull and I asked Brent "Is he the shooter?" He replied "He's a good bull - a little weak on his 5th and 6th but his thirds are awesome". I asked again "Is he a shooter - would you shoot him if it were your tag". "Yes" - BOOM - I shot (muzzle blasted Brent) and the bull whirled and ran. I watched as he appeared to drop - but I wasn't sure. Brent said he's down. I ranged the spot where the bull stood - 25.5 yards away. I felt confident the TC.50 Cal was accurate at that distance! We waited for Colton and Brandon to come over then we all proceeded to look for him. It was a short time before we found a small trail of blood, which quickly turned into larger pools. The bull ran back off the ridge top into the bottom before he collapsed. It was some work to get him out of the hill side but worth it. Four hours later we were back in camp reliving the events of the day.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
T-Minus 6 Days to Tournament
The Starvation Classic is fast approaching and I took advantage of a great opportunity to practice today. T and Heath were able to join me and together we caught 6 Walleye and several yellow perch. The biggest of the bunch was 22" long - my season best so far. Trolling a Rapala was the only way we could catch them today. Even more strange was the time we caught them - not until 12:30 in the afternoon? I hope that we are able to successfully land a couple of limits next weekend!
Monday, August 25, 2008
More Starvation....
Hit the lake at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and fished until night fall. We caught several Walleye - biggest ones being 19" & 18". The yellow perch were thick! I lost track of how many of those we caught. We were also able to find a few small mouth in the lake. We had the best luck using Crawdad Imitators and Lindy Rigs.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Walleye Chasing in August
I took advantage of a guys only fishing trip on Saturday August 2nd. We hit Starvation at 7:00 a.m. and fished until 2:30 p.m. The fishing was steady but not fast. The bag of fish include a 19", 17", and 15" Walleye, a 2lbs Small Mouth, and a few Yellow Perch. The biggest walleye came from a yellow grub fished in a weed bed. There were several boats fishing around us all morning. As the day went on, recreation boats made it impossible to continue fishing. I had three boats pulling tubes around my boat - waves came over the side - and to top it off a water ski boat pulled up and began to load up my markers from the water! That's when I decided it was time to go home......
Sandwash Trip August 5th
The entire family went to Sandwash for the evening fish on Tuesday. We caught several rainbow trout with a variety of tactics. We had the best luck fishing deeper water with a worm harness. As the evening progressed pop gear and a worm was the top producer. Still a red tagged fish didn't find it's way to our boat!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Book Cliffs Scouting Trip July 27th
This will be the first of a series of posts documenting my Book Cliffs Bittercreek Bull Elk Hunt. Brent Fenn and I put 100 miles on the four wheelers Sunday July 27th riding around the Book Cliffs. We spotted lots of Buck Deer - however the largest was around 25". Most of the Bucks were 4 points with a less than 20" spread. The majority of the time was spent based out of the divide. In the AM hours we went toward Colorado and in afternoon rode to the Roadless area. We counted approximately 50 bucks.
We seen around 15 elk - all of which were cows. After talking to some others in the area we learned there were some smaller rag bulls around but nothing to brag about.
We also spent some time during lunch at P and R Springs.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Fishing Report - July 19th
Spent all weekend at Steinker Lake, Vernal UT. Was able to catch serveral small to medium sized Large Mouth Bass and numberous Rainbows under 16 inches. It seems the Trout were more active in deeper water. We used lead core line and a worm harness to peak there interest. Pop Gear and a Worm were useless. Bass were buried in heavy cover and had to wiggle a softbait in their face to get a strike. Finally the kids enjoyed their playtime on the new tube.
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