Some real success with Horn's Whitetail Adventures

PJ Wright and his team in Saskatchewan is really doing a wonderful job bringing in the deer for thier clients!!!!!

Please check them out at Horn's Whitetail Adventures!!

All of these deer were taken in the last 2 weeks! That is quite a showing of some impressive racks and very very happy hunters. PJ tells me that of the first 21 hunters 23 are coming back in 2007! If you are interested in an amazing adventure give PJ a call quickly to book your hunt!

Kevin

Phone Update.

I did get out and pick up my phone today but decided to turn it off and focus on web development and cleaning up some other pressing issues that have been on my shoulders for far too long.

I will be back to blogging about hunting and the plans for huntinglife soon.

Kevin

Opening Day in Virginia.

Today was the opening day of rifle season in Virginia. The weather was warm with a slight breeze probably in the 50's. I hunted the afternoon and as the day went on with the constant breeze I got colder. I picked up a climber that I had left down on the edge of the field and decided to spend the afternoon on the powerlines today. Power lines in Virginia, especially the large ones, are strips of fields that are kept short and mowed once a year. The grass in this particular section is about 3 feet high and is filled with everything including some brambles, grass, young oaks, weeds and poisin ivy. It is usually the ivy that has me bothered. Today it was the cold breeze and time was going very very slow. About 4:30 I got a long visit from a doe about 100 yards and she spent the next 45 minutes playing in front of me. After having just visited Montana and Idaho it constantly amazes me how small the deer here are.

I had a really good time watching her, but cannot for the life of me understand why I did not get out the camera and take some good video of the deer. Today was not a doe day or she would of been a really good dinner.

I got out of the woods about 5:30 tonight and was back on my way home and realized that my phone is sitting on the ground either where I made my stand or where I was parked. I shall have to return to the scene tomorrow and see if I can find my phone somewhere on the ground and do some scouting while I am out there. Hopefully I can find the phone and some new leads on the mystery of where all the deer are hanging out.

Congratulations To Jay Houston

For you those of you who have not had the pleasure, this is one of the nicest people I know in the world of Elk hunting. He wrote the book on Elk hunting. Please go check out his site at:www.elkcamp.com

My Beautiful Spoiled little girl

Trip out hunting with Brandon

Brandon and I decided to get a late start on Saturday and slept in until the kids woke us up. We got prepared and headed out to Quantico Marine Base to take the class and see if we could find a spot to hunt on the Marine Base. The nice thing about hunting on the base is that the hunting is regulated to only allow so many hunters are allowed per area and you are only allowed to hunt a specific area. When we got to Quantico, we were turned away because they were not offering classes on this Saturday. The hard part is, I am not sure when I can get Brandon out to Quantico to take the class to get him a permit to hunt on base.

We proceeded to CF Phelps Wildlife Area which is a public hunting land. Upon pulling into one area we saw two does run between 10 cars and about 20 people and we backed off the area quickly as they all started moving towards the deer and it looked a bit crowded. Dangerously crowded for what we were looking for.

We proceeded to look at the map and found a range so we took some time and found that, so we could test out the muzzleloaders. Brandon shot two rounds and I shot 5 rounds and we were absolutely dead on at 50 and 100 yards. The day was really hot so about 1pm we headed into a new area and proceeded to head out into the woods. Walking around we ran into so many hunters that by the end of the day we had just about given up. Brandon and I seperated and walked back to an area that we thought was going to be fantastic. Brandon walked directly underneath a hunter in a treestand and we moved another 150 yards away and sat down.

Too hot for deer, a really nice nature walk and more good times spent with a great friend and a great hunting partner.

Brandon and I are headed out on Saturday.

Brandon and I will be heading out Saturday to either Madison County or Quantico Marine Base. I am thinking Quantico is our best bet for a real opportunity to get Brandon a good buck.

Saturday Hunting with Tristan

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Saturday hunting with Tristan was a ton of fun although we only saw deer after it got dark and we were on the road home. He and I saw Horses, Cows, Crows, Squirrells, Woodpeckers, a ton of birds and a really nice sized cotton tail rabbit at about 3 feet.

Tristan has a really hard time staying even remotely quiet at the age of 9 and the amount of energy and movement is absolutely amazing to me. I think if I even tried to move as much as he does just sitting on the hedgerow I would be absolutely exhausted.

I think I am going to need to save up some money for a really good blind to take him out hunting in so we can mask some of the movement and just work on the whispering part.

All in all a great day!

Having a bit of a rock throwing contest

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It does not matter whether you are young are old..You should never lose the day to day skill to have a little bit of fun whether you are hunting in the mountains, or walking in the city. Don't forget to stop and play.....It is one of our natural needs in life.

Some of my favorite moments in life have been throwing rocks, rolling rocks down the mountain or jumping in puddles on the city streets.

Wispy Clouds

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Wood Sculpture #3

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Wood Sculpture

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Wood Sculpture

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Art is truly all around you, you just need to remember to stop and look at it.

Backside of Pole Mountain wtih a great pair.

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Hunting with Brandon and Dennis was the highlight of my two weeks plus in Idaho. The times we shared on the mountain from the first day on elk prairie to the last day in camp every moment was special to me and will be remembered for the rest of my life. I think that is what hunting camp really should be about. It is not about the killing of an animal, it is not about the weather or the food, or the even where you are hunting. It is about the friendships that you make and the memories that will last the rest of your life.

Thank you so much to the both of you for some great memories!!!!!!!

Elk Wallows on the 109 Trail

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Elk Rubs

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Peter Ditton shows off a wonderful elk rub about 10 feet up on this tree.

Now this is an Elk Rub

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Seeing a tree that looks like this really gets the blood flowing!

Coyote Tracks

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This was the first print I saw in the saddle of pole mountain. This coyote walked down the trail running the ridge cap. I kept walking down his trail to see where he was going but after a mile or so and his prints running down and not a single elk trail crossing across the ridge I lost interest in seeing where he was headed.

Sunset at Prospector Creek

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A beautiful night I spent on the mountain alone with some mountain goats and no elk.

Pictures from Idaho Trip

More Pictures to come soon. Having some trouble uploading all of the photos I would like. Not sure if it is a bandwidth issue or some kind of file isssue.

These two are my favorite two hunting buddies. An absolute joy to hunt with!