Hey Guys,
Terry, George, Kenny, Leon, Antonio, Pancho, and I went and shot some ducks this past weekend and did pretty well. Here are some photos.
Pulling up to the spot in our new canoe
Tule making her way through the tules
Day # 1
TJ with his first Canvasback drake
The Group
Day # 3
Hey Guys,
Towsurfer.com
TJ on the inside bowl
Bryce, Jordan, and I took a day trip down to Isla Todos Santos for the first swell of the sleepy big wave season. Since there were 3 of us, we decided to take a panga out from the harbor instead of driving our jet ski out from the Coral. The night before I got ahold of our family friend, Rey, a commercial fisherman from Isla Natividad who lives in Ensenada in the off season, to find a panga for the next day. Since it was the first swell of the season, I knew it was going to be very crowded.
TJ and Bryce getting in the panga
Bryce and Jordan
The wave as we pull up
So the next morning we woke up leisurely and buddy car-ed down to the harbor with friend/ photographer, Rob Keith. Since the swell wasn’t going to peak until the afternoon, or so we thought, we ate breakfast at Victors in Ensenada, and made our way out to the island around 10 am.
After the 45 minute ride out to the island, we had a feeling there was going to be size due to the large open ocean swells in the channel. As we pulled around the corner we saw a couple big waves come through and got stoked.
TJ hopping in the water
A view of the island
Jaime's First Wave
Derek Dunfee
Bryce getting cleaned up and Jason Murray going in with the ski
Paddling back out
Bryce on a good one
TJ at the end of a big one
After riding a couple good waves and taking a couple on the head, Jordan, Bryce, and I returned to the boat with Jaime Mitchell for some lunch. After resting up Jaime decided to go back out for a couple more, since he was there shooting with Jason Murray. At that time we packed it up and headed back to the harbor.
End of the day Opaleye
Another great day out at Killers!
Media:
1. http://www.surfermag.com/photos/pacific-gauntlet/#135fefed2a
SurferMag.com
2. http://www.surfline.com/surflinetv/primetime/todos-santos-paddle-session_64777
Surfline Video
3. http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/big-nw-swell-hits-mexico_64780/
Surfline Photo- Slide # 16
4. http://blog.swell.com/check-it/todos-santos-paddle-session/
Hey Guys,
We just got back from Bridgett’s second hunt of the year where she, Hilary, and Marshall joined Terry and I to the lagoons to hunt some waterfowl. We had a great trip and shot a lot of ducks. Here are the pictures!
Marshall with his first Honker
The layout from the day
2 Honkers for the day
Bridgett and Hilary in the afternoon
Hey Guys,
After a successful trip in September, I knew it was only right to plan another trip in mid-November to target antelope and swan. After hunting non-stop for waterfowl, upland game, and big game for 2 weeks, we finally filled our tags. Here are the photos of our trip.
First morning out and we are already putting chains on
Doing some glassing on a clear cut after a long hike
Wolf Tracks
Black Bear Tracks
Breaking through the ice after my swan
Dane with his Snow Goose
Not bad for a morning hunt
Keeping warm in the sleet and snow
Waterfowl hunting
2 Black Necks
Male Hooded Merganser
Antelope Hunting
The deer of the year
Hey Guys,
Because of a busy year of weddings, parties, and work, Terry and I couldn’t make the true Duck/Goose opener this year, but we decided to slip away during the week to get a day and a half of action. Between 5 hunters and 2 dogs we did pretty well.
Tule bringing in her first Honker
Thanks for the back up Dad! Papa proud of Tule's retrieve
Terry and Tule with a respectable string of waterfowl in our new canoe
Finally a Canvasback, and a double!
The group after the morning hunt
Antonio and TJ after the final afternoon
Sunset
Hey Guys,
Terry, Josh, and I decided to go down to Mexicali the weekend after the true opener, to bypass the crowds of people. We were met by a couple friends to enjoy shooting some dove, quail, and pheasant in the valley.
A lot of ringneck pheasant
Josh with a Gambels Quail
Jump shooting
Mallard
Hey Guys,
Nima, Antonio, and I were nominated to drive all the gear down to the recent Bachelor/Bachelorette Party down in Bahia de los Suenos, La Paz. We were very excited to take this responsibility on because we got to spend a lot of time in Bahia Asuncion to fish and also were able to marvel on the beauty Baja has to offer.
We left Monday morning early and knew we had to be in La Paz on Saturday, so we dead headed down to Bahia Asuncion in one day to visit our friend Manuel to fish for a couple days. Here are the fish we caught.
Antonio and TJ with a small Gulf Grouper
Yellowtail and a bonito
Valle de Cirrios
Nima on the salt flats
Barracuda
Nima with his first yellowtail
Manuel's baby horse
Bottom fishing?
Chinese Croaker
The line up of fish
Berrendo Farm
Antelope Sheds
Nima with his prize Opaleye
Only in Mexico
After Day 3
After our 3rd day in Bahia Asuncion, we packed up and we were off again to our final destination to La Paz to celebrate Coco and Ryan’s Wedding. We brought down a lot of fishing gear, dive equipment, and golf stuff and were ready for a full 4 days in the most beautiful place on earth.
The group sitting in the shallows
Ryan with his first Striper
YFT after a day on the water
Bryce swinging at the ball on Seashore Paspalum
Dustin and his first marlin
Hilary catching the bait- Lady fish
Marieke with her first YFT
Bridgett and Hilary snorkeling
SUP
The 3 puffer fish
Dorado
Marieke and a Skipjack
A night of diving
2 Cubera Snapper
Ryan, Bobby, and I with the self timer
Terry doing what he does best
Hey Guys,
Terry just found an outfitter just a couple hours away from the house who knows where some healthy populations of Valley Quail are. He and Bryce took the first trip to test it out, and they were amazed at the large coveys of birds. Then, Terry, TJ, Nima, George, Kenny, and Leon went the other week. Again, we scored!
Bryce with a nice male
The Group
Stone corral and house far far away from civilization
Hey Guys,
This past September a group of us drove down to Mexicali to hunt the dove opener. There were 3 new hunters with us including: Marieke, Ryan, and Nima. Everyone had a great time and we shot a lot of birds. Here are some shots!
The group at the end of the first day
Marieke shooting a 28 guage
Mark and TJ
Tradition for the new hunters
About a week later, I decided to take a solo trip to meet my friends for a dove shoot in Mexicali. This was a special trip because it was Tule’s first trip after training. She did awesome!
Tule and TJ
The group
Hey Guys,
Dane and I thought up a year ago that we were going to go after what is known as the most difficult upland game bird in North America, the Himalayan Snowcock. So we did our research and found a cabin to rent, made a list, packed up, and after a flight for me and a 12 hour drive to the Ruby Mountains, we were off on a self guided hunt. We had no idea how difficult of a hunt it would be, but we will be back next year a lot more prepared. It is beautiful country in NE Nevada and we saw a lot of animals. Here are the shots that made the trip.
View of the Ruby Mountains
The cabin we rented at the Ruby Crest Ranch
Dane and I packed up and started the 8 hour hike up to the ridge
Carvings from a Basque goat herder
Dane checking the topography map
The river kept us cool on the way up
Spotting for Snowcock
Snowcock and Mountain Goat scat
A lot of time was spent behind the binoculars
TJ and Dane with Kings Peak in the background
Looking back down on the valley
Nevada Blue Grouse
Snowcock and Sage Grouse
After the long drive back to Montana, we logged a lot of sleep time to rest our wounds from the Snowcock hunt. Since it was upland game and bow season we were out the next day looking for the next spot. Here are some pictures!
Ruffed Grouse
The view from my tree stand
