Our Mexico Mule Deer Outfitter sent us this post season report:

Here are pics of my favorite buck we killed down there this year.

We did good last year and had some horrid weather. We hunted 3 full days out of 2 weeks due to the unreal wind and rain. Here are pics of my favorite buck we killed down there this year. 30″ wide and scores 182 as a broken 3

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You know when you start a blog and blog once in awhile and then you start getting readers and you realize you have all these wonderful readers and you need to blog more and then things happen and you ignore your blog for a week?

Well I’m sorry.  I really am …  but .. well …

I’ve been running around my house with a shoe in smack position while a centipede roams my house.  I’m still sleeping with my shoe and can’t find the darn hairy creepy crawler thing with 1,000,000,000 legs.

That will crawl on me.

While I’m sleeping.

Maybe I need to pack some heat like my women of the wild outdoor lady friends.

911 what’s your emergency – Um hi.  I shot my toe with my pink bb gun trying to shoot a centipede and can you please send an ambulance but not the 5 blaring flashing lights firetrucks you normally send. K thanks.

What happened to Jody now?

She shot her toe with her pink bb gun again.

And after being away from home two weekends in a row I was so looking forward to spending time around the house and getting things done.  Including a few naps, movies, naps and catching up on my soap operas I’ve missed for two weeks and naps.  And YAY it’s suppose to rain this weekend.

Naps.

But then your husband has spring fever and insist on spending time outdoors with the indoors girl and he decides he wants to do a few projects … outdoors.  So you agree and decide let’s get a fire pit.

Yay springtime cool nights and hanging around fire pits like Rex and friends.

But then while standing in the middle of the outdoor section of the store your husband decides we need new patio furniture.  And a gazebo.  That comes in three separate boxes.  With instructions.  And tools.  And you’re in charge of reading instructions and handing over tools like you’re some kind of craftswoman saying, “Mark is this the wrench thingy you need?”

“No Jody. That’s a hammer.”

And then it’s Sunday and you never got your nap.

And I only dropped the hammer on my toe once.  And we didn’t even need a hammer.

You know those “coffee just doesn’t seem to be working” kind of days and you’re running late so you just grab the first pair of granny panties you can find and they just don’t match you’re shirt but it doesn’t matter because you’re married and whose going to see you’re granny panties anyway?  Well it does matter.

Because eating … um … cupcakes and well … umm … wearing non-matching granny panties … things can happen …

In public.

When you bend over.

And hear “RIP”.

And if you were wearing a thong, it wouldn’t matter.

Because ripped jeans are back in style.

But you eat cupcakes.

And wear granny panties.

So you swear you’ll never eat cupcakes again.

And if I had a fire pit I’d burn the grannies.

And make s’mores.

Have a good day all …

911 what’s you’re emergency – Um hi. Can you please send the 5 blaring flashing lights firetrucks.  My hair is on fire again.

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Monster Ram From Montana Possibly Largest Ever!

A lucky hunter with the one coveted non-resident tag in Montana ’s Missouri River Breaks harvested possibly the largest ram ever taken in the United States last season! The ram green scored 205 with both horns stretching to 44 1/2″ with over 16″ bases and carries the mass throughout the horn length. The ram will be officially scored after the 60 day drying period. If the ram exceeds Jim Weatherly’s 204 7/8 ram taken in 1993 it will be the new Montana state record and will also be the largest ram ever taken in the United States.

They backpacked in over 10 miles, glassing as they went and found the ram. They shot the ram and carried it out on their backs the 10 miles back to the trailhead. Only gutting out a 20 mile foot march in 90+ degree heat resulted in the harvest of one of the largest rams ever taken. If you want to go on a sheep hunt, contact us. We’ll hook you up.

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I quietly exit the pickup in the predawn darkness, the door dinger announces to the wild creatures that I am here, but deer don‘t care about such things they are used to it I am sure. I slam the door and open the rusty tailgate, after banging around in the back of the truck for ten minutes I am finally ready for the quiet stalk into the lush and wild wilderness before me. On my back is a portable tree stand, complete with climbing stakes, ratchet straps, backpack, collapsible cooler filled with water and soda, hamburger patties and jerky arrows, quiver, lunch, dinner, snacks, extra clothes just incase I fall in the creek again . My butchering kit (knives, tomahawk, sharpener, rubber gloves, rope, portable hoist and handy wipes). I am wearing the latest in camo technology, UnderArmor, scent free socks, head cover and rainproof, snow proof state of the art 3d real life camo clothing. My bow is the finest that can be bought, shooting a carbon fiber shafted arrow at over 400 feet per second, my broad heads are mechanical devises able to open on impact with my prey and deliver a blood trail that is up to four feet wide. My fiber optic sites and built in laser rangefinder allow me to know the exact distance and angle of my quarry. My boots are vibram soles, waterproof, lightweight and have been used on mountains like the Alps (not by me personally but by another adventurer). I gave a GPS locating devise that allows me to find my way in the dark to my tree stand, the big blue illuminated screen is kind of blinding in the dark but deer cannot see it I am pretty sure. I have covered myself with doe in heat urine, the rut won’t start for a few months but the salesman assured me that deer don’t really pay attention to such things.

Near late morning I finally find my tree, after hanging the stand and calling my brother Jim on my satellite phone to bring me my heated Realtree camo stand seat (which he did on his new six wheeled ATV..This is his ten acre woods right behind his house) I finally settle in for a long hunt. Near nine thirty I begin to hear something coming down the trail, it turns out to be Jim’s kids who were hunting dragons and bears. I did not even know there were bears here, but am glad I have two cans of bear repellent with me just incase, and make a mental note to check for some dragon spray next time I am in the Cabalas.

Near noon while trying to get untangled from my tree stand safety harness which became entangled in the portable cooler and somehow set off one of the cans of bear spray, I became so hot from the rainproof ,snow proof layers of perfectly camo clothing that I had to use my battery powered fan from Cabelas to cool myself down. I fired up my tree stand grill and cooked some of the latest Cabelas freeze-dried wilderness dinners… They sure taste good after a long time on stand, ant they are good for you too!

At around one thirty I fell asleep, but my safety harness and emergency locating beacon saved me. The search and rescue people were very friendly and once they left the woods I decided to hunt from the ground for the rest of the day. My detachable Realtree camo heated tree stand seat really saved the day sitting on the ground through the long afternoon. I fired up the Cabelas grill and cooked some hamburgers for dinner and called my wife, she reminded me that I needed to be home by dark because we were having an anniversary or something. Around three thirty I was twittering and chatting on my blackberry on face book when something came down the trail. I at first thought it was a bear and fired two warning shots with both cans of bear spray. Luckily, the nearly empty can ran out first before Jim was completely blinded. He is my brother and I immediately began CPR while sitting on his chest, he was making weird noises and coughing a lot. I read once that heart attacks can be very dangerous and figured that the thought of a real bear being in these woods could well have contributed to my brother’s current status. After giving him about fifty compressions and blowing life giving air down his lungs he finally quit fighting me so much and just laid there staring up at me with this weird look.. Must have been the shock… Bears are pretty scary, but heart attacks can be even worse. Jim finally recovered and after regaining his footing began staggering through the woods. I watched until I saw him enter the back porch door and was pretty sure he was now OK and safe. Near Dark, I turned on my battery-powered spotlight and began the treck back to the truck. I really didn’t need the light because my woods lore combined with Jim’s yard light pretty much made it impossible to get lost, but it is a cool light so I used it. As I head down the highway, following the coordinates on my GPS back to home base, my Sat… phone suddenly rings. Jim is having an allergic reaction to the heart attack and needs me to drive him to the ER… I turn around and go back to help my brother, tomorrow will be a better day of hunting, it is supposed to rain, great opportunity to test my raingear, I must remember to pick up some more bear spray on the way home… Hunting is my life danger is my constant companion and adventure is my middle name!

Mike “Hawk” Huston – High Country Archer. A collection of Mike’s stories.

A collection of Stacey’s wildlife photos – Stacey Huston

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This will probably be the new state record according to the warden. It will be pictured in Nebraska Land Magazine. The guy that shot it was in his mid 20s. A guy around 60 congratulated him and told him to cherish this because he has never seen anything like it in his years of hunting whitetails.

This whitetail buck was shot about 30 miles from Fall City, Nebraska

Possible Nebraska New State Record

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Tags: cory glauner, deer, hunting, nebraska, nebraska-state, state, state record, whitetail, whitetail-buck

These days our passion runs through our wallets and not our veins.

Sometimes as a hunter I have to wonder what a new guy must think when he decides to try to break into the hunting game. He has to wonder how successful he will be if he doesn’t have all those new gadgets on the market today. You and I started we hunted in hand me down clothes, with grandpas second generation gun, a box of cartridges from three different manufacturers with different grain bullets and an Old Timer pocket knife. But these days we have to have the newest and best, it seems like these days our passion runs through our wallets and not our veins.

Before you jump out of your chair, pump your arm and say “hell yes”, understand it’s not that simple. We can blame the TV shows that only show the biggest bucks and magazines that talk about the new-fangled gadgets that make us better hunters, but the newest and biggest sells, so that is what they market. When is the last time you bought a copy of “Small Buck” magazine or bought a new bow that makes you shoot like a beginner. Newer and bigger sells.

Should we be happy shooting something other than the biggest buck with the best bow or fanciest rifle? In the last few years I have seen some really strange things come on the market that they say you have to have if you want to harvest biggest bucks. Things like rear view mirrors for our tree stand or little plastic butt hole extractors that we have to have to be great hunters. Your probably saying “Come on Doak, that’s a ridiculous analogy”, but there have been some really good hunters in the past that never dreamed about spending $100 on a pair of scent lock pants or $10 on a lighted arrow noc. Our hunting numbers have dropped over the past several years. Could it be because any potential new hunter feels he has to spend thousands of dollars to get into the sport?

I am writing this blog while my Son-In-Law is driving my grandchildren and me to Texas so my 12 and 13 year old grandsons can shoot a sheep. They are going after a Corisican Ram with a 30 year old 308 rifle. Yesterday while preparing for the hunt I nearly panicked. I realized that my Swarovski Binoculars were at the factory for a bit of a tune up and I didn’t think it would be possible to hunt without them. Then I realized I have hunted a lot of animals without a $1,200 pair of binoculars. I just grabbed a 20 year old pair of Bushnell binoculars and I was good to go. You don’t have to have the best of the best to be a good hunter and have fun.

So grab your children, your grandchildren, your friends and their children and all that 30 year old hunting and camping equipment and go out and enjoy the great outdoors. If our hunting numbers continue to decrease we will loose our sport to the tree-huggers God made the Great Outdoors to be enjoyed and his renewable resources to be harvested and eaten. So through a back strap on the grill and indoctrinate a new hunter to the wonderful sport of hunting.

God Bless you and your hunting family,
Doak

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I know it’s not deer hunting season or any where close to it right now, but I thought I would share with you a little secret I have learned over the years to help keep you warm on those cold mornings and evenings in the Tree stand.

First you will need a full body hunting suit (not one with bibs and a jacket).

Next thing you will need is an appetite. (Do you see where I’m going yet?)

Now a bowl of homemade chili with extra beans (store bought will work too but not as well)

If it is going to be a cold morning make sure to eat your extra bean chili right before you go to bed (or for breakfast if you want) and if it is going to be a cold evening in the stand make sure to eat another bowl or two for lunch that day. (You have to see where I’m going with this now)

When you get up in your stand you have a built in heater.

Here is the secret make sure you are quiet don’t let any loud one’s slip out. If you do you might scare the deer away.

I guess if there are geese in the area the deer wouldn’t know the difference. Right?…

Oh wait I forgot about the smell………….

Dang – No wonder I never get any deer when it’s cold out.

Ben – Ben G Outdoors

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Tags: area-the-deer, deer hunting, humor, hunting, over-the-years, scare-the-deer, tree

One of our mountain lion hunting outfitters treed this tom last season. They cut the track at daylight and got to the tree about 1:30.

One dog treed did the job after working out a 2 day old seven mile track.

The hunter shot the cat with one shot through the pumper. It measured over 7ft.

See our mountain lion hunts

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Training a new pup isn’t easy and it is going to take time! Start with the basics.

It isn’t easy and it is going to take time! Start with the basics. Sit, stay and come, and make him understand that a command given is to be obeyed. This is done through repetition but keep the sessions short. You must also understand that dog training isn’t a democracy, the pup has to understand that he has no say in what takes place. If the pup gets the idea that he can obey only when he feels like it, you are going to have problems.

There are lots of good books on dog training out there but my favorites are Gun Dog, Game Dog and Family Dog all by Richard Walters and have been in publication for over 30 years. These three great books will help you train your new pup without making lots of mistakes that will create consequences that you might have to live with for years. By avoiding a few common fundamental mistakes, you can help your pup achieve a high level of performance that you will enjoy for years.

Here are a few things in my opinion that you should not do with a new pup.

1. Don’t ever play tug-of-war if you want your pup to retrieve. That teaches him to play keep-away and teaches him he doesn’t have to give up the training dummies. Don’t let him chew or mouth training dummies either if you ever want an edible bird retrieved.
2. Don’t verbally or physically discipline a pup for picking up or carrying something you don’t want him to have. You might send him the message that retrieving is bad. Simply take it away from him.
3. Don’t use different terms for a command. For example, “Here” and “Come” mean the same thing so just pick one and stick with it.
4. Don’t chase a pup because you might scare him, or he might just see it as a game and you will have a harder time teaching him to come on your command.
5. Don’t ignore the small things like occasionally barking in the crate or kennel. Once these behaviors become ingrained, the more difficult they are to break.
6. Don’t let the pup get away with anything like sleeping on the sofa, stealing food, or eating birds that you don’t want him to do for life.
7. Don’t get stuck in a rut. Training in the same place at the same time with drills in the same order doesn’t allow him to think on his own. Teach him to adapt by varying his training grounds and routines.
8. Don’t discipline a dog randomly. Be careful that the pup can connect the discipline directly to his behavior. The same thinking applies to his rewards.

These simple don’ts will help turn you pup into the hunting dog that will give you more pleasure and pride that could possibly be explained in words. Please let me know your thoughts.

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