Author: <span>Albert Quackenbush</span>

Hog Hunting Seminar Ron Gayer will be doing another Hog Hunting Seminar on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 11am at Bass Pro Shops in Rancho Cucamonga. He’ll be joined by author and hunter Durwood Hollis. It is $30 for advance booking or $45 at the door.  The seminar runs from…

Fat Guy + 100 Degrees = Long Day Saturday was the day before the last day of archery in unit D15. I wanted to get out and try to hunt, but there were plenty of factors that rose against me. First, the moon wasn’t quite a full moon, but it…

Time For Some SoCal Mule Deer Hunting Archery bear season is now closed and the general season (for D-14) doesn’t open back up until October 9, so I am headed out to do some spot-and-stalk mule deer hunting this weekend. I have an AO tag that is begging me to…

Product Review: Don’t Bite Me! Patch Bug Repellent Black flies and mosquitoes are devils with wings! I hate them and I am sure many of you don’t particularly care for them either. While I love my ThermaCELL, the refills can get costly and the unit can be bulky. I had…

First Trail Cam Pics of 2010 (NY State) My dad and brother just set up our new trail cams in NY this weekend and one of them caught this nice spike horn on the first night. By the looks of pic #2 it looks like a spike. I recommended that…

Pope & Young Club founder, Glenn St. Charles, 98 I felt that this should be mentioned to all who read my blog and are archery enthusiasts. I read this today and while I don’t have any Pope & Young animals, records or have ever submitted anything, I was still saddened.…

CDFG Launches Automated License Data System I just received this press release in my email from the Department of Fish & Game and was delighted to see this is finally happening. California Department of Fish and Game News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 16, 2010 Contacts: Richard Reyes, DFG…

Animals In The News I read news articles everyday regarding hunting and the outdoors and most of it is from blogs and The Outdoor Pressroom. They always have news articles I am interested in reading and I thought I would share two of them with you today. The first is…

No Hunting For Me Last Weekend Life was very busy this past week and I didn’t do much in the way of hunting. I did call my dad and discuss my November whitetail archery hunt with him, but that was about it. This weekend I took a break and took…

Back From A Day In The Forest Saturday was a long, but incredibly fun-filled day. Sure, hiking up steep hills, putting up treestands in 90+ degree weather and sitting out in the hot sun glassing for three hours may not be everyone’s cup-of-tea, but I loved it. I left my…