The 2010 hunting season got off to a great start. We began the first week in January, where we hunted trophy mule deer in Sonora, with Jeremy Toman. For me, I wanted a 190″ muley or nothing, and came home without. But, we came away with one of the best TV shows ever, as we called in 174 mule deer that we caught on film. Many of these were nice bucks, just not what we were looking for. We did film a couple other hunters taking bucks. Can’t wait to get back down there and call in a whopper desert muley! Always a blast to hunt with Toman. In March the family headed to Africa. This was the first time for Braxton (9) and Kazden (7) and Tiff’s first time back since 1995. It was my 10th safari. Simply put, our time in Zimbabwe, with Jonathan Collett of Touch Africa Safaris (www.touchafricasafaris.com) was one of the most incredible experiences of my entire life! A big thanks goes out to Terry Wagner, of Wagner’s Worldwide Hunting, (www.wagnerworldwidehunting.com), for arranging this trip and handling all the details from start to finish.

Zimbabwe is a country that’s received some negative press in recent years, but I can say it was stress-free, safe, and the boys talk about it every day! Jonathan and his staff were top-notch, catering to our every need. The lodge is set amid a giant, rocky outcropping, with a swimming pool that overlooks an active waterhole. Every day we all went for a swim and watched Cape buffalo, kudu, wildebeest and more as they came to drink. The food, thatched/tented huts and unique rock-showers were amazing, and Tiffany and the boys loved it. It was better than home!

As for the hunting, simply put, it was spectacular. Finally, I took my first Cape buffalo, and had up-close encounters every day. Can’t wait to get back and bowhunt these beasts; the land is perfect for that. I also took an array of prized plains game, including eland, kudu, klipspringer and more, but the highlight was Braxton taking his first African animal, a Burchell’s Zebra and Kazden taking his first, a blue wildebeest. Since Kazden was 4 he talked of getting a wildebeest. His reaction to his shot was priceless, and will likely make for the most heart-felt TV show we’ve ever produced. Tiffany also got a nice waterbuck. My camera man, Travis Ralls, took his first African animal, a zebra.

Following our two weeks of hunting with Jonathan, he drove us 9 hours to Victoria Falls. We spent three days there with Jonathan and Russell Caldecott of Ultimate Lodge (www.ultimatelodge.com). Vic’ Falls is one of those must-see places. The culture, the wildlife and the land is beyond words, and to have Jonathan as our personal tour-guide made it that much more special.

Not only was our time with Jonathan one of the most incredible hunts of my career, but the whole experience was life-changing for the entire family. The boys visited remote villages, schools and orphanages, and gave away over 1,000 tiny toys to needy children that had been collected through their school, back home. There isn’t a day that goes by where we don’t talk about this special place, and the new friends we met. This is a must-do for anyone considering Africa! We also hunted Namibia, where I took Hartmann mountain zebra and gemsbuck.

Following Africa I returned to Washington, to hunt Quinault Indian Nation Land for big black bear. I was the first non-tribal member to film shows and write about this special place, back in 2005. Since then the land which can be hunted has expanded within the reservation, and there are still some monster bears to be had. The key is connecting with a Native Quinault guide (required to hunt on the reservation) who is expanding his range.

Robert Thomas was our guide on this hunt(www.northwestblackbear.com). Last year was Robert’s first year of bear guiding (he’s one of the top salmon and steelhead guides in the area), and he recorded more bears than any other outfitter. His hard work and dedication paid-off, as I took two bears; one with my BowTech Destroyer, one with rifle. Baiting is allowed on the reservation, and it’s the best (only) way to effectively hunt this rainforest. We saw sign of some giant bears, which is why I’ll be back again!

From there, it was home for turkey season. I’m writing a western turkey hunting book, so spent some serious time chasing Mr. Longbeard. Braxton took a tom via spot-and-stalk, his first using that method.

The highlight of the season was spent with good friend and probably the best known turkey guide in the state of Oregon, Jody Smith of Jody Smith’s Guide Service, (www.jodysmithguideservice.com). Over the years I’ve taken my biggest toms while hunting with Jody, including one that had 1 7/8″ spurs and an 11 3/4″ bear…but we topped that this year!

Setting up our mounted hen decoy, southwest of Roseburg, we started calling. Birds were talking all around us, but nothing came in. Then, an hour into it, here came the strangest bird I’d ever seen, a red and white Rio! He strutted around the decoy for 3 minutes, and Travis Ralls, my camera man, caught it all on film for the TV show. Biologists tell me this was the first erythristic (red & white) color phase bird ever reported being taken in Oregon, with only 1 in every 300,00 birds expressing this recessive trait. He’ll be mounted, lifesize!

We rounded out the spring with a family bear hunt in British Columbia, with Rob Cork of Tweedsmuir Park Outfitters (email: tmpoutfitters@loudpipe.com). This was a remote camp, and after 20 hours of travel time from our home, the family finally arrived on the island, some 150 miles inland from the B.C. coast.

This was a new, 900,000 acre chunk of ground Cork recently acquired, and it hadn’t been hunted for 6 years. The island is surrounded by two, giant, man-made lakes, and logging ceased there 5 years ago. As a result, bears are thick, feeding along the edges of logging roads, where grass, clover and other food sources thrive.

Braxton, who’d recently turned 10, took his first bear. He passed 13 others before pulling the trigger on a 6’11” brute at 75 yards, spot-and-stalk. The bear’s skull measured 20 1/2″. Braxton made a perfect shot with his .30 TC and was pumped at seeing so many bears. We even called some in, but they were too small to shoot.

Tiffany took her first bear, too, a 6’9″ hefty-bodied, big-headed beast. She dropped it with one shot from a .300 Win’ Mag. It’s skull was also 20 1/2″, taken via spot-and-stalk. Then I arrowed a bear with my Destroyer and took one of the best bears of my life, with the .300, both via spot-and-stalk. My big bear, Chocolate Thunder we dubbed him (you can see why, from the photo), squared over 7-feet and was a fraction of an inch from making the B&C record book. In all, we saw over 30 black bears, 4 grizzlies and loads of moose. We also got in some trout fishing, right from camp.

I’m working on a western bear hunting book for 2011, and looking hard for little pockets that still hold big bears. I think this might just be it. We saw three bears pushing the 8′ mark, and these are interior bears! We plan on returning to this place to search for one of the giants roaming the land.

Now it’s time to get in some salmon and steelhead fishing before the fall hunting season kicks-off!

The fall hunting season got off to a great start. Tiffany got her first Roosevelt elk…on August 3rd! It was the first time for this tag to be issued, in Oregon’s Melrose Unit. She attained an LOP tag through the Big K Guest Ranch (www.big-k.com), and hunted with their new, head hunting guide, Jody Smith. Tiffany made a perfect, one-shot-kill at 75 yards with her .300 Win. mag’, taking great eating 6×6 in velvet.

Though I drew a blank on Oregon Roosevelt elk, it wasn’t because of lack of opportunity. I had 5 bulls, 5×5 or larger, within 40 yards of me at one time or another, but due to the low lighting conditions faced by the TV cameras, no shots were taken. Sometimes, the TV camera is the best conservation tool there is, for if it’s too low of light to catch on film, I don’t shoot.

However, I scored big in Montana, filling an archery tag I drew. Over the course of five days, I called in 18 bulls, all but two were on public land. I ended up cow calling to a lone bull as it fed from the meadows into heavy timber. At the last second I was able to pull the bull out of the trees, and he walked right toward me, turned broadside and I let him have it at 40 yards. The heavy-racked 6×6 went a short distance and collapsed, on film.

We filmed two more Roosevelt hunts on the Big-K, both with rifle, that will air on Game Chasers. I drew a blank on a muzzleloader Roosy’ hunt in SW Washington. Also drew a big “0” for mule deer in the Okanogan area, but had a good time.

I did take another good bear with our friends at Boulder Creek Outfitters, in Idaho. This was a great spot-and-stalk hunt I’d suggest to anyone…but be in shape, some of those big canyons are brutal!

Because we were ahead in the filming of our TV show, we spent the next six weeks filming blacktail hunts in my home state of Oregon, my favorite! Over the course of six weeks, we got four shows. The highlight was good friend, Greg Brush (noted Kenai king salmon guide), brought his 13 year old daughter, Kendra, down for her first blacktail hunt. On day 3 she scored on a 130″ brute of a 4×4, while hunting with Steve Haptonstall west of Ashland, OR.

A few days later my oldest son, Braxton, made a tough, 205 yard, steep uphill shot on a forky blacktail, back on the Big-K. With Braxton’s busy football schedule, he didn’t have the time to devote to finding a big buck, but we got some great eating venison. We followed-up that hunt with a great pheasant shoot, something the Big-K is now offering.

I rounded out the big game season by taking a good blacktail in southern Oregon. Good friend, Garrett Zoller, brokers large pieces of property around the state (landandwildlife.com), and we hunted on a couple of those parcels. Saw lots of deer, some great bucks that we couldn’t shoot due to low light, but I did get one on day 6, the day after Thanksgiving. It was snowing hard, lots of deer were on the move and it made for one of our most beautiful shows ever filmed.

We concluded 2010 with some great turkey hunting. The whole family, Braxton, Tiffany, Grandpa and I got in on the action…Kazden can’t wait until this spring, when he’ll finally be old enough to hunt under Oregon’s Mentored Youth Program. As we wr

ap-up another year, we’re excited about what 2011 brings.

For more hunting reports, please refer to my blog, which I’ll be updating on a regular basis.

 

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