California Hunt/Fish Photos

HunterHarry

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On the brink of another hunting/fishing season here in Northern California.
Really like to see a good thread showcasing your successful outdoor adventures from years past from the Golden State for some pre-season inspiration.

Let's see 'em fellas!
 
Guess I'll start with a pic of my kid.
A good Blacktail from two years ago...

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Great idea Harry! If i had a way to copy and send to my puter, i'd have a bunch to show. As it is, most of the stuff i have in here now has been seen and don't want to bore you guys.

I did catch this Big Bass a couple years ago fishing my own minnow imitation streamer for smallies. A guy told me it was a Bugle Mouth Bass. He didn't eat near as good as most bass i've tried... :)
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Joey


"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"
 
Harry, I'll play along. These are two of our best bucks from the Boonville area and they were killed on the same weekend last year.
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Even with the drought, antler growth this year seems above average. I haven't had a bunch of luck with my trail cams this summer, but I know they're out there. Good luck everybody out hunting in the Cali heat!
 
>Great idea Harry! If i had
>a way to copy and
>send to my puter, i'd
>have a bunch to show.
>As it is, most of
>the stuff i have in
>here now has been seen
>and don't want to bore
>you guys.
>
>I did catch this Big Bass
>a couple years ago fishing
>my own minnow imitation streamer
>for smallies. A guy told
>me it was a Bugle
>Mouth Bass. He didn't eat
>near as good as most
>bass i've tried... :)
>
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>
>Joey
>
>
>"It's all about knowing what your
>firearms practical limitations are and
>combining that with your own
>personal limitations!"


That must be a KALI Bass!:D











[font color="red"]From My Smokin Cherry Red Hot Barrel & My Dead Cold Hands I Shall go down Fighting for American Pride & Rights!
I Know I'm Out Numbered by Pusssies & Brainwashed Democrats that'll Throw Their Hands in the air & I know I can't Lick the U.S. Military by Myself when they Turn on us but I'll make
you one Guarantee,They'll be Enduring a Situation where I Hope to Hell All Americans become True Americans once again & Stand up for their Rights!
 
LAST EDITED ON Jul-21-14 AT 06:06PM (MST)[p]Joey,
My scanner took a crap a long time ago.
Just get some good light (no flash) and take a digital photo of your old photos, resize them then upload them.
Eazy-peezy.

One more for today.

A nice 4x4 Blacktail I took a couple of years ago near home.

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Good morning from NorKal!

My son with last year's Blacktail from right up the road.

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A late season brawler from the Sacramento River...

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LAST EDITED ON Jul-22-14 AT 07:23AM (MST)[p]All I can think about right now is fishing:)

Let me try it again later:)
 
I hear they're slaying the salmon off the coast right now Steve, you should hop on a chum bucket while it's hot!

The rivers are too warm/low right now for us, it's going to be a while before we get a crack at 'em.
 
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Alps buck

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Another alps buck

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Late season blacky

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Muzzy muley

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LAST EDITED ON Jul-23-14 AT 05:33PM (MST) by Founder (admin)[p]A guy I know just joined the 30/30 club. A 30 lb. salmon and a 30/ lb. lingcod on the same trip.

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Thanks to all who shared photos!

Thunder Chicken..

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Fresh Fur...

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Thomas with a porker from last April..

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If and when I leave California, perhaps the thing I'd miss most of all is the fishing.

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Some of our past adventures:

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McCloud CA 2005

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McCloud 2006

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Grouse, McCloud 2006

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Grouse, McCloud 2007

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Convict Lake 2008

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McCloud Deer 2009

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McCloud BIG fish 2009

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NOT a Keeper!

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Pheasants with the nephews

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Last year's dove
 
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A couple A-zone bucks from last year. My 13 year old sons, and 2 of mine.
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Some turkeys from this year. Start off with my son's, then my three
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My daughter was not so lucky, but she had fun, next year they will get close enough for her to arrow one.
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Bill
 
You're Getting Younger by the day HH!:D

GAWD I wanna move to KALI!

At least long enough to catch a few Fish like them!:D








[font color="red"]From My Smokin Cherry Red Hot Barrel & My Dead Cold Hands I Shall go down Fighting for American Pride & Rights!
I Know I'm Out Numbered by Pusssies & Brainwashed Democrats that'll Throw Their Hands in the air & I know I can't Lick the U.S. Military by Myself when they Turn on us but I'll make
you one Guarantee,They'll be Enduring a Situation where I Hope to Hell All Americans become True Americans once again & Stand up for their Rights!
 
"I can't wait till tomorrow cuz I get better lookin each day"

Howz that old tune go??? :)

Actually that's my little bro holding the roosters, but I am digging into the archives a bit...
 
Nice pictures Harry.
Seems with work and everthing else I have not had much time for fishing, but you pictures make me want to get my kids into more fishing. Here is a couple more pictures.
Daughters California mule deer from 2010.
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Some turkeys from last year.
Daughter's 2012
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Son's 2012
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One of mine
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Can not wait to see what hits the dirt this weekend.
Bill
 
Bill, those are really great photos.
Taking the time set up a good photo is so important.
Those special moments shared with your kids are gone in seconds, saving a great photo for the future is priceless as some day you can relive that special day with pride.

A couple years ago on my buddy's ranch in Alturas Ca.

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Thought I'd mix in a few pics of places we hunt & fish in California.

Funny, it sure don't look like S.F. or L.A. ;-)

Some of my favorite Blacktail hunting country ...

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Home turf...

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One of my Steelhead fishing rivers...

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Woot Woot!

Rifle season opens tomorrow!!!!

A few more pics for you poor guys that have months yet to wait...

That little dot about 200 yards out on that trail is a four point Blacktail about to get smoked by my kid.

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You're not going to find a steelhead that's much brighter than this one!...

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Speaking of bright fish, you simply will not find a river salmon brighter than this one!

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Can't let HH have all the fun.
Most my photos are on my desk top and not connected to the net.
Will have to down load some later.
Here are a few more random pictures of my daughter.

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Well, site will not let me upload any more pictures.
HH might have used up all the band width.

Bill
 
Opening day of Rifle Deer Season!
A quick cup of coffee and it's ON fellas!

Some scenery pics I've taken and a couple of bucks we've taken on solo hunts when no one was there to take a "hero shot"

Some of the country I'll be climbing around in this morning...
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A nice buck my kid took when I was at work... x(
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Sunset on my home turf...
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The first buck I ever took with my .257 Weatherby, again, nobody around for the "glory shot"...
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A sky shot I took, there is actually a buck lying at my feet when I snapped this one, it's easy to get inspirational sometimes... :)
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Have a good one guys It's buck huntin time....:)
 
I'd like to thank everyone for posting their pictures. I used to live in Redding and caught many Salmon just below the Hwy 99 bridge. We owned 500 acres 2 miles south of Laytonville and hunted Blacktails and hunted Mule Deer by Medicine Lake. Those pictures sure bring back boyhood memories, thanks again.
 
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Thanks 12point!
Redding is a great place for an avid outdoorsman to live as far as California goes, it's right in the middle of great hunting and fishing, salmon, steelhead, trout, deer, bear, hogs, coyotes, waterfowl.
Less than an hour in any direction will put you in the good stuff.

I had a fun morning passing up 4 good blacktails, one was close to getting it though... ;-)

A few more pics to keep the thread at the top...


California Chrome...
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Pork on a Stick...
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Dog Gone...
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Wind drift....
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Most Muley guys don't know just how good a buck like that 4 point is for a Blacktail.

Very Nice!

Thanks for adding it on to this thread CH!
 
I'm still in fishing mode.:) August 1st 2014 To their credit these boys took good care of the shark and spent several hours butchering it for eating. You can't do this in Wyoming:)

 
LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-14 AT 09:23AM (MST)[p]crap H,when do you have time to work....LOL i've yet to get drawn for mule deer hunt, but Cali has been good to me...

...my G-sons first blood...
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my two biggest Cali bucks...
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my 28 3/4" Calif Blacktail...

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yesterdays fishing trip, got rained on but my g-son didn't want to leave till the lightening started...LOL

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Good stuff fellas!

I passed on 3 more bucks this morning, the search continues...

Those are great Cali Bucks Manny!

Eel, not even Montana's "Blue Ribbon" trout fishing compares to what we have...

Two Fer Tuesday...

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>Good stuff fellas!
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>I passed on 3 more bucks
>this morning, the search continues...
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>Those are great Cali Bucks Manny!
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>Eel, not even Montana's "Blue Ribbon"
>trout fishing compares to what
>we have...
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>Two Fer Tuesday...
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All C zone bucks probably bench legs but who cares...
 
Hi Harry, your son has grown into a fine young man. I feel I've watched him grow up here on MM. Very cool!
Why was I thinking you were from AK? I guess the mind is first to go! LOL!

Your friend Joe

"Sometimes you do things wrong for so long you think their right"

-Joe E Sikora
 
Thank you Joe!

You know, this thread is a love/hate thing with me.

To be totally honest, I kind of put it up because deerslayer88 is constantly bashing Californians here on MonsterMuleys and I wanted to show that in reality some of our lives are quite enviable.
I'll guarantee he isn't catching gorgeous fish like we do.
I'll bet he isn't killing two bucks a year on OTC tags every year either.
He probably doesn't have nice bucks, turkeys, quail, coyotes and even mountain lions cruising through his property with regularity either.

No, I'm both proud and ashamed at the same time of where I live.

I've raised one hell of a hunter and fisherman, he's better than I am in so many ways and words simply cannot express my love, pride and awe that I have for what we've accomplished together over the years, it's simply amazing.

I'm so glad that so many of you here at MonsterMuleys have enjoyed what I've been able to capture and share in pixels over the years, it is truly what embodies my soul.

I apologize for the majority of my California countrymen and their beliefs, but I only hope that when those of you that you disparage Californians on a regular basis, realize that it isn't all of us here that are so horribly wrong in our political and moral composure and that regardless of our political leadership that there is still a quality life to be had here.

Thanks again for your support, it is greatly appreciated.

HH & Son.

Miles from pavement.
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My biggest bucks are from public, but most are from private, bears public, all salmon/steelhead from the bank, coyotes taken on both public and private.
Everything in this thread is DIY, but bears were with a close friend with hounds.
If my life depended on killing a Boone & Crockett Blacktail, I'd be hunting my spots on heavily hunted public land without any doubt whatsoever.
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The only ones who should apologize are those who falsely assume that all Californians are alike. Those of us in rural communities have been hunting as long and as well as anyone. And those who imagine that their own states cannot become "Californicated" had better add those pro-hunting constitutional amendments while they still can, because, eventually, the cities will find you, too.
 
Great Stuff eshunt!

Well, I'm seeing bucks.
16 encounters so far, one encounter with "The One" at 520 yards on a windy evening, just too far under the conditions.

Still looking.

Bucks scouted from years past...

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Here's a couple more for TGIF!

Birthday buck!

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Steelhead on the river I grew up on.

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CA definitely has some great hunting and fishing.

Sometimes you just have to let them jump into the net.

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Rockfish anyone? Nothing like having to use a wheelbarrow to haul all your fish off the boat.
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Good Stuff Fellas!

That fish looks over 30 Steve.
River fishing down my way has absolutely sucked so far this year.
I've never gone into September without a freezer full of fillets.

I've been hunting local blacktails hard though, I'm up to 21 buck encounters, just not the one I'm trying to find.
:)

A few pics for Throwback Thursday.

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Well, here's my 2014 A zone blacktail.
I passed this buck on 3 different occasions.
He looked good this morning, my legs were getting tired and I decided I needed to shoot a buck.


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Moved out of California going on 2 years ago. Man I miss the fishing. Nice to see shots of the Sac, Trinity and Mad Rivers. Heck I lived 5 minutes off the mad for 26 years. Miss walking out the door with the dog and rod.
thanks for putting all these up.



Matt
"Opportunity is missed by most people
because its dressed in overalls
and looks like work."
Thomas Edison
 
2014 D13 opener buck for my 13 year old son...
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron."
- H.L. Mencken, the Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
 

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