THE HUNTING PAGE

MONTANA MULE DEER HUNT 2011

My Buck from the rewarding hunt with my brother Dan.

Dan's great 4x4

A look at the country this buck was hiding in.

Glassing the open country and A buck with 3 does.

SPRING OF 2011

3 amigos with turkey success

Amanda's First Long Beard, A long time coming.

Ross's First Long Beard

Daniel's First Long Beard of the year.

FALL 2010

Montana Deer Hunt

My Last Day Montana Buck. This was the First day it was above Zero and the deer seemed to be moving a little more.

The Terrain was tough to navigate in the deep snow with 20-40 below weather.

Another view of the barren land. This day it was 16 below with winds of 25 plus miles per hour.

Another picture of the last day buck. The Rut was in Full swing and all does in season were attended. I had spotted a 4X4 and 4X5 earlier in the week that were better but, was hoping to run downt the giant.

Washington Deer Hunt

A gene pool buck that should help out in the long run.

SPRING 2010

New Zealand

My First Free Ranging Tahr. Believe me there is a difference between free ranging and not.

My Chamois was not as demanding but a rewarding trophy non the less. A very pretty animal.

The Mountians in New Zealand were incredible.

The ridge in the middle of the picture is where we spotted the Tahr. It doesn't look like it but it is a well over a mile away and an elevation gain of 1000'.

A string of Free Ranging Tahr in a snowy basin. The snow was upper thigh deep. A hard crust made it easier to navigate for those light on there feet.

Washington Turkey Hunt

The Roost Sloose paid off.

Nice spurs on this older Tom.

9.5 inch Beard

Daniel with this years Long Beard. One of the few normal pictures you will ever find of him.

Another day in the life of the wierd turkey slayer

Deer Hunting 2009

The fruits of my late Whitetail hunt the fall of  09.

A little bird hunting to fill in  between deer seasons.

Since both of my children and son-in-law could not make this hunt, Amanda was up. Nice Muley Buckster Amanda!

This buck had started to grow a little dropper on the drivers side. Randy and his dad were able to take this deer opening day.

Turkey Hunting Spring 2009

Daniel with his first long beard! It took about 8 hours for this bird to cover the last 200 yards. Well, it seemed like 8 hours. 

This picture accentuates the long, thick heavy beard.

Deer Hunting 08

Very fruitful opening morning on the 08 hunt. From Left to Right Randy, Mike, Kristical and Audrey.

Amanda's first big Muley came on the 3rd day of the hunt.  Another good harvest old buck that needed to find his way out of the gene pool.

Africa Plains Game 2008

Pictured from Left to Right Daniel, Dan and Audrey with "Fast Shootin Dan's" Great Kudu!

Daniel posing wtih Audrey's incredible Zebra!

Me with my Blue Wildebeest.

D and D with Daniel's Warthog.  At 12 years old he was a great harvest.

Me with a Tall Impala

Audrey and Jonathan, our PH, with an Impala she killed that Daniel had wounded the day before.  You can't send a boy to do a woman's job.

Soooooo which one is the Baboon?

3 pigs.......the food was great!

More pictures to come!

Turkey Hunt 2008

2007 Ranch Hunt

From Left to Right, Ron, Daniel, and Dan.

Dan and crew with his mature Muley.  It appears in the barage of fire a bullet struck one of the horns.  This does support Dan's theory of "shoot fast and shoot often".  This time the method appears to have been successful.

Another angle of Dan's Tall Muley Buck.  A good harvest on this old buck.  Time to remove him from the pool.

Daniel with his first 4 point Muley.  A nice big body on this grain fed Buck.

Daniel and I with his tall 4 Point.

The blood lust has ended.

Randy with his 4 point that took about a weeks worth of work and a lot of climbing.

Chet, John and Myself with my Gene Pool Buck.

Randy , John and Myself with another shot of the older buck.  The green wheat didn't seem to hurt the meat flavor much at all.

2007 TURKEY PIC'S

Daniel with another fashion statement and turkey.

Amanda's first Merriam

BC Hunt 2006

A head on shot shows what a nice big head this bear has.  I will type up the journal notes as soon as I can.

Dan with his mule deer.  A 4 point that was starting to show some non-typical tendencies.  The bodies on the Mule Deer were a little bigger than we were used to seeing.  I believe that is due to the abundance of feed and adaptation to the harsh environment.

Our Guide, Graham and I with my first moose.  Graham was a great guide who spoke Canadian as well as English.

Graham and Dan with his bear.  Dan made the shot at well over 200 yards and pumped 5 pieces of lead into the hardy beast.

Dan and I with his deer.

Dan, Happy with his bear.  The Hair is especially long and no rubs.

Dan and I with the Meat factory.  About 700 lbs of meat.

David May from Texas hit it big with this 34 inch 230 gross non-typical

Another picture of David's incredible buck!

The accomdations were very nice.  I love the Log Lodge.

2006 Turkey Mania

Ross with his first turkey taken North of Chewelah. After this one fell another big tom stepped in to fill his shoes but Daniel's mind was somewhere on the African plains.

Dan the turkey man couldn't seem to stay focused on the opening weekend.  He kept mumbling something about tribesmen in Africa and a stick?

My 2006 gobbler taken close to Long Lake.  this was an incredible setting I camped next to the lake.

Pictures from the 2006 Texas Ranch Hunt

Fast shootin' pig killin Ross from the 2006 Texas Pig hunt.

Ross and his Corrisican Cross Ram

A black Hawaiian sheep that fell to the 243 Remington on the Texas hunt.

The Pistolero and the Pig.  The Pistolero won this round. 

My Caribou from the Alaska trip.  Nice mass but could have used some length on the main beams.  To read about this caribou hunt click on the journals and stories link to the left.

My Sister inlaw Audrey Happy with her Caribou.  This Caribou was a moose.  A walrus.

My Brother Dan Kellogg  with his SE Idaho buck.

Daniel R. with his first deer.  Stepson extraordinare.  Look at the size of that boys heed.  To read the story of Daniel's first deer click on the Journals and stories link to the left.

2003 Spring Gobbler.  Bad picture but a big turkey 20+ pounds and 9 and a half inch beard.

Dan Wood with his horses on the SE Idaho hunt.  The paint is an offspring of old Studly.  We did get into some nice bucks one day, but we were unable to close the distance.

Ross and I on a high ridge freezing to death on the trail of monster mule deer.

Tom Black with his caribou from the Alaska trip.  Tom is in his mid 70's here.  A grizzly had claimed this carcus before we got back for the second load of meat.

My 2005 Spring Gobbler from the Addy-Gifford area.  I gave him a little lead spanking to the head.

Ron on the migration trail