Last year I slacked off keeping up with my annual hunting thread. This year I'm going to try to keep it up to date since it's going to be a busy one for us.
I'll start the thread off with some small game action since Aubrey has been putting stuff down.
While I was cleaning her rabbits, she asked if she could walk back up the trail to look for anything else. Absolutely girl, go have an adventure! She and the dog came back about 30 minutes later with a squirrel.
We've officially started getting ready for sheep season. It should be a fun one now that she's 10 years old and can hold her own tag.
Aubrey is pretty small for 9 going on 10 in a couple weeks. Even though she got her 2018 bear and caribou with it, she's had a tough time using my .270 WIN because it's so big on her.
I had been toying with the idea of building a T/C for quite awhile now and decided to finally make it happen. The end result is a 7mm-08 with an overall length of 34-1/4" and a little over 6 lbs scoped and with the sling.
This February, we made another trip to Kauai for some quality family time. One of the more enjoyable things we did was taking a charter with Hunt Fish Kauai. Awesome guys to deal with and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
I laugh every time I look at this picture, Kyleah was NOT impressed when the skipjack shot blood all over her and her favorite hoody!
We glassed for several minutes until we found a decent billy. Making our move, we got busted by a nanny and kid which pushed the billy out of our reach into the cliffs above. I quickly realized this wasn't going to be such an easy hunt.
With the first goats out of reach, we pushed further down the canyon and into the main valley. We sat down and glassed for several minutes again which turned up a HUGE billy and then several more great billies. The only problem was that there were so many eyes and noses to fool! Nannies and kids roamed all around them on the nearby hills and cliffs.
I'll start the thread off with some small game action since Aubrey has been putting stuff down.
While I was cleaning her rabbits, she asked if she could walk back up the trail to look for anything else. Absolutely girl, go have an adventure! She and the dog came back about 30 minutes later with a squirrel.
We've officially started getting ready for sheep season. It should be a fun one now that she's 10 years old and can hold her own tag.
Aubrey is pretty small for 9 going on 10 in a couple weeks. Even though she got her 2018 bear and caribou with it, she's had a tough time using my .270 WIN because it's so big on her.
I had been toying with the idea of building a T/C for quite awhile now and decided to finally make it happen. The end result is a 7mm-08 with an overall length of 34-1/4" and a little over 6 lbs scoped and with the sling.
-Kauai Fishing-
This February, we made another trip to Kauai for some quality family time. One of the more enjoyable things we did was taking a charter with Hunt Fish Kauai. Awesome guys to deal with and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
I laugh every time I look at this picture, Kyleah was NOT impressed when the skipjack shot blood all over her and her favorite hoody!
-Kauai Goat Hunting-
A buddy from Kauai and I met up before sunrise and drove to a small pulloff alongside the road. The sun was just beginning to glow as we started down into a steep canyon. Shortly into the hike, my buddy turned and asked if I was ok with heights? Heck of a thing to ask as we're headed down a narrow ridge above cliff bands! We picked our way further down into a steep and rocky valley just as daylight arrived. Goats were bleating all around us and it echoed off of the cliff walls, such a cool experience!
We glassed for several minutes until we found a decent billy. Making our move, we got busted by a nanny and kid which pushed the billy out of our reach into the cliffs above. I quickly realized this wasn't going to be such an easy hunt.
With the first goats out of reach, we pushed further down the canyon and into the main valley. We sat down and glassed for several minutes again which turned up a HUGE billy and then several more great billies. The only problem was that there were so many eyes and noses to fool! Nannies and kids roamed all around them on the nearby hills and cliffs.
