Tag Archives: bowhunting
I Have Elk Fever!
Archery elk season opens here in Oregon this week and I’m so excited, I can’t hardly stand it. The weather has just started to turn “elky”: cool nights and warm days. Without looking at a calendar, I know elk season is upon us and I look forward to it every year. The pre-season excitement grips …
Brother Owen 1972 – 2012
My brother, Owen Alford, lost his battle with cancer on March 26th, 2012 (OwenAlford.wordpress.com). We were life-long friends. Owen followed me into bowhunting several years ago, bagged a blacktail buck, and then set his bow aside for several years while he worked nights and went to school during the day. It was always his intention …
Black Bears
During my recent elk hunting trip, we had a couple black bear encounters. This bear was feeding on currant berries very close to the trail I was hiking on. I accidentally spooked the bear as I walked up and it ran out about 20 yards, turned and watched me. The wind was blowing from the …
Backcountry Elk Hunt 2011
Question: what kind of whackos spend 15 days in the backcountry drinking muddy iodine-flavored water, eating the same food day after day, and chasing elk from dark until dark? You guessed it: the same two guys and eight goats who went to Hells Canyon for a spring bear hunt. Why? Because IT ROCKS! Archery elk …
Goat Myth #1: “They Can Eat Anything”
Let me start by saying that technically, goats can eat just about anything. Goats have almost no tastebuds, so they can eat things that many other animals won’t touch. However, goats really shouldn’t eat just anything and definitely shouldn’t be left to eat “whatever is around”. I know dogs that eat socks. Makes no sense …
GoatHunter (it’s not what you think…)
In my case, GoatHunter means “hunts with packgoats”. About five years ago, I got really tired of carrying my entire camp on my back, so I searched for a better way. I like to bowhunt elk in the backcountry, where there’s no roads and only those trails made by the animals themselves. I needed a …
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