COUES WHITETAIL DEER HUNTING VIDEO
January 29, 2009
Coues Deer Hunting
I brought a little bit of coues whitetail video back from Mexico this year. I wish I had been carrying my bow when we ran into this buck. The closest I got was about twelve yards. A lot of the coues bucks we saw were rutting very hard this year. This guy was determined that he wouldn’t leave if the doe stayed.
EL GATO 2, Lion Hunting VIDEO/DVD
January 22, 2009
Lion video previews.
We should have a great DVD on lions out this spring and here is just a little of the lion hunting video that is to come. Some of the best lion hunting and footage we have to date. Check out these video clips of mountain lions and hunting.
SPRING BEAR HUNTS, Bear Hunting Videos
January 22, 2009
Mike Whelan
Bear Hunting Video Previews
I have already started packing for spring in Alaska, I hope to be hunting some black bear with Dave Benitz. Over the last few years Dave has filmed some of his hunts and they will be on our new bear DVD, Bear Stalker. It will be released in the spring. We have video previews from this DVD available on this page
. Dave still has some openings for black bear hunts this year in May and his contact information is on our Guides page. These hunts are some of the best I have ever been on.
MEXICO HUNTS: WHITETAIL DEER HUNTING ARCHERY/RIFLE
January 22, 2009
Travis Whelan and Mike Whelan
January is the perfect time for Mexico. Travis and I have a little time to get some video and a little hunting for whitetail. I am going to take my bow and I am not sure what Travis has packed. But this old picture will show you what he is thinking about. Maybe we will have a few more pictures when we get back.
New Videos Coming Soon for 2009
January 15, 2009
Great News! We are in the process of creating three new videos from our 2008 hunts. Here are the preliminary covers. Keep coming back for more information on a release date!
Click here to see the previews.
Awesome Bulls - Giants on the Ground
Bear Stalker
El Gato 2
AZ ELK 2008: ELK HUNTING VIDEO/DVD
January 5, 2009
Glenn Heard and Travis McClendon
Glenn Heard finally drew his coveted early muzzle load elk tag in Arizona.
Glenn booked his hunt through Mick Chappell, who contacted me ( Travis McClendon) with hopes that I could guide Glenn in Eastern Arizona. I haven’t guided much in this part of the state but I quickly said yes when I found out it was an early muzzle load hunt. After checking on some tips from a friend of mine, who had an archery tag just days before this in the same unit, I met with Glenn at the hotel and soon. Early the next morning we found ourselves in the middle of bugling bulls and we were able to get very close to 9 different bulls but none that would crack the 350+ mark. That evening we returned to the same area in hopes of finding one to harvest. Before we even stopped the truck, we were in elk and spotted a big 6×6. Glen said “I’ll shoot that one right now!”. We followed close behind for about a mile but the bull never gave us a shot. With his 20 plus cows always in the way, I didn’t think it was going to happen. Right before dark, I cow called and stopped him broadside in an opening 170 yards away. Glenn with a solid rest on a pine tree pulled the trigger. The primer fired and a second later the powder lit. Kudos to Glenn for making a great shot, the bull stumbled 10 yards and fell to the ground. We scored the bull right at 365″ making this a very fast but Awesome hunt.
ARCHERY ELK 2OO8: ELK HUNTING VIDEO/DVD
January 1, 2009
Danny Pareja and Levi McClendon
Danny Pareja and Levi McClendon have been waiting ten years for an Arizona Archery Elk Tag. 2008 turned out to be the lucky year. The spring was wet and the horn growth looked like it would be good, they both hoped for a strong rut. They wanted to be calling bulls in September. They hunted hard for seven days and passed some small bulls but were unable to get on the big bulls they were looking for. The afternoon of the eighth day, the wind was howling and this makes for difficult calling conditions. Then they heard and located a deep sounding bugle. Luck was with them, the whole herd was moving right at them. As the herd moved quickly by them, they saw only glimpses of a bull with no shot opportunities. Levi finally spotted the bull moving away and behind a cedar, he whispered to Danny that he was a shooter. The bull was blocked by the tree but as he moved, Levi called and the bull turned broadside. Danny had a difficult sixty yard shot opportunity through a small opening . He made a great shot on the bull and they filmed the whole scene. The bull is a whopper. Congratulations to Danny Pareja….. great first bull. Levi never saw a bull he wanted and he went home with out a bull, he is going to have to wait awhile for another one of those lucky permits.