2007 Argentina Red Stag Hunt

What can I say about Argentina. To begin with, I can't believe that got to go there. It was an adventure on so many different levels. It was a different culture, the people spoke a different language, the scenery was magnificent, and I was hunting a free ranging animal not found in the U.S. -Awesome!
I flew into Buenos Aires, then caught a plane to Bariloche, from here we drove 3 hours to the ranch. We hunted the foothills of the Andies Mountains (Patagonia region). The stags were in the middle of the rut and pre-occupied with the hines. This made it easy to look over a lot of animals. I was able to harvest 2 free ranging Red Stags and 1 Fallow deer. This was an adventure of a life time. If anyone has the chance to do this, they should! My only regret is not spending more time after the hunt to explore Argentina a little more.

This stretch of river is on a lot of post cards from Patagonia. You can see why, it's beautiful!

This is my trophy 14 point free ranging stag, He had about 12 hines with him and was running around roaring, trying to keep them from being stolen from other stags.

This fallow deer was a bonus to a great hunt!

This was a management stag that they let me harvest.
If any of you haven't had stag, it is delicous and you should try it.

This is the lodge we stayed in. Top notch. I slept well and the food was first class.

Roaring stag.

2006 Kansas Whitetail hunt

In December of 2006 I got a invitation to go on a whitetail hunt in Kansas with the guys from Mossy Oak. I had never hunted Kansas before but I knew of the reputation it had for growing big bucks. Needless to say I was excited and had some pretty large expectation going into this hunt. Kansas did not disappoint! Oh yeah, you got to love that! There were some other hunters in camp that week from Remington. They decided to put a rifle up for the hunter who harvested the largest buck. Well I was lucky enough to harvest the biggest buck. - never saw the rifle! I am not going to complain. Harvesting this buck was stinking awesome and reward enough!
I actually passed on this buck twice before I shot him. I saw his short G4's and thought that I could do better. It seems fate gave me a 3rd chance at him. I'm glad it did!


Beautiful deer!

The Buck ended up scoring 148

Mossy Oak guys with Dave

November 2005 South Dakota Deer/Buffalo Hunt

In 2005 my dad had bypass surgery, scared us all, and almost left this world. He woke up with a new lease on life and had the desire to experience some things that he had always wanted to do. We discussed it, and decided to book a hunt with the jump off buffalo ranch in South Dakota. My dad had always wanted to harvest a buffalo and wanted a chance at a big mule deer. We felt like we had pretty good opportunity here. When we got to the ranch in the badlands of South Dakota, we discovered we not only had good opportunity at buffalo and deer but that we were hunting a place that was home to prehistoric dinosaur bones. This just added to the adventure! We had a fun filled couple of days. -Thanks dad for the great memories!

Mount Rushmore!

Dads Buffalo. fulfilling a dream!

My 28 inch wide mule deer. When we saw this deer we both thought he was 30 inches wide.

My dad's 26 inch wide buck with an in line extra point. I had my dad belly crawling in the grass to get in position for a shot. He ended up shooting him at 30 yards. Nice work dad!

South Dakota ring necks. I think my dad enjoyed this hunt the most.

2003 Archery Elk Hunt

I was lucky enough to draw an great archery elk tag in Utah, my first time putting in. That's right FIRST TIME! Feeling that this was my opportunity at a good bull, I did a lot of pre-scouting and research. In the end I stumbled upon this Bull. He stretched the tape at 366 P&Y. I was able to share this experience with good friends Blake, Matt, my brother Spencer, and best of all my beautiful wife Brooke. Brooke camped out with me, woke up early, hiked all over the mountains, but in the end had to miss the day I harvested this elk, because of work. Thanks Honey for loving me and being my companion in the great outdoors! Also, thanks go out to Blake for your great calling skills, Matt for saving all our backs by bring his horses, and Spence for hauling out those impressively heavy antlers.

2006 British Columbia Moose Hunt

In 2006 my dad and I had the adventure of a life time in British Columbia, Canada. We hunted for 10 days near McBride, B.C. and saw some of the most beautiful scenery in the world! Huge mountains, Glaciers, vast stands of pines as far as you could see. Everything was so green. This was a game rich environment but we battled a full moon and hot temperatures, which made the hunting tough. On the 8th day the temperature started to cool and I harvested my first wolf and a small whitetail. I was pumped! On day 9 my dad shot an awesome moose with a 12 inch dropper. Unfortunately I went home without a moose but I will never forget this experience! I was able to spend this moment, in an amazing place, with the man who instilled in me a love for the outdoors. - Check out the photos!

Glacier and really big mountains.

Wild Blueberry's (Bear food). They tasted so good!

This was my first Wolf . I was pumped to get a black one.

My Guide told me to shoot this buck. Don't always listen to your guide!

I was still happy that I was able to tag something after 8 days of seeing nothing.

My dad's first moose. 12 Inch dropper, way cool! I am so glad I was able to share this experience with him!

Alberta Black Bear Hunt!

I recently went to Alberta on a black bear hunt. It was exciting, I didn't come home with one but I saw A LOT of bears, had a great time. While I was there I drove my first John Deere tractor. It was cool. Nothing runs like a Deere!!



You think my tractors sexy?



This 4 1/2 foot bear was in the tree right next to my stand. The bear didn't know what to think of me. I got a ton of pictures of him, here are a few. It was cool getting that close. My heart was pounding!






Texas Aoudad Hunt 08

In February I went to Texas with friends Steve, Matt, and his sister Mindy. We hunted 2 hours east of El Paso in a cholla infested desert. When walking, if you looked up to long you ran the risk of being covered in this nasty stuff! The hunting was great. We saw tons of game animals. As Steve West would put it, "it was a target rich environment"! Hunting free ranging Barbary Sheep was very challenging. Thay are cool animals. The terrain was beautiful even for a desert. I'm hooked and going back next year!




Cholla Cactus, Ouch!

My first free ranging Auodad and Javellina.


Mindy, Matt, and I with Mindy's Auodad.