Happy Veterans Day 2024! God bless our veterans, active military, reserve military, and future soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guard and space force.
US Army 1990 - 1998. US Army Ranger School, Class 7-91. God Bless America! Happy hunting, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.
Picked up my Arizona desert bighorn sheep shoulder mount today. Kofa NWR - Unit 45C. December 13, 2022. Day 5 of 10 day hunt. Sundowner Guide Service.
Very blessed, grateful, and thankful for the privilege and opportunity to hunt such a unique species. See you on the mountain. Happy hunting to...
AZGFD accepting applications
for 2024 fall hunts
Deadline is 11:59 p.m. (Arizona time) Tuesday, June 4
The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is accepting applications for 2024 hunt permit-tags issued through the draw process for deer, turkey, javelina, bighorn sheep, bison, and...
Here are some of the other Indiana bills that were signed into law today.
• Senate Enrolled Act 241 requires the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to establish a bobcat hunting season Bobcats – Indiana’s only native wild cat – were considered endangered for decades but they were...
Hugh Glass Monument - well off the beaten path in Perkins County, South Dakota. He was the guy attacked by a grizzly bear and then abandoned and left for dead by two of his own men.
Research his story sometime. Tough, tough son-of-a-bitch. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.
Louisiana Black Bear Update
On Thursday, October 5, 2023, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission received an update on the status of the Louisiana black bear population. Louisiana black bears were listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 1992. They were removed...
Species: Leopard
Country: Botswana, Kalahari Desert
Type of hunt: Leopard hunt with hounds
Terrain: Kalahari Desert in Botswana
Weapons: Rifle and shotguns
Hunt Length: 10 day hunt, killed on Day 5.
Outfitter/main guide: Mangwa Hunting Safaris
Persons Involved in Hunt: 12 people from 4...
Happy Independence Day 2023. God please continue to bless America! 🇺🇸 Still the best place to live on Planet Earth!
Good luck hunting to all Hunttalkers this upcoming autumn, TheGrayRider.
I bought a sheet of stamps at a US Post Office titled, “Endangered Species” today. (See bottom row in photo below.)
Apparently, the desert bighorn sheep is endangered, according to the US Postal Service.
Are we hunting an “endangered” species in several Western states? I thought they were...
New Zealand tahr, free-range, public land, no aircraft utilized, guided, South Island. Another fun, tough mountain hunt. 5/28/23.
Typical mountain terrain on the South Island. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.
Probably 35 years since I took undergraduate statistics course. Question(s) for younger & brighter minds:
How do you calculate the true odds if you buy several raffle tickets of a limited 600 ticket big game raffle?
If I buy the first ticket, I think the odds are 1/600. Then the second ticket...
The 2023 NRA Annual Convention & Exhibits is in downtown Indianapolis about two weeks out, 4-14 to 4/16, 2023.
Have fun to all Hunttalkers who plan to attend. I will participate in the NRA’s full-day of continuing education on firearms law on Friday at the Marriott and then on to the...
Rebel Without a Cause. Stopped by his grave marker in rural Fairmount, Indiana today.
“Live hard, die young - leave a beautiful corpse.” James B. Dean.
Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.
I had a little luck in the Arizona Big Game Draw Results today. Very blessed and ecstatic.
1. 2022 Fall Desert Bighorn Sheep - Drawn Nonresident- Hunt 06044 Dates: 12/9/22 - 12/31/22 Any ram Unit 45C (Kofa National Wildlife Refuge) - 14 NR points. I hired an outfitter/guide already.
2. 2022...
Great news for the local African populace, wildlife, hunters, businesses, and tourism employees in both Africa and USA. Hunting is truly conservation as the money expended here and overseas is exponential. Wildlife is protected and locals directly benefit economically.
Email received from DSC...
Any Hunttalkers also attending the Dallas Safari Club Convention in Dallas from January 6 - 9? My first time attending this convention.
I heard the YO Ranch downtown is a good place to eat. Any other recommendations on restaurants, fun activities, etc. Thanks, TheGrayRider.