Whitetail Hunts Available for 2010 Season

We still have 2 Whitetail hunts available for the 2010 Season.

The first hunt is an archery Whitetail hunt in eastern Colorado.

These Colorado Whitetail hunts are conducted on my partner's family's farm in southeast Colorado. This hunt will be along the Arkansas River with mostly stand hunting and some spot and stalk hunting. These hunts are fully guided 6-day hunts with more days available if you would like. Price reduced to $2500 + a $500 kill fee. Act fast as the deadline is quickly approaching.






The next hunt is a rifle Whitetail hunt in Western Kansas.

The Kansas hunt is on my family's own ranch. These hunts are primarily spot and stalk hunts with some blind hunting.

On this hunt last year we killed a 178 inch Whitetail.

This is a 5 day fully guided rifle hunt with meals & lodging on the ranch. This hunt will take place during the December rifle season. Price reduced to $3500.

References are gladly furnished upon request.
Feel free to call or email me for more info.
www.sagebrushhunts.com
sagebrushhunts@hotmail.com
806-333-4358

Goodbye Winter!

Spring is in the air! The winter olympics just ended, the wheat is trading in its brown cloak for a brighter green color and yes, a simple scratch of the horses' necks leaves me covered in hair.

I am especially excited for spring this year, as we've had an unusual amount of snow since the first of the year, most of which hung around for more than a month. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm looking forward to the green grass which will soon be peeking through, thanks to the winter moisture.

The snow is now scarce, slowly receding in the shadows and low spots, a small reminder of the nearly 30 inches we've had since the middle of January. In remembrance, here are some of my favorite winter shots. Now, if only I still got a spring break.

Hunting - One Last Time

On the last day of quail/pheasant hunting season in Kansas, we decided to take advantage of a couple spots no one had hunted. The conditions were perfect after a snow earlier in the week. Jeremy, Nick (Jeremy's future brother-in-law) and I headed out, with Gunner of course. They were armed with shotguns, I with my camera. We had a great time.



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4-Time Champ

Some of you may know of Jeremy's passion for coyote calling. He likes to hunt yes, but loves to call coyotes. In 2004, Jeremy and his good friend Nick Peterson decided to enter up in the coyote calling contest in St. Francis, Kan. It's called the Midwest Coyote Calling Event, and it's run by Brent Rueb. Competitors must check in on Friday night in St. Francis, then they have all day Saturday, and part of the day Sunday to hunt. The teams must return to St. Francis to check in by 3 p.m.

Well, after placing 7th in 2004 Jeremy and Nick were hooked. Their competitive nature led them to third place in 2005, and then they won in 2006 and 2007. In fact, at the 2007 contest they set a new record for the most coyotes killed at 18. The rules state that after two consecutive wins the team has to sit out a year or split up. They chose not to split up and returned in 2009 to win again.

That brings us to this year, 2010, the contest is complete and they are again the champions out of 143 teams. This time they broke their own record and won with 19 coyotes. Their goal was 20 and they were nearly late to check-in because of their determination to get that last one that continued to elude them.

Maybe they'll make it to 20 in 2012.

2009 Deer Season complete

We ended the 2009 deer season with this nice 4x5 whitetail for Tom Bolding. Jeremy and I are looking forward to another great season next year.

Another Record-Breaker

A new ranch record was set for whitetail last night, when Stu Lilly bagged this 178" 8x5. It was only the first day of the hunt, but there was no question this monster was the one, and Stu dropped him with a single shot.

Gone Huntin'

Jeremy drew an archery tag for Colorado mule deer this year so he's been trying to find time to hunt for himself amongst guiding and scouting for customers. This past week we had some free time so we headed over to Colorado to try to find a monster buck. Find him, we did, but it turns out that getting close enough to shoot him with a bow is a lot harder than I thought. We were hunting in canyon country and it was rough. We walked about 10 miles each day and it was either straight up or straight down. Luck wasn't in our favor but we got to see some pretty country so it was worth it even without a trophy to bring home.

To the left is the view I saw most of the time as I had a hard time keeping up with Jeremy's long

stride.

Yes, the rocks were steep, but we unleashed our inner mountain goat and went right up 'em. The one below included.