When a Predator meets an Apex Predator

Today's view

A huge bobcat walked away today at dark. He got a pass. I got more out of watching him hunt and stalk than dispatching him into the afterlife. 

Sat in for an amazing sunset too... 

And we're off

It's going to be fairly quiet around here for the next week or so.

I will try to post up pictures of my harvested venison, IF he shows...

Until then, you all be good to one another until it's time to get ugly and flip through the archives a little too. Surely there's some shit in there you like.

A Dying Breed

How many of you still have that old man around that cuts a man's hair like it's supposed to be cut?

Hot cream and straight razors on your neckline and a smack across the back of the head with a little bit of that lemon smell good when you're done...

You know, the place where you walk in and there's old men shooting the shit about stringer limits, catty old broads, and how the younger generation of men are a bunch of pussies because they let their women tell them how to get their damned hair cut...

I visit such a place regularly.

I hope he sticks around for a while.

Must be the life huh?

Bonus pic :

You can beat my prices, but you can't beat my meat... Medium Ribeye for lunch. Not a bad day at all.

The world, Chico. And everything in it.

I'm about to be gone

No not for good...

But for 9 days at least. Hunting. A lot of it. 

This is the time of the year that I love the most. The cold. The quiet. The rifle. The reward. 

Funny, how being in that reticle makes the rest of the world go away isn't it? 


2 days from now, this:

Will be this again, and all will be right in the world of Stackz :

I am chasing this guy :

He's the big dog on the block. I never saw him once last year, but I know he's there. He's a nocturnal kind of dude. The big ones are pretty smart. They don't show themselves until after dark, on infrared game cams. I patiently await our meeting, for it will be his last with me. 

I didn't get him last year, but judging by the markings on his face and around his eyes, I got one of his offspring :

I will have my spotter with me again this year. She's gotten pretty good at ranging and being my extra set of eyeballs, but she's not ready to take a shot yet with a big bore rifle. It's all good. She's still learning the craft just like we did starting out with small rifles and working our way up. When she's ready, she'll let me know :

Which of you swinging dicks and ladies will be out and about on the chase for freezer filler this coming up week?

Send me some pictures at the email listed top left of the page with your stories and kills and I'll post them up here.

I have been thinking about maybe having The Bearded Backyarder's First Annual Online Big Buck Classic Contest. I'd need to know how many of you are interested in order to make it official and arrange a prize for the winning contestants. 

What say you guys and gals? Any feedback is appreciated.