Eva Has More Friends Than Moi?
Posted by jsadmin
Really hectic around here, trying to get the last few shows finished and out the door to the Outdoor Channel. Watched the Professionals episode of Todd Bissenden's first guiding job last night, and honestly, it was awesome! The entire team should can be p
HuntFest Fun, Now Back to Hunting!
Posted by jsadmin
At Huntfest, there were thousands of hunters from the Canadian prairies, and everyone seemed to be in a buying mood! Cabela's was the main sponsor of the show, and their booth was packed, they sold tons. It was good, impressive, lineups all over the hall
HuntFest Saskatoon, Then Off to Mongolia
Posted by jsadmin
Really sorry about not posting more blogs recently, it's been a little hectic to say the least. I know it's not a good enough excuse, but it's the best excuse I have at the moment!
We are at our ranch in Saskathcwan right now, about to head to Saskat
Third Trip's the Charm in Peru
Posted by jsadmin
First of all, congratulations to Brock Lesnar, I got the message out here that he won his fight. We tried everything we went everywhere in the one city in norhtern Peru, trying to find a sports bar or something that had a satellite so we mised it, but we
Unlocking Central and South America's Hunting Means Saving Species
Posted by jsadmin
Finally, after two days of delays, we managed to get the hunting license
in the last five minutes of the day. Otherwise we would have been waiting
until the Ministry of Environment for Peru opened on Monday again. Thomas
Saladias has worked so hard on
On a Rooftop in Peru ...
Posted by jsadmin
I'm blogging from the top of the hotel that we're at a rooftop 10 stories up in Lima Peru. By the time we got here Aristo Hotel, real friendly to hunters, 2 in the morning. Today I had to go down to the Ministry of Environment and apply for my hunting lic
Len Leaves Hospital, Jim Leaves for Peru
Posted by Jim Shockey
Len was released from the hospital yesterday. He was going crazy there. He had his own private room, but they moved him into a hallway because two sick people in the next room were fighting, so they separated them and basically kicked Len out into the hal
One-Shot Buffalo and Len Shows Spunk
Posted by Jim Shockey
We hunted all day yesterday, but we never saw any fresh puma tracks or jaguar tracks, all we saw were two male Brocket deer, one a little bit bigger than the one I shot, one smaller. And then we went hunting buffalo all afternoon, but couldn't find a big-
Tiny Canoe Leads to Big Success
Posted by Jim Shockey
Yesterday I was so tired I couldn't blog cause I had to stay up late and skin out a camen. We got an 8-foot-4 camen yesterday, so it was a great day ... and a collared peccary. So that's really cool. The camen was excellent. We went down a jungle river fo
Close Calls in Paraguay
Posted by Jim Shockey
First of all a message to Mrs. Gibson down in New Zealand, just want to let you know that your son, Matt, is in love with a Paraguayan gal by the name of Cybil. He's absolutely fine, don't be surprised if he moves to Paraguay ... just joking, about the pa
Jaguars Proving Elusive in Paraguay
Posted by Jim Shockey
Went out this morning ... didn't find any jaguar tracks, saw a lot of puma tracks, didn't see much this morning actually traveling around, so they went up in the air trying to locate a jaguar that they've got collared; they have to transplant it to anothe
Buffalo Hunting and Jaguar Tracking in Paraguay
Posted by Jim Shockey
Today was a great day for the hunting. Chance Cornett from Texas, I hunted with him in Pakistan, he's here. He shot a river buffalo from Asia. They're Asian water buffalo, but they're Asian river buffalo, way bigger than any buffalo I've ever seen. Huge b
First Licensed Foreign Hunter in Paraguay
Posted by Jim Shockey
I'm standing in the middle of nowhere in the middle of nowhere, as usual. If you look at a map of South America, just go to the very middle part, just below the Brazil border, where there are no roads and no nothing, that's where I am in Paraguay. Amazing
Eva and Brackett Tag Big BC Bears
Posted by Jim Shockey
Excellent day yesterday. Weather was absolutely horrible, though, windy, rainy, yucky everybody saw a few bears, but we got lucky. Eva got a beautiful big bear, 18 and 11 (sixteenths) in the skull, 60-yard wide open and perfect shot with T/C muzzleloader.
Shawn Michaels Scores with Muzzleoader and Bow
Posted by Jim Shockey
Great day again today. Weather was kind of iffy; a little cool and a little drizzly, but we got all the way out to where we were going to hunt. We saw four bears on the way out there, but not bears you'd go after. So the first bear we saw in the area we w
Shockey Family Bear Hunt
Posted by Jim Shockey
Just saw two bears one second ago on our way back to camp ... had a great day today. Took Len and Hal out and Eva. We saw 10 different bears. Len got a beautiful boar. Eva didn't shoot one, she could have shot one, but it actually climbed a tree. And we d
Cannon Safe and Horton Crossbow Sponsors Score!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Fantastic day today! Went out with Mike Baker of Cannon Safe; the temperature finally got over 50 F. Suddenly we started seeing bears everywhere. Lots of bears. We had one this morning that we walked in on.
Yesterday we tried to walk and never saw anythi
Sick as a Dog, Then Loaded for Bear!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Sorry I haven't been blogging for the last few days. I was three days getting back from Russia and picked up some kind of a crazy Russian bug and then spent 36 hours on a couch at home just trying to survive. It passed, so I headed up to my camp a day lat
The Journey Home Begins ...
Posted by Jim Shockey
Woke up this morning, snowing ugly weather, low fog. We waited as long as we could then we headed up; plus we were out of gas ... they only had enough just to get out to that spot where the big bear was. We got out there and sat for six hours watching the
With 2 Russian Bears Down, Decision Time
Posted by Jim Shockey
Calling from inside my tent today. Kelly Grahmann from Texas, he only wanted one bear and he came in yesterday with a monster, a giant ancient old bear, teeth worn right down to the gums had to be at least 20 years old. Magnificent huge bear. Kind of a
