Ewes and Lambs, but no Rams
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We flew into Hovd, on the west side of Mongolia, then we drove for 8 hours and made it into camp in the pitch black, got a few hours of sleep then headed out yesterday for our first day of hunting. Yesterday we did a lot of driving and circling around the
Travel Trouble en Route to Mongolia
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Matty Gibson and I are on our way to Seoul, South Korea. We had our flights all organized for Air Canada, then connecting on a Korean Air flight in Seoul to go to Ulaanbaatar in outer Mongolia. From Ulaanbaatar, we were catching an Air Mongolia flight to
Inspired by Under Armour
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Louise and I just returned from an amazing trip to Baltimore to meet with the great people at Under Armour (UA). I have to say it was one of the most inspirational meetings I've ever been a part of. Everything was perfectly planned and executed; the peopl
Official Jim Shockey Fan Page on Facebook!
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As you've probably seen at the end of all of my TV episodes, I offer viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the shows by visiting my Facebook page... Apparently my personal facebook account is too full to add anyone new so my daughter Eva just helped me laun
On Location for Nosler's Magnum TV Shoot
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My relaxing summer vacation is officially over and I'm back at work, doing what I do best. Right now I'm out on location in Bitterroot Valley, Montana shooting some hosting segments for the 2012 season of Nosler's Magnum TV on Outdoor Channel!
Meet Rez, the Rescue Dog!!
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For the first time in years, I've taken an entire month away from hunting to take care of some business back home. At first Louise was all for the idea of having me around, but after a month of in-your-face husband time, I'm starting to think she's change
Puma, Buffalo and Wild Hogs in Paraguay
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Kind of a slow day today, obviously we had the stuffing knocked out of us yesterday; we did look for puma tracks in the morning, did not find any. We came back to the ranch house and loaded up the two dogs that we had and we picked up a third dog from the
Paraguay Jaguar Project Turns Tragic
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Right away we went out and found monster jaguars tracks, as big as Rocky's ever seen. We have six dogs, his dog team that he's had for two years, really a great group of dogs. They got on the track and managed to get on the jaguar and then things went rea
Buffalo Bowhunt in the Swamps of Paraguay
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I'm in Paraguay! We landed in Asuncion, Paraguay a few days ago, but the weather was too horrible to fly out to the ranch. So, we were stuck in the city for a couple of days.
We finally got good weather and flew out to the ranch. So green here; more g
SPECIAL EDITION: Eva Shockey's African Hunting Adventures
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If you're reading this Special Edition blog and wondering what the heck is going on, here's the scoop. I, Eva Shockey, along with cameraman extraordinaire, Todd Bissenden, are on the first ever official hunting trip for Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures th
Surf's Up on the Sandy Beaches of Ghana
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We went out yesterday evening and didn't start until about ten at night looking for a panther genet. It's one of the most beautifully marked furs of any animal in the world and it's hard to say what family it is, but probably in the small cat family. They
Barbecued Feast of Ghana's Finest Foods
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Yesterday after I blogged, we went to a big lake where they had lots of wild looking birds. We took the porcupine and barbecued it on the shore along with some of the royal antelope meat. Then we got a couple tilapia fish from some of the local fishermen
Jim Lands First "Ghana Slam" in History
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We went out last night with a new guide who's a little, tiny fellow that was a local poacher-guy that we've now converted onto the legal side of hunting. He's a great little hunter, sneaking around in all the old-growth stuff that's old jungle and has bee
Big Success on World's Smallest Antelope
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Last night was a fantastic night. We went out, it was cloudy with lightening flashes in the distance so we didn't know if it was going to rain or not. We went out into the jungle and this time Larry Rudolph went out as well but he went with a different gu
SCI President, Larry Rudolph, Joins Jim in Ghana
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Yesterday was a really interesting day. We went with the same original six drivers and their four dogs and went to nearly the same area where we were the other day when we saw so many of the royal antelope. We were looking for duiker so we set up on the f
Fantastic Daylight Hunt for Black Duiker
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We got a black duiker today, which is the first one taken since the 90's and that was actually taken in Liberia. This was in bright daylight, a fantastic hunt and the first black duiker that they've gotten here in Ghana. It was a really, really hard shot,
First Sighting of Royal Antelope in Ghana's History
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We had the most amazing day today. We met some guys in a new area in Ghana that Steve Kobrine has not hunted before. Steve opened up Ghana for hunting a couple of years ago for the royal antelope, which is one of the smallest antelope in the world - not m
Amazing Aoudad Hunt in Texas!
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After the Cabela's 50th anniversary event at which I appeared in Denver, I headed back down to El Paso and met up with my friend Mike Powell of Primos. Mike had a car rented and he and I drove to our aoudad ranch way down south about 12 miles from the Mex
Oryx Success in New Mexico
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After only seeing one oryx all day yesterday, it was bitter, bitter cold here this morning. We went out spotted one oryx right off the bat, an ancient, ancient old bull.
Vacation Ends, TV Show Filming Work Begins
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Todd and I had a good time the last few days vacationing in New Mexico and seeing the sites and exploring some beautiful lands as we were hunting for ibex during our just-for-fun trip together. Great experience and a great warm-up for getting down to the
