Good day for our hunters, bad day for the wolves...
Posted by Jim Shockey
Another great day in the Yukon! I shot a a huge, old male wolf at about 50 yards and heard in from our other camps that three other wolves were taken on the same day. Although guys are obviously here to take big moose, we have wolves available on every hu
Break between hunters...
Posted by Jim Shockey
My first clients of the year, Buck and Shelly, have flown back out of camp and I have a few days before Gregg Ritz shows up for my next hunt. Todd and I did some quick maintenance on the ARGO and went out to live like bush pigs in a spike camp for a few d
Caribou success in the Yukon!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Great day again today in camp. Got a bit of a late start because we had to do some ARGO maintenance and other work around the camp, but eventually took of way to the other end of the mountain range to see if we could find some caribou. Climbed a big mount
More updates from moose camp...
Posted by Jim Shockey
Spent most of the day getting all the meat down from Shelly's moose - thank goodness for the ARGO! It will go out later this afternoon on the float plane to help feed the local native elders - another example of how hunters help in ways that most people n
Success on day 1 with first clients in moose camp!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Got up at 6:30am this morning to give Freddy a weather report and get ready for my first clients of the 2009 moose guiding season - Buck Knowlton and his fiancee Shelly. When I walked out the front door there was a great big bull moose over 60" standing
Another great day in moose camp!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Todd and I headed out early today into brand new country and saw five new bulls we hadn't seen before - two in the mid 50's, two right at 50 and one little one. We also saw four grizzly bears including two monsters. One was the biggest grizzly bear I've e
Things are heating up in moose camp!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Had a fantastic day - saw 5 different bulls and 6 cows. 3 of the 5 bulls were decent and we put a 3 mile stalk on one and got within 100 yards. We couldn't get any closer and they were starting to run so I let out a little cow call and he turned and came
I'm back in the Yukon for moose camp
Posted by Jim Shockey
Arrived in my camp the day before yesterday to begin guiding for the season. Weather was ugly - raining and blowing and it got worse yesterday including snow up in the mountains. Spent the first day and a half rebuilding camp after a grizzly bear tore eve
Freddy Scores Big Ram, Jim Strikes Out ...
Posted by Jim Shockey
One of the prettiest days I've ever seen here in the Yukon, it was gorgeous, didn't rain on us once. Tonight it's almost clear, beautiful sunset. I can see mountain ranges way in the distance, we're way up on the top of the world again. We left our camp n
Yukon Sheep Camp, 2009!
Posted by Jim Shockey
We flew in last night to where the plane could drop us off and we set up the tent and slept right there. First thing in the morning we started climbing, seven hours, no trails, no nothing. So now we're on top of the world! I think from up here I can see t
Azerbaijan Tur with Muzzleloader!
Posted by Jim Shockey
First of all, I woke up this morning sick as a dog. I knew I was getting it, but I really got nailed with it this morning. So we got up and worked on the cape from the first tur, it was kind of clear, but a little foggy. Worked on the tur until 10 a.m. an
Huge Tur, at 355 Yards!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Woke up this morning with fog below and low clouds high above, but we were able to spot the band of four male tur on the mountain face which was uncovered by cloud and fog. You couldn't see below, you couldn't see above, but you could see the tur, includi
Azerbaijan is Amazing!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Calling in from the top of an absolutely gorgeous mountain range. We are right at the top, right in the clouds and stars, one of the prettiest places I've ever seen in my life. It looks like the Rocky Mountains in the Kootenay area in British Columbia ...
My Buddy Brock, Toughest Guy in the World!
Posted by Jim Shockey
Went to the Brock Lesnar UFC 100 fight in Las Vegas, right after returning from my sitatunga hunt in Uganda. Met Brock at the SHOT Show earlier this year, and we hit it off. He's an avid hunter and a great guy.
Unbelievable spectacle at the fight. Oh my
Ssese Island Sitatunga Completes Slam!
Posted by Jim Shockey
First sitatunga slam in 45 years, and I don't know if it's maybe the only one?! Got one today! Unbelievable, had like two seconds to make the shot. Got him, a huge sitatunga. It'll be right at the world record. There is one at 31 that is questionable; the
Ssese Island Sitatunga Hunt is Ultimate in Africa
Posted by Jim Shockey
I'm standing on ... I can't even remember the name of the island in the Ssese Islands in Lake Victoria. It's an archipelago of about 30 islands all covered in rainforest. Some are inhabited, some are not. We're on the biggest island right now staying at a
Black Mamba at 8,000 Feet!
Posted by Jim Shockey
We flew from Lake Albert one hour to Lake Victoria to the Ssese Islands. Beautiful rain forest ... birds everywhere—parrots and all kinds of egrets here. The landing strip was on one of the islands there and no roads or anything; no people. We had to walk
From South Africa to Uganda
Posted by Jim Shockey
Great day today. I went out with Eva for about six hours this morning and I got a big blue wildebeest. We had two cameras running, Eva was running one of them actually, and it worked out where I made a perfect shot. Ran about 70 yards and tipped over dead
Great Safari With Alpine Yukon Bow
Posted by Jim Shockey
We're in Limpopo Province just outside of Kruger National Park. We hunted all day yesterday here with Shamba Safaris. Yan is the professional hunter. Really great, beautiful place. Nice little stone houses we're staying in. Sat on stand all day yesterday
Eva Takes Blesbok and Wildebeest at Bombazi
Posted by Jim Shockey
Great day today! We went out this morning and made about 10 different stalks on different animals, but it was Eva's first time. She's being very careful. She almost she had the hammer back once, but it was looking like she wasn't going to get anything. Th
