June 2011

Spring gobbler season up here in our high mountains came in while we were off huntin’, fishin’, and foolin’ around for two months down in San Carlos, Sonora. By the time we got home the first week of May there weren’t many days left for me to try a hunt after catching up on two months accumulated mail. I never got a decent day, but my huntin’ buddies sure did.

Ryan

Up on the Uncompaghre plateau, snowpack and windy conditions had been a problem all season. In spite of that, quite a few hunters had success on those few occasions when they happened to be in the right place at the right time. Goose hunting buddy Ryan Blackwelder put pregnant wife Erin on two great gobbles.

Erin

Ryan’s dad, Gerald even got in on a hunt or two, along with duck hunting buddy Jason.
They are still arguing over who killed the turkey. On another hunt, Ryan put goose huntin’ fren Andy on another nice tom. With all the nice gobblers we have here, we probably should be lining up hunters for guided hunts next year.

Gerald & Jason

Ryan & Andy

Here in mid June there is still a good snowpack on the mountains and snowmelt is staining all the rivers, making fishing dicey at best. Pretty quick I’ll be joining fren Jim Plumhoff for some high mountain lake fishing, but that will be for another H,F,& F report.