Hello
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Michael Wahl, I'm 45 years old. We
are about 1 hour north East of Sacramento and 1.5 hours Northwest
of Lake Tahoe California in a small town called Penn Valley. We have fantastic
deer hunting in these foothills. We are also about 30 minutes away from the best
duck and goose hunting in the western United States in a place called the Butte
Sink. (California was #1 in the USA for duck hunting for 2006 and 2007).
I
have been hunting and fishing locally for 40 years. We get to sharpen our
outdoor skills here in the Northern California foothills where the average
rifle shot is less than 100 yards and the average bow shot is around 40
yards.
Below you will find some pictures of successful hunts and fishing trips,
each picture will have a brief description with it.
We hope you are enjoying our site.
Michael Wahl (Owner)
This buck was taken by me, Mike Wahl, (Owner), on Sept 7, 2002 at our ranch
here in Penn Valley, CA (about 1 hour northeast of Sacramento, CA. I used
an 89# Alpine Teton Lite with a Cobra sight, Bodoodle Pro 500 Lite rest,
Gold Tip Hunter 75/95 arrows fletched with AAE Elite 4" vanes, Winners
Choice bowstring, Gold Tip Gladiator 100 grain broadheads, Truball Single
ball release.
The shot was 30 yards and I hit him 2 ribs back from the elbow. He only
went 20 yards then straight down a cliff. It was fun 2 hour drag up the cliff
by myself. He weighed 252 pounds on the hoof. His rack is 28" wide and
22" tall.
This Muley buck was taken by bow in Northern California between Chester and
Susanville in 1984. This is about 3 hours north by northeast of Sacramento,
CA. He scored 185 3/8 Pope & Young. I shot him in the forehead with
a Martin Cougar set at 70# with 125 grain Satellite 4 blade broad head.
I don't remember the arrow shaft size but it was an Easton Autumn Orange. It was one
of the first times I ever hunted from a tree. I was over looking
a creek and sitting in a black walnut tree at about
3 yards away and 15 feet up. This deer weighed 213 lbs. field dressed.
I had also taken his sire 2 years earlier with a 30-30 that I had borrowed
from an uncle, he scored 178 1/3 Boone & Crocket. (1982)
This small forky was taken 1995 in Penn Valley. This is about 1.2 hours
Northeast of Sacramento, CA. I made a well placed (lucky) shot in
the neck while the buck was in a full run right at me at about 120 yards. It had just
tried to get my wife to lock horns with him so she chased it off with a Manzanita branch (don't ya love the rut). He was shot with a restored
1928 FN 8 mm. Mauser from W.W.II. I used a Bushnell 3x9x40 scope. (1995)
This is another forked horn buck at (at least it is a tall one) taken from
the same Penn Valley, CA area as above. Once again by archery hunting Ken
And I have filled one of our tags. Ken harvested this buck using a Martin
Lynx Bow twin cam at 70# and 31" draw length, Satellite broadhead, (which fell
apart in the deer), on a Beeman arrow using a standard Cobra caliper type release. (1997)
This a limit of Widgeon, Wood duck, and Golden eye ducks that Ken and I
took off of the feather river near Marysville, CA. We were about 40 minutes
north of Sacramento, CA. This time we used my two dogs Tonka on the left
and Cookie on the right. As you can see we do prefer Springers for all
our bird hunting. (1997)
Here
are two limits of Honkers that Tonka retrieved from the Yuba River area
of Browns Valley, CA in 1996. This is about 1 hour north of Sacramento,
CA. Ken and I downed these honkers in a weed choked dredger pond. The ducks
were downed in the Yuba River itself. This river is a class 2+ rapids area
and the dog didn't lose a single bird. The birds from left to right are
4 Honkers, 1 Mallard, 1 Golden Eye, and 5 Wood Ducks. (1996)
Here are a few Snow and Speckled Belly Geese taken with my brother in law
Ken Tarr and his dogs Levi (left) and Sebastian (right). We shot these
geese on the Manis ranch in Richvale, CA area. This is about 1.5 hours
north of Sacramento, CA on Hwy. 99. We use Springers because of their perfect
temperament eagerness to please and ability to learn. (1997)
This
Turkey was taken by Rollins Lake near Chicago Park, CA. This is about 1
hour north of Sacramento, CA. It responded to just a few light hen yelps
and came running in to about 30 yards. Then he stopped dead cold behind
a thick Manzanita bush and wouldn't budge. I took the shot and dropped
him instantly. I used a 12 gauge Remington 870 Express Magnum loaded with
Federal Classic Steel #4. That copper plated steel shot was just the trick
to punch through that thick brush. I had been trying to get this particular
Tom for 3 days. I finally got him on the 3rd. day at about 12 noon. He
had a 11 3/4" beard and 1 3/4" spurs but he only weighed 19 3/4 pounds
(1996)
This nice fat tom was taken with an Alpine Teton Lite, 89# draw weight
and a draw length of 30". The bird was in flight at about 27 yards when I used a Gold Tip Hunter arrow
tipped with a Gold Tip Gladiator 100gr. broadhead in April of 2000. My
brother in law Ken and I took this tom out of the Eldorado Hills area southeast
of Folsom Lake. He had 10 3/4" beard, and 1 5/8" spurs. (2000)
These
are a few pheasants that we harvested, with our Springers. Thank you Richard
Manis for letting us hunt on your family ranch. The ranch is near a small
farming community called Richvalle in Northern California. This is about 1 1/2 hours north of Sacramento. (1996)
We even have great fishing here in Northern California. These two 6 &
8lb. Striped Bass were caught from the bank on the Sacramento River in
Colusa, CA. I used cut Anchovies and fished from the bank. (1997)
Here are some
Brook Trout (4 limits) taken from Battle Creek near Mineral, CA. This is just
about 6 miles from Lassen National Park In Northern California. Pictured from
left to right are Dave Armstrong, Ricardo Madrigal, Angel Wahl, and Michael Wahl
(myself). These fish were taken with Night crawlers and Silver Panther Martins.
(1990)
04/02
I took this Russian Boar in the Stony Gorge Reservoir area of Northern California.This area is north of Sacramento, about 1 hour, on the West
side of the upper Sacramento Valley west of Maxwell, CA. He weighed 250
pounds. Pictured from left to right are: Mike Wahl (me) and Ken Tarr, my
hunting partner. This was in April with a very heavy, ground level, cloud
cover. Visibility was about 100 yards.
I shot this boar with a Savage Rifle in .270 caliber with a 150 grain Nosler
Partition bullet. I shot him at about 75 yards in the opening of a very brushy
draw. (2003)
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