http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com Stories from Atkinson Expeditions Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:30:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wes & Rachelle, I'd like to thank the two of you for a "complete" outdoor experience. With hunting conditions we could define as difficult at best, Wes's intensity and determination resulted in the harvest of my first mule deer buck with archery tackle. Had we drawn up a plan ... http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com/2010/09/07/the-23-minute-stalk-words-from-phil/ The goats weren't very cooperative as far as patterning at water holes but Jeremy hung in there like a champ. I sat over a water hole from ding to dong the first day. Then moved about a half mile for the first half of the second day. ... http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com/2010/09/06/troi-sends-a-note/ Remember the scoreboard from the last post? Mule Deer and Elk, 2; AE Team and Clients, 1. Well John's scoreboard for this week looks pretty dang good! Elk and Antelope, 0; John, 2. The unusually hot week meant antelope hunting success would come for John out of a Double ... http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com/2010/09/05/the-silver-lining-part-2/ I first titled this blog post "A Brutal Week". Then I realized that my mood didn't match the tone of that title. My mood was surprisingly uplifted and thankful despite the scoreboard: Elk and Mule Deer, 2; Atkinson Expeditions Team, 1. The animals won this week, ... http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com/2010/09/05/the-silver-lining/ [caption id="attachment_686" align="alignnone" width="296" caption="Jason Connects on a Hot Day!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_687" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Clint\'s Patience Rewarded!"][/caption] http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com/2010/09/02/more-photos/ Congrats to Jason and Clint on great archery antelope this morning ... kudos to you for your patience and good shots! For now, pics can be seen in the Live Updates on the homepage. Temperatures in the low 90s today made for great success on antelope waterholes. It doesn't, however, bode ... http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com/2010/08/28/archery-successes-continue/ The last time these guys did a one-day spot-and-stalk hunt was Thanksgiving Day 2009. So today history repeated itself. Wes found a goat living in the wrong spot, and these two guys got it right again. ? Now their question is, what humble pie might be waiting around the corner for them? Where ... http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com/2010/08/23/dont-get-stalked-by-marty-and-wes/ It was a rugged first week of archery antelope hunting. You know you're an archery antelope hunter, or an outfitter of archery antelope hunters, when after a couple of weeks of hot, dry summer you're the only one in town looking at the dark blue skies and towering thunderheads moving from ... http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com/2010/08/23/end-of-the-first-week-first-blood/ Well, we're off and running at 4:30am this morning ... must be hunting season! August 15th, it came so quickly once again. Turkey season was followed by marathons on the phone and in the office, interspersed with a few flyfishing interludes this summer. The night before what feels like ... http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com/2010/08/15/let-the-good-times-roll/ First of all I would like to thank my new found family, I call them family because that's the way I feel here. Every one has been so supportive here it's unreal. First QDMA for making this whole thing come true especially Mr. Marty Edwards. Wes Atkinson from ... http://blog.atkinsonexpeditions.com/2009/12/03/grateful/