Thursday, February 27, 2014
Malibu Creek State Park
A year ago, we went to Malibu Creek State Park to camp. Its located just north of Los Angeles, and its one of our favorite places in Southern California. This past weekend, we returned to Malibu Creek for a day of hiking and to photograph the parks stunning landscape, flora and fauna. We got great shots of mule deer via digiscoping, which is when you mount a camera to a spotting scope. This is especially useful to hunters who dont own a high power telephoto lens, but do own a spotting scope. If the animal doesnt present an opportunity to shoot, might as well do some shooting with your camera to show all your friends and family back home what you saw, and to prepare for the next season.
Most of the deers shots here were taken from at least 400 yards away. So if you havent already seen our pictures on Food for Hunters Facebook page, here a few of our favorite photos from our day in the woods. But really, we encourage you all to follow us on Facebook. We will be able to offer you more interactive content. We post almost everyday to our page there.
A group of does.
A beautiful doe we spotted coming from the treeline.
She got quite close. Then some bikers came by and scared her off. If you must bike in the wilderness, try to be less obtrusive.
Wonder what they were looking at ... probably some hot does across the ways.
While hiking earlier in the day, we came by a big ol rattlesnake! We think its a southern pacific rattler.
It slithered across the trail and into the grass on the other side.
There were also a lot of turkey vulture.
Tree tunnel!
Ricks handsome smile. I think hes having fun.
We hiked to a place called the Rock Pool. Some splunkers came climbing by...
Remember "Romey" the Roaming Fox? Well, he made friends with a crawdad.
It was a beautiful little spot. We were bummed that we didnt bring our bathing suits.
California poppy, growing in the wild. So pretty...
Heres me sitting by the creek. I know Im having fun!
If you come to Southern California, Malibu Creek State Park is definitely a must visit to get away from all the nasty city lights and sounds.
The scottish thistle. If allowed to grow bigger, they grow into artichoke like bulbs. They actually taste like artichokes too, except tinier.
Game trail!
Before we left, I sneaked up on some deer just before sunset. I got pretty close and took this picture with my zoom lens.
Here is one last photo of the valley before dark.
Thick clouds from the sea came rolling in ...
As it got darker, the sound of frogs surrounded us. Funny, because we didnt see a single frog all day. Where did they come from? It kind of reminded me of my visit to Vietnam many years ago. The sound of frogs littered the night, so much that it was hard to fall asleep.
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