The Ripon Record from Ripon, California • 7

THE RIPON RECORD Wednesday January 5 2000 Page 7 1 Camaraderie challenge captured in hunting fields deter teen Bobby Oliver (left) goes for a rooster after it has been flushed out by Jim Springer Spaniel Sadie Oliver and Stuart follow Sadie into the brush (above) Sadie (below) is hot on the traiL Brocchini bags Oregon Elk and more Deafness Ripon's Bobby Oliver became interested in hunting while on trips with his father The IS year old says that he loved the This season was his first time with a firearm he earned his license after completing the Hunter Safety course this past fall Oliver says that the he studied hard to complete the test he pointed out that his being completely deaf did not present any extra obstacles So far Oliver has bagged four Pheasants and has been out for Jducks and doves just i signs Oliver get to learn a lot about 1 Oliver plans on doing some more duck hunting this year and will travel to his grandparents in (Idaho this spring to try for tur- kcys He says that hunting will definitely be a lifelong pursuit Oliver uses a Remington pump Wingmaster 870 12 gauge in the field 0 Bob Brocchini (center) displays the Elk he took in Central Oregon this past season A 338 Winchester Magnum with a 3X9 Swarovski scope is Bob firearm of choice when stalking big game the rifle he used to take down his 8001b (estimated) 6X6 Bull Elk in central Oregon this year Brocchini took the beast from 100 yards after a two-hour hunt It dressed out to 3801bs and has most likely yielded some prime wild-game cuts for the dinner table Brocchini has been hunting Elk for 20 years and has been taking game birds since-be was first old enough to hunt 1 He and his son Steve are both members of the Medford Island Duck Club located in the Stock-ton Delta region and both have shown considerable skill at bagging water fowl this season Brocchini said that he and his son have been out on several bird hunts this season and that shot their limit on a couple of the excursions done real well a couple of times and even fired a shot at others The season started Jim Stuart (right) and David couple of seasons ago outside off really good and has now died down a little Hopefully get some colder weather before the season is over and that should bring birds down from the XWtVi caiit RnW'hirii Brocchini has also taken an Antelope this year and his son has nailed an Elk and a Deer Father and son have been going on hunting trips together since Steve was six Joe Mangelos (left) with his 4X4 Buck taken in Nevada this past season Mangelos (below) with his award winning Antelope pair featured on ESPN in 1997 Winters bagged a limit of Canadian Snow Geese on a hunt a of Truckee bagging Stuait says that this season's upland game bird hunting has been good to him but that ducks have been a little slow (ducks) been slow this year due 4 to the said Stuart Stuart enjoys upland Jim Stuart packs a for Bobby Oliver Weatherby 12 gauge over-under Stuart has been hunting for when going after upland game close to 40 years He done birds On a recent trip to the foot- any big game hunting for a hills he and his Springer Spaniel couple of but has taken Sadie bagged two pheasants and large beasts with rifles and helped to flush out a couple more bow-and-arrow in the past to to Mangelos finds sport in Nevada 4 Joe Mangelos has been enjoying the thrill of the hunt the beauty of the game animals and the fellowship that goes along with hunting for more than 25 years now He's been fortunate in Nevada over the seasons This past Octo-jber he took down a prize 26" 4X4 Buck there two years ago i he brought in a 28" 7X7 Mangelos says the animals 'ere taken on public land with a iko 7mm magnum fitted with a iss 3X12 scope Mangelos has also had some iuck with ducks this year has gun and was featured on ESPN telope he bagged in Thermopolis once taken a Moose with a hand- jn 97 for his award-winning An- Wyoming Articles by Joe Franscella Record Staff Reporter Photos supplied by the hunters.