My 2007 CO Buck (pics)
BOHNTR
9/2/07 4:46pm
Well, I finally made it back from the Colorado high country after being in the wilderness for eleven days. I can’t believe how good food tastes that you don’t have to add water to. What a hunt! I’ve never been sheep hunting, but this timberline backpacking mule deer archery hunt above 12,000 feet must be comparable......physically. I’m down to 155 pounds!
I saw several huge bucks, including a 195-200” net typical I crawled up to 21 yards of while he was napping…just couldn’t shoot him in his bed (darn limb). Well, after casually checking his right flank (after I waited for 20 minutes for him to get up), he must have thought that ugly looking bush (me) wasn’t there two hours earlier.....so he changed his address immediately....leaving me sitting there about ready to cry. Oh well, bowhunting isn’t supposed to be easy.
After several close encounters throughout the week, I decided with two days left to try and arrow a buck I passed on 5 days earlier. We nicknamed him “Crab” because his crab front forks....but he had a lot of mass and good backs. He was also fairly wide with a classic basket rack that the G2’s curved inward.
I spotted “Crab” bedded on the side of an open bowl with five other bucks. It was going to be a difficult stalk in the steep wide open, but I’d been able to do it several times throughout the week.....maybe this time a limb or the wind will cooperate.
I ended up getting into good bow range and put an arrow through him. He piled up about 120 yards away....AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON!!!!! The buck died at about 11,300’.....bad thing was, I had to pack him over a saddle of 12,400’ to get back to camp two miles away...talk about a long night.
The buck was a bit bigger than I thought when I got to him. He gross scores in the mid 170's and will net in the mid 160’s...this is with only an 18 4/8” main beam on his right side. His outside spread is right at 27”. Not the monster I had earlier in the week, but a good P&Y class buck that I physically worked pretty darn hard at. Hope you enjoy.
My Buck:
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Me packing out the boned out meat, cape, and antlers...notice the high country haircut (shaved head):
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I saw several huge bucks, including a 195-200” net typical I crawled up to 21 yards of while he was napping…just couldn’t shoot him in his bed (darn limb). Well, after casually checking his right flank (after I waited for 20 minutes for him to get up), he must have thought that ugly looking bush (me) wasn’t there two hours earlier.....so he changed his address immediately....leaving me sitting there about ready to cry. Oh well, bowhunting isn’t supposed to be easy.
After several close encounters throughout the week, I decided with two days left to try and arrow a buck I passed on 5 days earlier. We nicknamed him “Crab” because his crab front forks....but he had a lot of mass and good backs. He was also fairly wide with a classic basket rack that the G2’s curved inward.
I spotted “Crab” bedded on the side of an open bowl with five other bucks. It was going to be a difficult stalk in the steep wide open, but I’d been able to do it several times throughout the week.....maybe this time a limb or the wind will cooperate.
I ended up getting into good bow range and put an arrow through him. He piled up about 120 yards away....AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON!!!!! The buck died at about 11,300’.....bad thing was, I had to pack him over a saddle of 12,400’ to get back to camp two miles away...talk about a long night.
The buck was a bit bigger than I thought when I got to him. He gross scores in the mid 170's and will net in the mid 160’s...this is with only an 18 4/8” main beam on his right side. His outside spread is right at 27”. Not the monster I had earlier in the week, but a good P&Y class buck that I physically worked pretty darn hard at. Hope you enjoy.
My Buck:
Me packing out the boned out meat, cape, and antlers...notice the high country haircut (shaved head):
14,806
thanks for sharing
9er
Congrats.
Do you mind posting the equipment that you use.
And you've come through again.
It might not be the big one but the one you took is no slouch either. Congrads on another good hunt.
Don't you just love the high country. I was out scouting last week at 11,200 feet and saw more Mt. Goats than I did deer.
My next hunt is blacktails on my days off locally. I have a GREAT hunt the first two weeks of December, as I drew the most coveted tag in CA for monster mule deer. A late season rut hunt at the base of Sierra Mountains. It's a general hunt (rifle), but I'll be chasing them with my bow (legal in CA). I'll need a lot of luck on that hunt since I'll be competing with 24 rifle hunters.......should be fun though.
I just fininshed my season in NV. I spent a total of 13 days deer hunting this year and it's tag soup for me. My son's both got deer so we do have meat in the freezer.
Again, nice buck...
Mark
Good luck on the CA hunt too!
Congrats on an outstanding buck. And thank Mrs. Bowhunter for me for indulging you enough to allow you to post pics of such fine bucks.
Great job again and thanks for the story and pictures! :thumb
You keep me motivated.
Good luck on your hunt, I am sure with your knowledge and skills you will be rewarded with another beauty of a buck. And to get it done while rifle hunters are in the area also, will be AWESOME.(nothing against you rifle hunters)
Good Luck!
Only kiddin of course. Way to go for the young man.
Roy, you're just going to have to come to terms with the fact that you are a bowhunting mule deer stud! :thumb It's especially impressive when noted that the majority of these great bucks that you take are in states far from your home, which limits the amount of scouting opportunity that you have, and yet you still close the deal time after time. Very impressive!
Good luck (not that I believe luck plays any role in your success) on your California hunt!
Marvin
Eat something will ya!
Good luck in your upcoming Goodale hunt.
Jason
Congrats.