utah hunts
9er
8/19/06 8:59pm
How did everyone do? lets see some pics and stories!!!!!!
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Maybe I should have gone out to check up on fellow hunters and video them in their attempts. :) That would've been fun eh?
9er
a_bow_nut, you crack me up the way you say stuff but no, i dont think that means your gettin old - I'm lean mean n 17 and ill admit, only to make you feel better, i did nap for about 20 minutes around 10AM after seein only those does. Course I was out the whole day friday (from morning) scouting and covering every piece of land I could til my thumb got sore on the 4 wheeler and my legs to tired to shift gears (haha, just kiddin, i walked most of the day, well about half the day and rode half the day) then that night when i got home I just fixed up some ground beef, graded cheese, pace hot salsa, a little lettuce, and enjoyed some of the most refreshing nachos ever when i got a call from a buddy wanted to go out coon huntin but we were headed an hour drive south to meet up with some of his old friends so we had to leave immediately. needless to say i rushed the half full plate of my most treasured nachos supreme that my stomach was dying for to pops who was lyin on the sofa, shoes kicked off supposedly enjoying the Angels game he had taped but mostly just yellin at the TV, rushed up to the kennel, loaded the hounds and I was off - got home 3:30 am after wearin myself down chasin coons through all kinds of environments (people dont think a little coon hunt is anything but ill tell ya they can wear at ya a good fair bit) showered first thing, got all camoed out, cooked up some eggs/bacon/sausage, loaded up the 4 wheeler, snarfed a bowl of lucky charms (thought it might help but it didnt) and took off a little before 5 on the wheeler, got to the spot by 5: 15 and hiked til 6 30 when i got into what i thought was prime-time country.
wow i blabber a lot, well anyways, i was tired so maybe that was why i napped - so after thinking about it, maybe it does mean your bodys runnin over the hill, cause i have somewhat of an excuse :-k
Now I remember why I didn't jump. It's way to far down. #-o
Why not come down a bit? Spook the deer I assume. ???
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glad to know you have a harness, i was in my stand one year, the wind picked up and i couldnt take it, i had to climb out. any new news from the hunts?
9er
I don't think you are high enough. You need to go higher. Make sure you have your spotting scope with you. Binos won't be enought. LOL.
LOL. Yeah I think that there is another six or eight feet of tree left before it turnes into just branches. I'll mount that spotting scope to my bow and paint some crosshairs on it. :))
It's kind of nice when the wind gets to blowing it's like sitting in a great big rocking chair.
a_bow_hunt, What pin do you use at that height?
DeadI, That was funny. :thumb
SWEET!! and WELCOME!! :good post ::wel
What a way to introduce yourself, I've been dying to see some archery bucks and your the first one to come through.
Congrats on a dandy buck, and hey your close to home.
Tell us some more about yourself and the hunt when you get a chance.
Thanks
Brett
I've never tried a shot like that and I was wondering what pin to use myself. After awhile it came to me to just drop the arrow and it would have plenty of time to get the speed it needed to get the penatration that I wanted. :)
Hurrimuley,
Good grascious that's a nice buck you have there. Good job. =D>
Now if that buck had walked under my stand I would have jumped on him for a ride. :tz
Excellent buck. I didn't shoot a deer that big, but I was able to put some meat in the freezer. We (my dad, brother, buddy, his brother, and I) all had a good hunt. We all filled our tags!!! Nothing huge but overall for all 5 of us to fill our tags is quite the accomplishment. Anyway i'll post some pics as soon as I can get them from my dad. Let's hear about some more success.
I don't care about the size, I wanna see those pics. :)
Congrats!
Bummer. :>/ :>/
Nut says that the deer have started watering down the hill from the spring, thus the birds eye picture.
Time to move the stand to a different tree. Which is fine by me the spring it's self is right on the edge of a forrest circus hiking trail. But I have never seen another person up there. later Treetop
it was a down hill shot and i had to guess on the pin because i dont have a 20 yard pin! just 30 40 and 50!!! Plus the buck was running away so i just took a guessing quick shot and i hit him in the head!!! But its ok i still have 3 weeks of the bow hunt and also i have the rifle hunt too!!!
NO i havent!! never heard of it!!!
I hope the rest of your season goes good for you. Have fun and be safe. :)
9er
This is my buddy Scott his arrow kinda took off on him and found this tree. Oh man was that funny!!!!
My buddy Scott and his buck
This is what it is all about Dutch oven eatin and tellin stories!!!
This is me with my buck not a great picture of him. Best one I had. My 5th with a bow.
My dad and his 29th buck with a bow!!!
My dad and I packing up and heading out
One of my favorite pictures from the hunt!
We took two more deer but my dad never took pictures of them.
Thanks for sharing the pics!! The last pic is very nice.
And 29th buck with a bow for your DAD, very impressive!!
Great photos! I like camp pictures but it sure makes me want to be in the mountains. ](*,)
I second what Brett said, 29th bow buck! =D> Your Dad must be fun to learn from.
I had that happen last year on a antelope hunt, we filmed everything, except what was most important. It makes you wonder how many hunting shows there could have been, if.......? #-o
Also, I once saw a buck bigger than the one you shot in the head!
Oh and are you really that proud of hitting a deer in the head and not being able to find it.
On another note, congrats to the successfull hunters here on this post. I am still waiting for that day to harvest my first archery buck. Seeing these successfull posts fuels the fire to go out hunting.
no im not that proud! i was just tellin people about my hunt! isnt that what this whole topic is about???
It is fine that you are letting all of us know that you are seeing bigger deer and that is great and telling us all about your hunt, but in my opinion that is not what it is about... it is about the art and skill of getting yourself close enough to harvest an animal...of course all of us want to get a "Monster", but anyone that takes an animal with a bow should consider it a trophy.(Especially Mule Deer) Just like DeadI said think before you post.
Thanks to all of the congratulations by the way. It was an unbelieveable hunt to go 5 for 5!