Bearpaw Season - Fall 2012

[BOWHUNTER45]

Pete who I think is 76 hunted the last 1 1/2 days. Yesterday a nice whitetail was spotted which was bedded down. After watching the buck for several minutes he finally moved his head slightly and it was determined that the buck was a 5x6. Pete had a good rest on the shooting sticks and made a great one shot kill, it was an awesome shot, congrats to Pete. This morning we took his wife for a tour of the ranch and she got to see some deer. We have been hunting Montana but we are headed back to Washington to get ready for the late buck opener.

Congrats Pete.... 

:tup:good job Pete 

[Brushbuster]

Doyce's two brother-in-laws have come hunting with us every year the past 7 years and this year Doyce decided to come with them. About 5 minutes before shooting hours ended the "limpy" buck came past his blind chasing does. Doyce said "limpy" stopped and he shot, "limpy" dropped in his tracks. "Limpy" has a rather strange shaped rack and looking at his teeth he appeared to be about a 3 or 4 year old buck, no doubt the strange rack is due to the front wounded knee which was fused together, the knee didn't bend and the buck walked with a distinctive limp. We had seen "limpy" a few times but nobody had gotten a chance at him until now. Congrats to Doyce for getting his first buck in 20 years! 

Way to hang in there Doyce!!! Those bucks wait to move the last minute! Glad you got "limpy"   

Thanks again for the hunt Bearpaw. I had a great time!! Hope your season ends with a bang!! 

[Ripper]

Good job over there guy's, a lot of nice bucks hitting the ground. 

[bearpaw]

I forgot to post this photo, after the MT whitetail hunt Pete killed this buffalo on Nov 9, a fat 3 1/2 year old cow. We had a great time and Pete got himself some more great eating meat to take home. One shot right behind the ear, she dropped like a sack of potatoes.

[bearpaw]

Thanks again for the hunt Bearpaw. I had a great time!! Hope your season ends with a bang!! 

I hope your buck eats well Brushbuster, it was a pleasure having you over for the hunt, Tara and I look forward to seeing you again. To bring you up to date, Doyce's two brother-in-laws also both killed bucks, Kenny got a spike, and Vern killed a 2x3. Needless to say all three were very happy to go home with some meat. I have pic of Kenny's spike but didn't get a pic of Vern's 2x3.

[bearpaw]

Our next hunters to arrive for the late hunt were Chuck and Jeff, they have been coming for years and have become very good friends. The main concern with these two guys is having a good time, anything they get is icing on the cake. Jeff put the hurt on a nice 4x4 and Chuck smacked a 4x2. Nice shooting guys.... 

[bearpaw]

My next hunters were Hank who has hunted with me a couple times before and his daughter Ann. This was Ann's first hunting trip ever so the focus was to kill Ann a deer. We got onto a nice 4x4 the first day but she couldn't find him in the scope and he finally walked out of sight. She was a bit upset with herself and disappointed but I reassured her we would find another buck and luck was with us, she shot a fork horn first thing the second morning and dropped him with one shot. She was super excited, I love helping new hunters get their first deer. Just minutes later her dad Hank missed another fork horn and that was the last chance we had before they had to leave, Hank did not get a deer but they both had a great time and the primary goal of Ann getting her first deer was accomplished. 

We also had a few unguided hunters in camp this week.

Jim killed a nice 4x4 with one shot. Jim is a great guy and it was a pleasure having him in camp. He is headed to Idaho next and then to Wyoming, he says it's nice to be retired, he's catching up on his hunting. I look forward to the next time Jim! 

Eric and Mike hunted for two days, Eric had a chance at a really nice buck he figured in the 130's but forgot to take the safety off and the buck wasn't waiting for him to get it off and settled for the shot again. Eric told Mike to watch while he circled around to try and push out the buck. He pushed out a spike to Mike but it all happened pretty fast and Mike missed. Unfortunately they had to quit hunting mid-day Sunday so they could get back to work on Monday.

On Sunday I had two moose hunters arrive for a late moose hunt. I sent Tom, Tony, and Colby up to one of my favorite moose areas but it was pouring rain and mixed rain/snow all day. Not a lot of game was seen, they saw one cow moose and then just when they figured the day was over and they were wishing they could "somehow get lucky" they spotted a big whitetail, so on the last evening of late buck Tony who still had his deer tag in his pocket took the shot, the buck dropped and the celebrating began shortly thereafter.   

Brushbuster had said:

Hope your season ends with a bang!! 

Thanks for blessing us, it did end with a bang.      

[bearpaw]

Three days ago I sent Anthony back to Montana for a mule deer hunt with Jim who has hunted with us several times in past seasons. On the second day of the mule deer hunt Anthony and Jim spotted a fairly nice 3x3 mainframe with eyeguards, this was a mule buck that Jim wanted, the hunt worked out and Jim downed the buck. He sent me a text with the photo saying he had an awesome hunt with Anthony.

Thanks for hunting with us again Jim.
 

[bearpaw]

We are doing a second Montana Whitetail episode with Shannon Alwine and Jason Prince of "Trophy State of Mind". Anthony started hunting with Shannon and Jason this morning. I post how the hunt progresses. 

If you haven't seen the first Montana Whitetail episode from last season on the Sportsman's Channel, it will be on again in a few weeks. Shannon was 5 months pregnant during the hunt, it is pretty humorous. 

[bearpaw]

Shannon and Jason killed a couple nice whitetail bucks and Matt put the smack on a wiley coyote. Should be a great show, the bucks were in full rut and chasing does hard. Keep and eye out on "Trophy State of Mind on the Sportsman's Channel" for this show next season. Here's pics of Shannon's deer and Matt's coyote.

[bearpaw]

After Shannon killed her buck Jason started hunting. Jason said he was looking for a buck with "Wow Factor", after passing dozens of mature whitetails Jason finally saw a buck that he felt had "Wow Factor". 

Watch for this show next season on "Trophy State of Mind".

[CAMPMEAT]

I want your job Dale. Very nice deer too !!!

[bearpaw]

My wife just called me, they killed another moose in Washington, the guys just got back with it. That makes 3 moose taken during the last few days by unguided hunters staying at our lodge and cabins in Washington. I will try to remember to post up some photos as soon as I get them.

[bearpaw]

I want your job Dale. Very nice deer too !!!

Its a bit tough surviving in todays economy but I do really enjoy what I do, wouldn't trade for any other carreer.

[Machias]

Great looking animals Dale!!