Author Topic: Wyoming Success! (Read 9555 times)

Clark33 · « **on:** October 09, 2008, 12:31:10 PM »

Well, here are a couple pics of myself and my dad's deer we bagged in Wyoming. Due to college I only got to hunt about 2 1/2 days. So, we drove the night through on Thursday and got to camp around noon on friday. Knowing my limited amount of time my dad told me to go ahead and get an afternoon hunt in and he would wait for the rest of the guys to get there and set up camp. I got probably a mile or so into the sage covered hills when i spotted this guy bedded up on a red rock hillside. Managed to get within 295yrds and the Tikka .280 remington did the job! Got him boned out and was back to camp by 4pm.

My dad got this nice 4x4 a couple days later.

Jake was in our camp and he should be back sometime today and should hopefully get some of his pics up. He shot the biggest antelope ive ever seen in person.

bowsandhose · « **Reply #1 on:** October 09, 2008, 12:32:54 PM »

great work and nice bucks

huntnphool · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2008, 12:41:39 PM »

Nicely done, besides the brows the antlers are very close, obviously the same genes.

M_ray · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2008, 12:46:30 PM »

Looks like good times spent with pop's! congrats to both of you on some fine bucks!

EastWaViking · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2008, 12:51:42 PM »

congrats! Nice bucks.

X-Force · « **Reply #5 on:** October 09, 2008, 01:11:59 PM »

Very cool. Congrats to both of you.

bow4elk · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2008, 01:21:36 PM »

Great hunt - way to get after it and maximize your hunting time! Proof how quicky a hunt can come together and end with some great memories. Congrats!

firefighter4607 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 09, 2008, 01:29:01 PM »

Nice bucks. Where did you go to? Last year my father and some friends went to Wyoming for antelope, in Medicine Bow. We saw a few elk but no deer. I want to go back with my father and deer and antelope would be great.

NW-Eric · « **Reply #8 on:** October 09, 2008, 01:43:40 PM »

NICE GOING THOSE ARE SOME GOOD LOOKING ANIMALS

alchemyforge · « **Reply #9 on:** October 09, 2008, 01:45:38 PM »

Gorgeous animals- nice symmetry on both. Congrats!

C-Money · « **Reply #10 on:** October 09, 2008, 01:46:34 PM »

Congratulations! Good looking deer!

Muleyslyr · « **Reply #11 on:** October 09, 2008, 02:47:49 PM »

Nice....way to get it done in such a short time. Makes me miss Wyoming!!

Clark33 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 09, 2008, 03:32:17 PM »

We hunted the NE corner around Sheridan. Really cool country around there. Rolling sage covered hills from horizon to horizon... gotta love it.

rainshadow1 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 09, 2008, 03:53:13 PM »

Quote from: alchemyforge on October 09, 2008, 01:45:38 PM

Gorgeous animals- nice symmetry on both. Congrats!

Beautiful symmetry, Wow! Super nice Bucks!

I hunted Antelope out of Gillette a long time ago, tons of fun, horrible tasting beasts! Worst meat I've ever eaten, and they didn't go bad either, smelled like that right on the ground. (Best meat Ive ever eaten was also Pronghorn, out of central MT. Wierd.)

Great going!!!!

270Shooter · « **Reply #14 on:** October 09, 2008, 06:23:53 PM »

Nice!
Those look like great deer

Hunting Cowboy · « **Reply #15 on:** October 09, 2008, 07:06:35 PM »

Congrats! Nice to see.

MichaelJ · « **Reply #16 on:** October 09, 2008, 07:06:53 PM »

AWESOME! Congrats man!

Michael

Buckoholic · « **Reply #17 on:** October 09, 2008, 07:08:30 PM »

Nice deer to both of you. Congrats!!!

Jackjr · « **Reply #18 on:** October 09, 2008, 09:05:58 PM »

Nice work guys

coyotemadness · « **Reply #19 on:** October 09, 2008, 09:20:52 PM »

Sweet! Congrats to you and your dad.

jake · « **Reply #20 on:** October 10, 2008, 10:15:20 AM »

well i made it back yesterday and thought that i would log on and share some more pics from wyoming.

the story to go along with my deer and antelope, this year in wyoming i was really being kind of picky about the deer that i wanted to shoot, basically my standards were that it had to be at least a 4x4 because i have never shot a 4 point, and could not have crab forks, and not be a small deer. before Clark33 went back to school we were covering a lot of ground down there and seeing a lot of nice deer that i was passing, we spotted and moved on one deer in its bed that we guessed at 24-27 wide 4x4 but when we got close enough to look it over really well we noticed that it had one strong side and the other side was basically a 2 point with crab pinchers, when i passed that one after about 45 minutes of glassing him i looked at clark33 and said well this is the moment in this years hunt that is going make me look like a idiot for passing or it will pay off and i will shoot a nicer deer, we both kind of laughed and slipped out never being seen by the deer. well later on that night we where in different area looking for deer and we happened to spot a small heard of antelope in the flats about 600 yards below us and there was one buck that looked very nice so we moved in on them and got within 250 and it took us a couple minutes to pinpoint the buck be were looking for but when we did neither of us being good at judging antelope at a glance watched him for about 10-15 minutes before i decided i would take him, but at that time he was about 285 away and below us. so i get the bipod all set up and wait for him to get broadside, squeeze of the 140 grain nosler and it sails over his back! but the good thing was it was very windy and they spook but dont really run away the all scattered but the buck i was shooting at was obviously rutting and just rounded them all back up and brought them right back to where i just shot at him. so about 5 minutes goes by and he cleared all the does, i squeeze another round off and drill him he goes about 50 yards and expires, so clark33 and i go down there find him and are both SHOCKED at the size of it 16.5 inches with 6.5 in bases then the work started and the 2-3 mile pack out started.
with the deer i actually spotted him skylined the night before and right at day break was watching the same basin that he was it and saw him feeding, but couldnt get close enough for a shot, so i continued to hunt the rest of the day passing a couple nice deer but still day dreaming about the buck i saw earlier, at about 2pm i decided i was going to move in and watch the area i had seen that buck the last two days, when i was moving up there i happened to catch a buck bedded down on the skyline but he was a smaller buck, but i noticed a antler sticking out of the sage about 20 yards below him and it was the deer i was watching earlier. so i managed to get to a big rock directly across the canyon from him and the other deer and make sure it was the deer i was thinking of, which it was. then i was able to crawl up the the crest of the ridge i was on the take the 258 yd shot across the canyon and bag this deer a 28.5 in wide 4x4 out of his bed. it was a great trip and we saw more animals this year than i would have ever imagined

Muleyslyr · « **Reply #21 on:** October 10, 2008, 10:24:59 AM »

Damn that is a nice Antelope!! It's got killer mass and love how the cutters are so high. Probably why you didn't realize just how good he was...little misleading. Great animals...both of em'.

bow4elk · « **Reply #22 on:** October 10, 2008, 10:37:29 AM »

Nice job!! Great animals. Seems like every hunt in WY this year has resulted in tons of game seen, passed up shots, etc., and tagged out hunters. What a great year!

X-Force · « **Reply #23 on:** October 10, 2008, 11:22:26 AM »

That's awesome looking country. Those bucks look hefty too. Congrats.

firefighter4607 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 10, 2008, 12:51:20 PM »

Both really nice bucks. That antelope would be misleading because of the cutters. Congrats on both of your wyoming success

wackmaster · « **Reply #25 on:** October 11, 2008, 08:37:12 PM »

Cool congrats

jackelope · « **Reply #26 on:** October 11, 2008, 09:09:44 PM »

monster goat...and great buck too.
congrats.

archery288 · « **Reply #27 on:** October 11, 2008, 09:17:02 PM »

Smoker speed goat!! Congrats man!

backwoods_boy · « **Reply #28 on:** October 13, 2008, 08:39:09 AM »

very cool jake!!!!.
NICE WORK.
looks like you had a great trip.
hit me up when you get a chance.

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