Bones Alta Hunt

[BENCHLEG]

A BIG BUCK OR BIG BULL COULD NEVER TOP THE FEELING THAT YOU GET FROM A HUG FROM YOURE DAUGHTERS. I HAVE 2 AND WHEN I GET HOME HEARING I LOVE YOU DADDY I MISSED YOU IS AWESOME.  keep up the good work BONE. J

[WDFW-SUX]

He looks really wet

 

[finnman]

WELCOME ABOARD LIL BONE!!!!!!
Lets make sure we are all on our best behavior, and watch the potty mouth!!!!!!

We got young ones on here!
Enough hugs, where is the post

[boneaddict]

Sorry fellas for the delay.  I was going to take the day off and go scout for my photography trip.  I have a virus brewing and thought taking a day off early would be better than later.  I couldn't do it though, not after seeing that big on ethe day before.  It was a day, or at least morning on the mountain as usual.  The fog wasn't too bad early except for my glasses and binos.  It was the right temp to be absolutely miserable.  There was a couple inches of snow on the ground and pouring rain.  I don't think I could have gotten any more wet than if I jumped in a lake with my boots on.  Lil Bone was right, I was wet.  To top it off, I did'nt see a frickin deer.  Some of the best deer country in the world and no deer.  I found a group of 8 that had come off the hill with one small buck in the group (tracks) and then 4 singles, all bucks all going downhill.  Thats a good sign I guess, except where I was was supposed to be where they stopped.   It fogged in solid about 10 and that was my que to leave.  I was miserable anyway.  I took my coat off and had a long sleeve shirt on so I would be cold so I would quit foggging up my glasses.  Hard to explain.  I won't forget my contacts this time.   Anyhow I started heading out and I cut a HUGE and I mena HUGE track.   Its the biggest deer track I have ever seen, and believe me, I've seen a couple.  If I would have been in elk country, I wouldn't have even noticed probably.  I followed that thing off the mountain and fortunately he was headed to my truck.  Unfortunately he walked by my truck while I wasn't sitting in it.  Literally within 50 y :chuckle:rds of where I was parked.  I have no idea where he was headed as we were about as low as you go.......  I dinked a little bit in a another spot before heading home and came up with these pics.  This buck may have been a contender for me with the bow if he hadn't broken his beam.   I liked him and was camped on his ass like glue.  I could have had an easy bow kill with him.   The little buck and the doe was for fun.  I thought the doe looked cool in all the brush. 

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Now it will be a relaxing day trying to get over this bug, drinking coffee, enjoying the rain from inside, wishing I was hunting, but glad to see my family.  Did I mention, wishing I was out as the weather is perfect for big bucks.

[bucklucky]

Well , I guess sometimes it does pay to sit in the truck 

[bowsandhose]

keep up the good work and stay warm

[WDFW-SUX]

That just looks miserable.......I swear I can see the rain in some of the photos

[boneaddict]

Thats nothing Passion.  Up in the snow and fog was where it was real nasty.  That wet snow is well  WET.  I swear I had a krink in my neck because I was so used to snow going down the back of my neck from teh brush above.   4 inches of snow and raining, it was flat wet.  Fun on those steep canyons and that damn grass or buckskin limbs.  I went snowboarding once WHOOOOWHOOOOOO. 

I'd do just about anything to see what made those tracks.  Even a glimpse.  They were unreal.  I almost dug outhe camera and took a pic of it, but it was just nasty, plus they were fresh enough I was more interested in the deer than showing the track. At least I can add track soup to my tag soup.  One of the biggest bucks I have seen killed in the Methow was a guy sitting in his station wagon drinking coffee from his thermos.  It was his first day hunting ever and was parked on the road by a clearcut, and this monster walked out.  he shot it, drug it to the station wagon and then drove to the gas station.  He didn't know how to gut it even.  He pulled up to our gas station and I see this deer sticking out the back of his stationwagon.  LOL  Idabooner probably remembers that.

[Wea300mag]

Great updates bone, those of us on the wetside know what you are talking about, that's a standard day of blacktail hunting over here.