Montana 08 (huntnphool)

[jackelope]

beautiful buck rob...how'd the other guys make out? did you manage to keep m_ray out of the ammo until the right time?

[bucklucky]

Great buck Rob! I would have killed him in a second  I like them deep forked buggers!

[huntnphool]

Interesting that my shot went right though the heart and he still went 40 yards

We loaded him up and went into town to hang it up in a meat locker. They charged me $25.00 to skin him out up to the head, keeping the cape in tact for mounting, removed all the excess fat, washed off all hair, washed off all blood and hung for the 5 days in cold storage also froze the head and cape for the drive home. We let them know we would be back with at least one more in the next few days.

 On the way back in we spotted several more good bucks by most standards but nothing the boys felt like hanging a tag on. We hit an area we call "the flats" and spotted a big body in the short trees so we cut the engine and got the spotters out. It was a large buck with a very light colored coat, 4X4 frame but had a broken G2 and broken brow. We passed knowing there were a few days left to hunt and headed back to the cabin for dinner, drinks and to watch the next disk from "Band of Brothers"

 The next morning we headed out again and hit a few spots but didn't see much as the wind had picked way up and the deer bedded very early. The whole day was a little slow so we hit the cabin until the evening hunt. I wasn't feeling too well so I tossed the keys to the boys and off they went. They spotted a buck we had seen the second day and Mark decided he would take a crack it him. Unfortunatly the does he was with spooked and took off taking the buck with him. (first pic is of the buck a couple days before) We named this buck the "Schoolhouse Buck"  He was a solid buck with nice deep, wide forks and about 25-26" wide. After Waid dropped Mark off to go after this buck he drove up about a mile away to check out a different "honey hole". Right at dark he saw a couple big bucks cross the raod up in front of him headed to a field we like to glass. He put them to bed knowing we were the only ones hunting the land and they would be there the next day. After a few more drinks and another "Band of Brothers" disk we were fast asleep and looking forward to the next day.

 We headed out to the area Waid had been the night before and spotted a bunch of deer working the field over. Looking through the spotter I told Waid "theres a good buck you need to go after" It had a non typ point sticking out and some crazy long brows for a muley. I told them we should go up the road and check out the public land section first before others got in there and got a shot at anything decent, again knowing nobody else could go after the non typ. There was a nice 4 point we passed before betting to the end of the road, where again we ran into Rougheye. They had spotted a nice buck and took a shot but were waiting to let the buck expire before going down to get him. We talked a bit and headed back down the road. Mark and I dropped Waid off and sat watching as he went up after his buck. The does took off after spotting him and the buck made for the bottom of the hill where Mark and I were waiting to cut him off. Waid saw the buck and headed down as well but couldn't get a clean shot before the buck shot off like a rocket. I started up the car to cut off the buck but he just kept running faster and faster. Finally at 40mph I had to floor it because he was actually pulling away. Mark said at 50 the buck cut right and shot right behind us and across the road and up into the opposite hill where he again found a hot doe and forgot all about us. Waid crossed and went after him, finally getting a 250 yard shot with his .243 and dropping the buck in his tracks. Here is Waid and his 08 Montana buck. Incidently we had spotted this buck the first day and glassing a long distance thought it was a 5X3, we didn't see that his left rear had a crab claw. Nice buck with lots of mass even though its hard to tell from the pic.

[scoyoc5]

 

[boneaddict]

Nice bucks boys!  I'll excuse the rifle use since you have a moose tag in your pocket.   

[Slider]

WOW!!! Nice Buck!!! I thought I missed the post? Congrats

[Hunting Cowboy]

Those are some awesome pictures of some terrific bucks! Enjoyed reading the story. Now I'm looking forward to that Moose hunt story and pics! Got my fingers crossed for ya on that deal. Congrats to you all!

[bucklucky]

Sounds like you guys had fun! Nice bucks too! Did Mark score?

[tlbradford]

Very nice.  I hadn't seen that crazy of a non-typical in your prior photos, so that is cool to get one out of that area.  Good job boys.  Now how about M-Ray?

[M_ray]

Sorry Guy's this one's all Huntnphool ... he has all the photo's!!!

[bucklucky]

I think Mark killed a spike 

[huntnphool]

Sorry Guy's this one's all Huntnphool ... he has all the photo's!!!

Been busy caping out heads I will get to "the rest of the story" after a quick bite to eat.

By the way, I have some capes for you Charlie

[M_ray]

I think Mark killed a spike

not quite but I could have spit on a few! 

[bucklucky]

CAPES!!!!!  Im almost out, been selling alot to customers this year. Everyone keeps screwing theres up for some reason. I need capes

    Cant wait too see a picture of  a bowl with Marks Montana tag soup 

[M_ray]

Cant wait too see a picture of  a bowl with Marks Montana tag soup

No not quite ... I will give you a sneak preview though after a couple of opportunities that didn't quite work out on a couple of BIG boys I shot a settle for deer on the last day!