Montana 08 (huntnphool)

[Ridgerunner]

Quick update.  One buck is down(huntnphool) and Mark wanted to shoot the first one that he saw(surprise surprise). 

The buck that went down is a good one, they are having a blast seeing all the bucks out there.

[Hunting Cowboy]

Looking forward to the photo's! Thanks for the update!

[bucklucky]

PICS!!!!! 

Cool deal, glad to hear there is at least 1 buck down. Wonder if Rob had an itchy finger with all the bulls hed been passing on 

[Ridgerunner]

They'll post pics when they get back I got a sneak preview, buck is good and tall with nice deep forks.......

[buckhorn2]

Looks like those darn swaroski have done it again. Cool picture.

[rosscrazyelk]

Huntingphool you run into rougheye out there? And I wish I had a hunting partner like that.... Nise deer

[huntnphool]

We're back!!!!

 Had another awsome Montana experience and am looking forward to sharing the trip with you guys. It may be a couple days before I get a chance to sit down and post some of the hunt but I will get to it as soon as I can. I took 900+ pics but need to do a lot of converting before I can start posting any of them though.

Rosscrazy, we did run into Rougheye and his partner last Sunday morning. We were sitting glassing a group of deer of about 20 when a truck came and passed us going the other direction. I saw them stop in the mirror and a guy got out and walked up to my window. He told his buddy he knew the 3 guys in that car and told him to stop. Rougheye introduced himself and we chatted for a bit before we headed down the road to do more glassing. We ran into them again the next morning a couple miles from that location, one of them had taken a shot but we didnt stick around long enough to check it out.

[huntnphool]

Okay, we headed out Friday morning and because of the late start only made it as far as Missoula. Got a room for the night and hit the sack. At first lite we were on the road again and knew we would make the hunting grounds with a couple hours before dark. We landed in town and hit the long dirt road to the ranch, M-Rays gun was safely tucked away so danger of him tagging out right away.

After about 5 minutes on the dirt he was drooling and chomping at the bit to shoot something We finally made it to the cabin and unloaded our gear after having seen several 4 point or better bucks, most of which would be shooters to many of you.

Sunday morning we had planned on targetting pronghorn since we had 3 doe tags and the season was ending that day. We left the cabin and drove down to the main road when we spotted a nice buck with several doe up in a bowl. We were glassing them when a truck drove by and it turned out to be Rougheye and Brian.  In all the years past the lopes had been all over the ranch, 30,000 acres, and within bow range for the most part. For some reason this year would be different, they were nowhere to be found. We hunted the entire day and finally with about an hour of light left we spotted a group, the only problem was they were too far away to get to before dark. Of course we had been spotting deer everywhere and taking lots of pics, I will post a couple later.

 The next morning we headed out in hopes of finding a nice big buck we had seen the day before. After looking at several groups of deer and passing on all of them we came over a small hill and spotted a nice heavy 4 that I told the guys "someones got to tag that one". I could tell the guys were not too impressed so I decided that he was going to be mine for 08. The buck was pushing a doe and before I had all my things ready they were a bit far off for a shot, knowing I could get a lot closer if I wanted, so we piled back in the car and drove to close the distance. We got out and headed over to a ridge to glass, Waid spotted them right away and Mark ranged at about 180 yards. I dropped to my knee and set the 7mm on my sticks. Quickly spotting him I set the crosshairs right on the bottom of his chest, my gun is about 3" or so high at 200. They spotted us right away and the doe took off with the buck starting to go as well. I had no intention of dragging up hill any more than we already had to so I squeezed one off. He did the mule kick and took off, Mark said he saw the hit and blood shot out the entrance hole as he jumped. He went about 40 yards and piled up ass over teakettle. We made out way down to him and found he had dropped in a 4 foot deep draw. We got him up and out and took a few pics before unzipping him. While Waid did the nasty a car drove up and parked behind my Excursion. The guys watched through binos and eventually one came meandering down the hill, asking if we minded him taking a pic After some BSing he was back up and gone, leaving us to drag the big *censored* up the hill. Here is one of my pics, he ended up being a nice heavy 5X4 with fat brows.

[Antlershed]

Awesome buck, and a great story. 

[270Shooter]

Great Buck . And that is one really cool pic

[huntnphool]

Thanks guys, here is a different pic.

[Antlershed]

Another great shot. Now go shoot a Moose 

[scoyoc5]

great story Phool...thanks for the pics.how did the rest of the guys do??

[huntnphool]

how did the rest of the guys do??

I'm getting there guys

[MuleySniper]

Great buck and some nice pics!
MS