WOW is all I can say

[mountainman]

What a joke..Hunter and guide both! Shooting way beyond ability...and putting his orange on after the fact? What a couple of morons!!!

[huntnphool]

Anyone on here ever hunt Buck Run? I was under the impression that you show up and are assigned a section of the property to hunt, each person getting a different section. Wondering if this is true, and if so, why someone being told what section to hunt would also need a "guide".

[j_h_nimrod]

That was just a pathetic display of shooting, start to finish. It looked like a .300 WM or a 7mm Rem to me. At 400, even with nominal skills it should have been a reasonable shot. I bet he was sighted dead on at 100 yds so he dropped about 2' at 400. Can't figure why he was off ~3' in windage though, wind looked calm as you could get out there.

Can't wear that blaze orange while you are hunting the hay bales, camo pattern does not match!

[mountainman]

Can't wear that blaze orange while you are hunting the hay bales, camo pattern does not match!
 

[Neal]

Maybe he is better with a bow   Seriously what apiece of s***. I'm not sure who is worse the shooter or the other idiot.

[Lucky1]

It was a pretty nice buck.

[JackOfAllTrades]

I'm trying .. Oh trying to see both sides of this.. If you hit him at any distance in the first shot or two, but he doesn't go down, Yes, make sure he does go down. But it shouldn't take +7 shots to do it! If you're not consistently capable out to that range, DON'T go there! We weren't there, Maybe the buck was on a trot. Well, don't go there... Know when you've been made. He hit him in the spine, the hind leg and the neck. Man I really hope that gun is more accurate than that. 400yds for say, a 30-06, or even a 300mag there's poi to calculate. But left to right with no noticeable wind? If that buck wasn't on the move, the shooter needs some serious practice. As it was, he was shooting from a solid bench rest already! Why in the hell would you remove the rifle from the rest to cycle the bolt? All that movin around was just plain stupid.

-Steve

[Coastal_native]

Of all the things, the commentary is what ruined it for me.  I can almost forgive him for the poor shooting, well...until he started talking about compensating three feet in the opposite direction after shooting him in the a$$. 

I agree with others.  not every hunt plays out like a magazine article.   Don't put stuff like that on the internet.  Take good pictures and make up a good story. 

[JackOfAllTrades]

I wonder how many of us shot at our first deer with the same amount of skill level 

 

This was that guy's first deer?

Shot my first deer at 40' with a 30-30. While I was learning to hunt, I learned to shoot. Pop cans with iron sights off hand at 100yds.  I hope everyone learns that way. While I've been successful many times, I'm still learning to hunt! And I still practice my shooting. Hope everyone practices. I hope everyone knows their limits. Obviously some don't.  But yes, as one other post said... Dead is dead.

-Steve

[Biggerhammer]

Oooooh! The drama!

[Romulus1297]

A friend and I did the same thing in the mountains in the Manson unit when we were about 13.  We ran out of ammo Sounded like a warzone. Which I Hear every year since. The bucks still got away and the dads still laugh about that day.  We were running and shooting offhand not like this guy with a rest.

[fishngamereaper]

While the accuracy sucked some people faulter under pressure. Buck fever anybody?..I would wonder where the other 5-6 rounds went that missed the deer.Whats the back drop, that country is pretty flat. I make it my goal for one shot kills, out of respect for the animal. Apparently he's not of the same mindset...But my biggest grip is the dude with him..here's your orange now your legal???Really. These guys are candiidates for a "Hellow sir Im with the WDFW" knock at the door.

[groundhog]

Phool,
I hunted Buckrun with my nephew who is in a wheel chair. Our family all chipped in and bought raffle tickets and he was lucky enough to draw a tag. Here is how it works. Raffle winners get ONE day to hunt. If you don't shoot a buck you are done. Landowner/Manager Derek Stevens assigns you to an area to hunt. He is NOT with you during your hunt. During our hunt the area we were assigned did not have many deer, we spotted a big buck on Dereks land but not in our designated area. I called Derek and he eventually allowed us to move to the area with the big buck. At the time I got the feeling that the only reason we were allowed to move was that we had a kid in a chair.
 Derek is not in this video. Derek also gets a few landowner tags that he sells for around $6,000 each. He guides these hunters and they get to hunt until they fill their tag which usually only takes a day or two. He also sells some management hunts for around $ 1,500. These hunts are for old bucks with bad genetics, big two and three points. He also guides these hunters and they are one day hunts.

In my opinion this video should have no connection or reflection on the Stevens Family and Buckrun. Just hunters that made some bad choices, shooting outside their effective range, no orange, videoing and posting on Utube etc

[Bullkllr]

Anyone on here ever hunt Buck Run? I was under the impression that you show up and are assigned a section of the property to hunt, each person getting a different section. Wondering if this is true, and if so, why someone being told what section to hunt would also need a "guide".

My son had the tag twice when he was younger; they had some pretty good draw tags in there for a couple years. Killed a management buck and a doe (first two deer, one shot each by the way). They took us to an area and left us to hunt. I was under the impression that some of their trophy hunts were guided. Sounds like Groundhog knows the score.

[CP]

I wonder how many of us shot at our first deer with the same amount of skill level 

 

If I had displayed that level of skill on my first deer my Dad would have slapped the **** out me and I wouldn’t have been allowed to hunt again until I had re-proved my competence with my weapon and my judgment.