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Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« on: September 20, 2015, 09:23:07 PM »
Well I ended up having some success again this year on the high hunt. Hiked up on Thursday morning and ended up shooting my biggest buck so far on Friday morning. Brother could have shot a toad but ended up not even getting a shot off. My buddy ended up shooting at a buck just as big or a little bigger then mine on Saturday morning but buck fever got to him and he shot high. All in all it was a great trip and ended up seeing 50 deer in two full days and two days of hiking up/down the mountain. 3 of them were dandy bucks 1 was a small 2x3 and of course a few two points. I will post some pictures as soon as I get them downloaded on my computer from my phone.
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2015, 09:25:51 PM »
Get those pics up, sounds like a great hunt, way to go.

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2015, 10:02:09 PM »
should I do a tease picture like I see so many other guys on here do
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2015, 10:04:01 PM »
Uugggghhhhhhhhhhhh. :bash:
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2015, 10:23:26 PM »
So more of a story to the hunt. We hiked up on Thursday. My brother ended up walking up a different way then we did and ended up walking right up on a deer at 30 yards. it was standing between two trees looking right at him. Instead of picking up the gun and aiming at the deer to make sure it didn't have antlers he assumed it was a big doe. Well as soon as he decided it was a doe the deer turned and all he could see was a massive rack attached to that deer. He threw down his hiking pole and put up his rifle but the buck got into some trees and he never saw it again (even after he ran after it with his pack on his back). We set up camp and hunted Thursday night only seeing does. Friday morning we wake up and start to head down to my spot were I shot the buck in my profile picture. I gave my buddy a fist bump and wished him good luck as I walked off to hunt the spot were I shot my small 4 point the year before on the high hunt. As I get to my area I am looking down into the draw and see nothing. I look up the draw through some trees and see a bigger bodied deer about 200 yards away feeding looking away from me. I placed my back pack down and started to glass him over seeing if it was something I wanted to shoot. I could tell he had pretty nice forks and was a little wider than his ears. I had a goal of shooting something bigger than my biggest buck and he seemed dang close. I actually ended up putting my gun down and looking back into the draw to see if there was something bigger that I didn't see the first time I glassed. I ended up not seeing anything else so I decided to lay down in the prone and get a good rest on my back pack and check him over some more. it was actually a hard decision to shoot because of the later season this year in October and for how well our spot has been for bigger sized bucks the last 4 years. he ended up taking another step forward and I decided he was to nice to not shoot even though it was so early. I laid the smack down on him and he dropped instantly fell 10 yards down the hill into some buck brush and was down for the count. On Saturday we decided to hunt a little higher due to my friend not seeing much were I had him hunting. we hiked up the mountain and cut across into a good area. he was walking ahead of me as I looked up the hill to see a big buck standing broadside at 225 yards staring at us. he had a huge body, wide rack, and was tall. With the naked eye he was to hard to see due to his hide being so tan and his antlers as well. my friend took a rest on my pack frame and I told him to aim a inch high of his back due to him only sighting his gun in at 75 yards. He is a newbie and just hasn't shot his brand new rifle with my scope I gave him very much. He ended up thinking I meant a inch in the scope so he put the 400 yard bdc reticle on the buck and shot over the bucks back. The buck turned and ran toward us (he looked even bigger now) and then back in the trees. Definitely a good learning experience for him and he is even more hooked now then he was before. We still have October for him to try and get a second chance! The pictures in the mountains ended up being a little deceiving to how big he really is. Wish I would have kept his cape since he is bigger then the one on my wall. European mount is always a good second option though.
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2015, 10:30:38 PM »
That's an awesome buck righ there!  :tup: nice write up.
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2015, 10:32:14 PM »
Great buck, Congrats :tup:
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2015, 10:51:20 PM »
Nice buck!

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2015, 10:55:22 PM »
Nice buck congrats

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2015, 11:00:17 PM »
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2015, 11:02:34 PM »
Congrats, that's a good one!  :tup:
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2015, 06:57:42 AM »
Holy smokes ! Well done man !!!
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2015, 06:54:09 PM »
hey abhold.
I tried messaging you but something messed up on me and I don't think it went through. I recognized you on the 2015 bucks thread. Were you or are you in 790th or 792nd chem co?

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2015, 07:07:50 PM »
nice buck man, I think you would be kicking yourself if you passed him. sounds like you got the high hunt figured out

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2015, 07:09:42 PM »
nice buck, congrats!  :tup:
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2015, 07:12:49 PM »
Most taxis I know can provide a cape at a cost if you still want a shoulder mount. That's what I had to do with my blacktail.

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2015, 07:13:53 PM »
Nice buck, and thanks for the story.

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2015, 07:32:22 PM »
Very nice buck!  :tup:
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2015, 08:16:22 PM »
Thanks every body! I'm glad I took him. Going to be more picky next year in September and try and get a big ole boy. i am going to end up just doing a European mount on him and make sure I take a measuring tape next time so I know if the buck is bigger or not  :tup: Pete112288 I was in the 792nd chemical company and just transfered to the 420th chemical battalion. Been in that unit for 12 years now.
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #19 on: September 21, 2015, 08:19:03 PM »
That is a stud buck to say the least! I will have to show the pic to SFC Duff, haha. Ive been 790th for 6 years now.

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« Reply #20 on: September 21, 2015, 08:51:15 PM »
Stud buck for sure, great job!
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #21 on: September 21, 2015, 09:06:16 PM »
I am wondering about something. If the deer was at 225 yard, why did you tell your buddy to hold 1" over his back when he was zeroed at 75 yards (almost same zero as 100 yards)? What was he shooting, a .22 lr? Help me understand this? Great buck by the way.
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #22 on: September 21, 2015, 10:34:13 PM »
I am wondering about something. If the deer was at 225 yard, why did you tell your buddy to hold 1" over his back when he was zeroed at 75 yards (almost same zero as 100 yards)? What was he shooting, a .22 lr? Help me understand this? Great buck by the way.

I had a little buck fever going on myself from the excitement. It was a really steep incline shot and a guesstimated 225 because my brother forgot to bring the range finder. Figured at the time that would be the best place to aim.
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #23 on: September 22, 2015, 06:25:33 PM »
wow! gorgeous buck!
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #24 on: September 22, 2015, 06:27:35 PM »
I am wondering about something. If the deer was at 225 yard, why did you tell your buddy to hold 1" over his back when he was zeroed at 75 yards (almost same zero as 100 yards)? What was he shooting, a .22 lr? Help me understand this? Great buck by the way.

I had a little buck fever going on myself from the excitement. It was a really steep incline shot and a guesstimated 225 because my brother forgot to bring the range finder. Figured at the time that would be the best place to aim.

I'd be holding on hair at 225...

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2015, 06:42:42 PM »
Great buck! Congrats man!

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #26 on: September 28, 2015, 09:55:48 AM »
Hey Eric I have a cape if your interested in getting him mounted. That's a band nice buck if he's bigger then the one I seen on your wall. Just give me a call.
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #27 on: October 07, 2015, 10:39:06 AM »
I am wondering about something. If the deer was at 225 yard, why did you tell your buddy to hold 1" over his back when he was zeroed at 75 yards (almost same zero as 100 yards)? What was he shooting, a .22 lr? Help me understand this? Great buck by the way.

I had a little buck fever going on myself from the excitement. It was a really steep incline shot and a guesstimated 225 because my brother forgot to bring the range finder. Figured at the time that would be the best place to aim.

Really steep incline/decline means aim for less yardage than line of sight. 45° calls for right about 71% of the line of sight. So 225x.71=160 yards.

A little saying that's real easy to remember and very useful to keep oneself in check. "If you aren't aiming at hair, your wrong, don't shoot".

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #28 on: October 15, 2015, 11:22:58 AM »
I am wondering about something. If the deer was at 225 yard, why did you tell your buddy to hold 1" over his back when he was zeroed at 75 yards (almost same zero as 100 yards)? What was he shooting, a .22 lr? Help me understand this? Great buck by the way.

I had a little buck fever going on myself from the excitement. It was a really steep incline shot and a guesstimated 225 because my brother forgot to bring the range finder. Figured at the time that would be the best place to aim.

I will definitely keep this in mind next time thank you! like I said earlier it was definitely a buck fever mistake from all the excitement. I honestly was more excited about getting him this buck then the buck I shot. Its crazy how exciting it is helping friends or family get there deer or at least getting them a chance at a buck

Really steep incline/decline means aim for less yardage than line of sight. 45° calls for right about 71% of the line of sight. So 225x.71=160 yards.

A little saying that's real easy to remember and very useful to keep oneself in check. "If you aren't aiming at hair, your wrong, don't shoot".
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #29 on: October 15, 2015, 11:44:34 AM »
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #30 on: October 18, 2015, 12:22:53 PM »
I am wondering about something. If the deer was at 225 yard, why did you tell your buddy to hold 1" over his back when he was zeroed at 75 yards (almost same zero as 100 yards)? What was he shooting, a .22 lr? Help me understand this? Great buck by the way.

I had a little buck fever going on myself from the excitement. It was a really steep incline shot and a guesstimated 225 because my brother forgot to bring the range finder. Figured at the time that would be the best place to aim.

I will definitely keep this in mind next time thank you! like I said earlier it was definitely a buck fever mistake from all the excitement. I honestly was more excited about getting him this buck then the buck I shot. Its crazy how exciting it is helping friends or family get there deer or at least getting them a chance at a buck

Really steep incline/decline means aim for less yardage than line of sight. 45° calls for right about 71% of the line of sight. So 225x.71=160 yards.

A little saying that's real easy to remember and very useful to keep oneself in check. "If you aren't aiming at hair, your wrong, don't shoot".

Or you could just buy range finder binos that do that for you so you dont have to perform math in the field  ;)
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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #31 on: November 04, 2015, 08:56:01 AM »
Nice buck!

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Re: Pasayten wilderness 2015 success
« Reply #32 on: November 04, 2015, 08:58:51 AM »
very nice.  :tup:
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