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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #105 on: November 03, 2015, 07:05:55 PM »
Ya I guess he is a 7x7.  Here are a few that show the extras better

 :yeah: I see a 7x7 :chuckle:
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #106 on: November 03, 2015, 07:35:57 PM »
Nice buck man!

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #107 on: November 03, 2015, 07:37:47 PM »
Thanks everyone!  I'm really happy with this deer!  Fueling up in Ogden right now.  20hr solo drives suck!
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #108 on: November 03, 2015, 09:11:48 PM »
I'm 5'8" 170lb
still doesn't Give you the right to violate him after he's dead just cause he's bigger than you!

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #109 on: November 04, 2015, 05:16:41 PM »
I'm 5'8" 170lb
still doesn't Give you the right to violate him after he's dead just cause he's bigger than you!
Just because thats what you weirdo West Valley folk do to your pine mountain deer, does not mean people in other parts of the country do the same 8)
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #110 on: November 04, 2015, 05:43:17 PM »
So not much of a hunting story really.  Deer were really keyed in on water where we were at.  If you weren't IN the canyon with the water, you weren't seeing deer.  With ZERO rut activity, and hot temps, we spent our mornings and evenings glassing and covering country. 

Monday evening we took a long drive to a different part of the unit to see if we could find more water.  Saw a few deer, one good 4pt that would push upper 150's, with another buck about the same.  Not what you want to see on your limited entry "rut" hunt :bash: 

So we ran out of juniper country to look at right before dark.  As we are driving down the road out in the nothingness of the prairie country, we pass a small rocky nob.  This nob is only 300yards long by maybe 100 yards wide.  Jeremie makes a comment about how that is the kind of place a big ol buck would hide out.  So we stop the truck, if nothing else, just out of habit, and put the bino's up.  We both saw him at the same time.  He was bedded in front of some rocks but his antlers stuck above the skyline :yike:  With the sun going down behind the nob, all we could see was the outline of his rack.  I saw wide, and stickers and my brain turned to mush!

With light fading fast, we had a small issue.  The little strip of land between the road and the nob was private property.  If it wasn't for this I could have got out of the truck, laid prone, and dropped him.  Luckily for me, the nob itself, as well as all the dirt behind the nob was public, so we mobbed back around to another road, and with gun and rangefinder in hand, we literally sprinted out and around the nob.  For fear of spooking him, we swung good and wide.  At 400 yards, with only 5 min of light remaining, I got down in a prone position and caught my breath.  He stood, took a few steps down below the skyline and stopped broadside.  At the recoil of the rifle I lost sight of him momentarily but as I chambered another shell and settled back in, I watched him go down!

Definitely not a hard earned buck but I honestly can't remember the last time I got an "easy" buck.  I figure with has tough as Idaho was, they evened out :chuckle:  I gutted him, which is also something I am not used to ever doing, and we took him out to the truck whole.  Back at camp, we were able to crank up some tunes, have a couple beers, and take our time caping and meating him out. 

Next day we packed camp and parted ways.  Jeremie headed up to our normal colorado unit where his brother has a 4th season tag, and I headed home.  I planned on pushing past salt lake city and sleeping a few hours before the final push back to Yakima, but I couldn't fall asleep.  After about 30min of tossing and turning in the front seat I said screw it, got a coffee, and put the hammer down.  21hrs in the saddle in one shot was not awesome :chuckle:
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #111 on: November 04, 2015, 07:00:41 PM »
Seems normal to me :dunno:
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #112 on: November 04, 2015, 07:12:12 PM »
I'm 5'8" 170lb
still doesn't Give you the right to violate him after he's dead just cause he's bigger than you!
Just because thats what you weirdo West Valley folk do to your pine mountain deer, does not mean people in other parts of the country do the same 8)

Just because one west valley-ian does that doesn't mean we all do that. :chuckle:
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #113 on: November 04, 2015, 07:14:50 PM »
Good buck Karl congrats!

I'm headed to idaho next Tuesday for my late hunt. Unlike you and Perm I've gotta work or I'd be there right now

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #114 on: November 04, 2015, 07:16:21 PM »
I'm 5'8" 170lb
still doesn't Give you the right to violate him after he's dead just cause he's bigger than you!
Just because thats what you weirdo West Valley folk do to your pine mountain deer, does not mean people in other parts of the country do the same 8)

Just because one west valley-ian does that doesn't mean we all do that. :chuckle:

Karl sure as heck isn't a west valley-ian!

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #115 on: November 04, 2015, 07:18:06 PM »
Great buck!

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #116 on: November 04, 2015, 07:22:52 PM »
I'm 5'8" 170lb
still doesn't Give you the right to violate him after he's dead just cause he's bigger than you!
Just because thats what you weirdo West Valley folk do to your pine mountain deer, does not mean people in other parts of the country do the same 8)

Just because one west valley-ian does that doesn't mean we all do that. :chuckle:

Karl sure as heck isn't a west valley-ian!

No, but I am and I don't violate animals after I've killed them. :chuckle: karl is a breed unto hisself. He's like an ant, can carry 10 times his weight and come back for more. :chuckle:
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #117 on: November 04, 2015, 07:34:48 PM »
Awesome buck!

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #118 on: November 04, 2015, 07:40:24 PM »
Good buck Karl congrats!

I'm headed to idaho next Tuesday for my late hunt. Unlike you and Perm I've gotta work or I'd be there right now
I just get away now and then.  Jeremie takes it to another level!  September 20 - December 10th off :yike:  Anxious to see what you come up with on your tag!  Should hit the rut just right!
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 10/31
« Reply #119 on: November 04, 2015, 07:42:50 PM »
I'm 5'8" 170lb
still doesn't Give you the right to violate him after he's dead just cause he's bigger than you!
Just because thats what you weirdo West Valley folk do to your pine mountain deer, does not mean people in other parts of the country do the same 8)

Just because one west valley-ian does that doesn't mean we all do that. :chuckle:

Karl sure as heck isn't a west valley-ian!

No, but I am and I don't violate animals after I've killed them. :chuckle: karl is a breed unto hisself. He's like an ant, can carry 10 times his weight and come back for more. :chuckle:
  I've been called a lot of low down, dirty, rude, hurtful things but a west valleyian  (goat lover) is taking it too far!!!  :bdid: 8)
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