DeerFest 2015!!! year in review

[coachcw]

the berger vld works really well in my 6.5 , both the lrab and the vld are better once the slow a bit my guess is the lrab might hold together better up close ...... dead is dead .

[PlateauNDN]

Ummm...I believe it. He also need to touch up on his guesstimating. Him and karl both say just a little ways or not far and its nearly double...I like a good workout but dang...at least come a bit closer on your estimate.

If I told the truth then people wouldn't follow.  If I can bait with a little white lie like, "its on the other side of that hill", you will be committed to go over that hill.  At that point it doesn't matter that its 4 miles on the other side of that hill

Karl is a better guestimate liar than Coach.  We call them Wisner miles.  If Coach says "its about a mile from the trailhead" plan on 4.

  That's what I heard scouring the hills with rt, some awesome stories of triumphant, magnificent feats of rt carrying elk and deer over his shoulder like he carries his women all at the same time dragging coach thru thick and thin looking for a roadside bull to shoot. 

[coachcw]

Yeah that's how I remember it 

[Karl Blanchard]

Karl, I see you are shooting the LR Accubonds...What caliber are you shooting them in? I've been contemplating going to them in my 6.5x284...I've been having great success with the 140's and well, seeing your success this year, I assume it's all about being from the "right" side of the state and shooting the right bullet...

Congrats! Loved reading your story and seeing you and your friends get some great animals.

I'm running the 190's out of my 300wsm.  Velocity is a bit slow but that's where they settled in, so that's where they stay.  Shots have been 400, 380, and 60 yards this year and all have produced massive internal damage with a normal sized exit.  Damage rivals that of what I saw out of coaches vld's last year, but with an exit.  I was really concerned about them blowing up at close range but the 60 yard shot put my mind at ease.  Hit a rib on the way in and exited out the meat of the shoulder but didn't hit scapula.   I was very pleased at the lack of damage to the shoulder.  The lungs were straight up jello though!  Wicked bullets!

[Karl Blanchard]

Well I didn't even get to wash my clothes from my Colorado trip before I was out the door again.  As some of you recall, my neighbor Dave broke his leg on his Peaches rut tag, and was not going to be able to hunt his late buck tag.  I wasn't hearing it so Saturday morning we were in the field.  The goal was a good buck that we could shoot from the road.  LOTS of hours behind the glass and a tank of gas later, we found this guy sniffing doe's.  We found an old skid road that would put us in a good position for a shot. We got 250 from him and Dave made a great one shot kill!  Tough old buzzard wouldn't take no for an answer and insisted on walking down to his buck!  So with a little redneck fabrication he made his cast into a rough walking boot and used my trekking poles to get down to him.  Great day of hunting with a great woodsman.

[Karl Blanchard]

So I get my gear cleaned up from the deer hunt with Dave just in time to hop in bed.  Alarm goes off at 0430 and I'm up and running again!  This time for elk with my youth hunters.  One of which has a cow tag for 342.  I have been very blessed to be able to share in lots of great hunts with these boys and and their dad Dan, who is a coworker and friend.   

My strategy when hunting HIGH pressure areas such as this is to think outside the box and to try and go where others dont.  Once again this strategy worked.  We force marched for about an hour before we hit the country I wanted to scour.  Didn't take long before we found a group of cows bedded up.  We got Cam set up on my 300wsm and he made a great quartering away shot on this big lead cow.  With know one to call for backup, we boned her out and loaded the packs.  Dan took a hind quarter, both straps, heart, and both tenderloins.  I took both fronts, a hind, and all the neck and rib meat.  Up and out we went with two high steppin boys leading the way!!!

This was a wildly fun week of hunting to say the least!

[Karl Blanchard]

This is the Kifaru DT1, which is 7200ci and that is a 65L seatosummit dry bag that is stuffed full of meat.  I barely got the two rolls required to buckle it. 

[Skyvalhunter]

Nice DEER!!

[Karl Blanchard]

This is the 190gr Accubond Long Range that I was suprized to recover.  Quartering away shot and I found it under the hide on the off side.  Damage to the vitals was impressive as always.

[Karl Blanchard]

And of course I gotta toss in the packout selfie 

[coachcw]

GOOD WORK LITTLE BUDDY !

[2MANY]

I wonder where that cow gets her hair done?
Dave continues to out hunt most on one leg.
Glad you are getting it done!!!

[GUscottie]

I wonder where that cow gets her hair done?
Dave continues to out hunt most on one leg.
Glad you are getting it done!!!

That cow did have some great hair! haha...

Congrats on some more great hunting stories! Almost done for the season I presume??

[buglebuster]

And of course I gotta toss in the packout selfie 

To much background

[Karl Blanchard]

I wonder where that cow gets her hair done?
Dave continues to out hunt most on one leg.
Glad you are getting it done!!!

That cow did have some great hair! haha...

Congrats on some more great hunting stories! Almost done for the season I presume??

Ya I'm almost wrapped up for the season.  I'll be in Palouse country with the wife this coming weekend.  After that I will be in East Klick for late muzzy.  Take off the 25th for some Montana muleys, then after that my wife has a late Khalotus  2nd doe tag.  Hopefully I will get a day or two to redeem myself on elk during the late archery season.  I've been milking my multi season deer tag for a bit too long, I think it's time to drop the hammer.