Bearpaw Season - Fall 2017

[Kit Carson]

I've also emptied my gun at a buck standing no more than 60 yards away and then tried in a panic to load my chapstick into my gun thinking it was a cartridge. 

 

[bowhunterforever]

 

[bearpaw]

Idaho Mule Deer
Really big buck spotted at long distance last night, guide Roger and his hunter Tariq are after it this morning, I have my fingers crossed. A nice 24"ish buck missed at 206 yards with Nick. Ray and his hunter had a good buck come in behind them at close range, the buck managed to elude a clear shot, several other bucks spotted with no shots taken, hunters are after them again today.

This buck taken at a drop camp and the message from the hunter: "Thank you Bearpaw Outfitters for your guidance!! Without you I never would have killed the biggest buck of my life! -Tyson"

[Machias]

 

[HookedOnQuack]

Following along, great thread Dale!

[bearpaw]

It's always an eventful week just at the start of my rifle season.

Two days ago we set a drop camp and I was coming off the mountain after dark with the horse trailer, there was a bad wash that I tried to go around and a rock I didn't see in the weeds kicked up and caught and broke one leaf spring, the axle broke loose and hung up on the fender, I had to stop, unload the horse trailer and leave it. We spent part of two days getting the right equipment and getting that axle fixed which set us way behind. I lease horses, I sold my own horses several years ago as it's easier to lease horses and I have an excellent source for first class stock. This year we got a few different horses, they overall are a little bigger, the surprise is that I can't get six in my trailer, so I got on the internet and located a few trailers, made some calls, met a guy after dark, bought his trailer on the side of a back road, I handed over thousands of dollars and he handed over a title, we shook hands and he said "that's some good after dark back road business"! 

We parted and I headed for the lodge to see how the guys there are doing, they saw a couple dozen elk and 13 bucks, they passed a bunch of the bucks, missed 4 bucks, almost got a shot at a really big buck, and wounded a good 4x5 buck which the guide tracked and jumped so he backed off and they have to look again in the morning. Part of the hunters didn't hunt, they didn't feel good, I think it's altitude sickness, they are sleeping at 7800 and hunting close to 9000, they said they feel better this evening, hopefully they'll feel like hunting tomorrow. 

At the same time I was visiting the lodge, three of my guides packed in another drop camp after dark, getting back at 2AM, now we are almost caught back up, great job guys! 

I had to do a little late night shopping at WalMart, needed more Buddy heaters, some hoses, mantles, new pots and skillets for one of the cooks, 3 cases of TP, some portable propane canisters, and some bee spray for one of the camps that has hornets trying to build a nest in the top of the tent. Oh yeah, thankfully I remembered the printer ink, ran out yesterday! 

I had some leftover chicken and now I'm headed up to that camp to deliver the bee spray and a new heater. I better get going, I've got to make the round trip  and get back in time to visit another camp of hunters at breakfast to see how they are doing. Hopefully my next post will have a nice 4x5 buck! 

[bearpaw]

I had 5 guys cancel from my Utah Ranch Hunt. This hunt keeps getting better and better, if anyone wants to squeeze in a great mule deer hunt please contact me. Some days we see over 100 deer!

Some last year bucks... our first two hunters this year missed 5 bucks similar to the two largest in the photos! All 5 were clean misses, those bucks are still there.

[benhuntin]

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[bearpaw]

We've been busy with mule deer hunting in Idaho, so far well over 20 bucks missed and 8 bucks killed. Elk season opened 3 days ago, nearly 20 bulls spotted, 2 bulls missed, 1 5x5 killed, we are onto three different big bulls, all well over 300 class, one might go 370ish, probably the biggest bull we've ever seen in Idaho, we've seen him twice, the guide and a father and two sons are after him again today. The bull is in a very rugged remote location that is hard to get to, the father and one son rested all day yesterday, the other son hunted and shot a buck yesterday, all three of them are going with the guide today after that big bull, I hope the dad can make it in, my fingers are crossed for big bull pics!

We have one hunter in camp who is tagged out with two bucks and the 5x5 bull, he wanted to take home lots of meat. First day he hammered the 3x3, on the third day he nailed a world record smallest 3x3 (camp humor, it actually has 3 points on each side at least an inch, but is barely legal) and he got the 5x5 bull yesterday. He was downstairs playing his guitar and singing this morning. No kidding! I hear him playing and singing again right now!

[bearpaw]

Usually when bucks are in velvet it's because they have no testes, jimmy hit this deer you know where, so we really don't know if he blew them off or if the buck never had any? It was a 1 shot kill, I guess that can be a deadly shot!

[bearpaw]

Still looking for 3 more hunters for the Utah deer hunt last week of October or the first 10 days of November.

[bearpaw]

Rough roads have been taking their toll, we have three trucks broke down, guides had to go to town yesterday at lunch to buy parts, sensors, brake lines and rent a welder to weld a shock mount back in place. Every available vehicle is being used or broke down at the moment! 

I was talking to the local taxidermist, the winter kill was worse than F&G thought, he said a lot of hunters are not seeing much, I'm really happy we have see as much game as we have considering most other hunters aren't seeing much. 

[quadrafire]

Sorry to hear. Adds a lot of stress for you and the guides.

[bearpaw]

Sorry to hear. Adds a lot of stress for you and the guides.

  there's always some stress, the guides want to be successful, that's part of what makes it all so much fun too

[quadrafire]

Sorry to hear. Adds a lot of stress for you and the guides.

  there's always some stress, the guides want to be successful, that's part of what makes it all so much fun too

I'd think all those misses would be stressful for the guides as well