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Late Winthrop Hunts???
« on: November 22, 2022, 11:34:00 AM »
Well how did it go?

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2022, 12:11:44 PM »
I know of two taken, The snow was not good. Couldnt get around.

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2022, 12:12:25 PM »
I saw several small bucks popped because of the deep snow. 

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2022, 12:34:29 PM »
I talked with a couple of tag holders in the early part of the hunt. Haven't heard boo since then. Hoping things went well for them. I know the snow was rough.
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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2022, 12:49:30 PM »
I do hope some of the hunters show back up, even with tag soup.   One of my peeves are folks that ask for help in a thread and surely get it, and never report back.   I think it makes everyone a wee bit snarly

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2022, 02:47:59 PM »
Snow was rough but I was still able to get one.
« Last Edit: November 22, 2022, 03:04:54 PM by nimrod67 »
"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted...If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it. What he is after is having to win it, to conquer the surly brute through his own effort and skill with all the extras that this carries with it: the immersion in the countryside, the healthfulness of the exercise, the distraction from his job."

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2022, 03:12:14 PM »
My buddy who had the 231 Gardner Whitetail tag did not shoot a buck. The heavy snow really messed it up for the mule deer hunters more than the whitetail guys IMO.
very little access to secondary roads. We did see lots of Whitetail including one decent buck, however, all on private land. Temps were 4- 20 degrees.
The best part of the trip was we watched a big migrating Muley for 3 days. He was a 7x9 and 28-30 wide.
He managed to avoid the mule deer hunters because he liked the private land also.
Good times.

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2022, 03:15:19 PM »
Snow was rough but I was still able to get one.
Shoot, that will work. Nice buck.

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2022, 03:19:01 PM »
That's a dandy buck right there!!!!!  Strong work. 

Was that the exit wound  you can see in the photo or did a predator get to him first? 

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2022, 03:28:37 PM »
That's a dandy buck right there!!!!!  Strong work. 

Was that the exit wound  you can see in the photo or did a predator get to him first?

That was an exit wound from a bullet a friend of mine gave me to try, I will not be using them again.
"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted...If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it. What he is after is having to win it, to conquer the surly brute through his own effort and skill with all the extras that this carries with it: the immersion in the countryside, the healthfulness of the exercise, the distraction from his job."

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2022, 03:30:46 PM »
That's a dandy buck right there!!!!!  Strong work. 

Was that the exit wound  you can see in the photo or did a predator get to him first?

That was an exit wound from a bullet a friend of mine gave me to try, I will not be using them again.

Holy moly......do you mind sharing what bullet / caliber.  That is quite the exit wound. 

Still a stud buck for sure.....I keep zooming in to get a better look at the antlers and am enamored by the dark heavy horns with trash.  Love it.   

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2022, 03:47:29 PM »
That's a dandy buck right there!!!!!  Strong work. 

Was that the exit wound  you can see in the photo or did a predator get to him first?
That was an exit wound from a bullet a friend of mine gave me to try, I will not be using them again.

Holy moly......do you mind sharing what bullet / caliber.  That is quite the exit wound. 

Still a stud buck for sure.....I keep zooming in to get a better look at the antlers and am enamored by the dark heavy horns with trash.  Love it.

It was a 165gr sierra game king hp out of a .300 mag
"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted...If one were to present the sportsman with the death of the animal as a gift he would refuse it. What he is after is having to win it, to conquer the surly brute through his own effort and skill with all the extras that this carries with it: the immersion in the countryside, the healthfulness of the exercise, the distraction from his job."

Jose Ortega

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2022, 03:55:08 PM »
Nice buck
Love those black gnarley horns
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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2022, 03:58:12 PM »
Snow was rough but I was still able to get one.

Any other photos of your buck? Nice one for sure.

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Re: Late Winthrop Hunts???
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2022, 04:25:37 PM »
Had two folks I knew that had tags in two different units. Snow was a factor in both units and hindered the hunt to a certain extent. One ate tag soup (he’s very picky and has killed many tape measure bucks, had something in mind he did not see), the other killed a buck that was a 26” wide 4 by 5, he was very happy with it. Both are friends of mine going back 35 and more years ago, both know the valley very well. Both said with the amount of snow that was on the ground and it’s timing they expected to see a lot more deer than what they did.

 


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