Bettin on Bone

[bucklucky]

 

[tlbradford]

Congrats on a nice buck Doug.  I'm looking forward to the rest of the story.   

[WDFW-SUX]

Nice job thats a great looking buck... your sure right about him being heavy

[Hornseeker]

Nice Doug! Very Nice! You are the Sapphire Hawk Master... hopefully the dam bowbuilder will get something that nice one of these days!

More pics!!

[whacker1]

great buck

[boneaddict]

I had alot of open ground to cover and there were more and more deer showing up above.  I tried to use the contour to cover my movement.  It was dry as heck.  Everytime a deer would come out in the open I would freeze.  It was STRAIGHT UP.  He made his way to a small hole area in the creek that was green and was busy munching.  I finally made it to a small batch of trees.

[boneaddict]

I ran out of trees and had nothing but wide open.  He was busy in the creek.  Apparantly he got nervous and he came out and stood broadside where I put the black dot.  It was about 40 yards and I took the shot.  It went in a little far back from where I was aiming but ended up being perfect as he was turned mor than I thought.  It ripped his liver open and exited out above his front shoulder.
4th buck with that arrow  I didn't find it as apparantly it went into the oblivion or buried in the gravel.  He humped up and turned back into the hole.  I grabbed another arrow and waited.  I figured he would die there.  then all of a sudden he walked out above me.  I stuck another Double lunger into him and he dropped like a rock.  He was dead with the first arrow but didn't know it I guess.  You can see where he laid.

[Dmanmastertracker]

I think someone mentioned a blue grouse......and Dman, you ask me this every year....nope, not an archery tag this year I just decided to get a headstart on the high hunt.   (j/k I have a multiseason tag as previously mentioned)

Man, you guys don't believe in any sort of foreplay do ya.

 Your the hardest working frigging hunter I know (besides me ), why'd you end it so early . I was asking Charlie about his tag, he's usually a modfire guy.

[boneaddict]

that second shot was at about 30.

[Houndhunter]

you keep telling part of the story then leave us hangin, just say the whole damn thing

nice buck

[Houndhunter]

guess i need to pay attention to the "warning someone posted before you" sign 

[saylean]

Its a hellofa job Bone, I had no doubts.

Congrats on a wonderful buck/story.

[Turkeyman]

Great job Bone u the man.

[MuleySniper]

Nice one! Great to see hunters who put in so much work get rewarded.
MS

[boneaddict]

Honestly, I wish he'd have been bigger.  Don't we all.  I was hoping for a super monster. BUT......I harvested a mature mule deer, doubtfully would have gotten any bigger.  I did it in his domain, not in the rut in November, and not on the winter range.  I was in the hardest terrain I could imagine to do a stalk, even harder than the desert.    The conditions were perfect.  I was pressed for time, had to slip into about 20 other deer total, including several other bucks. About 15 minutes after I deflated hiim the thermals changed.  I had to cross open terrain and then the gravel rocks.  the creek and walking "like a deer" versus a hunter allowed me to get at least close enough.  He looked at me standing there on top of that mountain and I had enough cool to dump him.  I couldn't let him go.