High hunt success

[Buschingc]

Damn thats a nice buck...Been talking to a couple of my friends.. We might start hunting the high hunt..... Congrats..

[boneaddict]

but another member

 WHO WHAT AND HOW......don't need to know where.  
Thats awesome right there.  COngratulations.  Can almost feel the emotion in the picture.  Guess becasue its what I love.   NICE!!!!

As for the skeleton, probably has done that before in the exact same place.   THATS AWESOME.   (sorry Michael, missed your post)

[highhunter]

Good work. I'll make sure my Brother gets you the other pix. See u next year!

[Redmist]

All of the above is appreciated.  Thank you.  Thanks especially to "HighHunter" for executing a perfect muledeer drive.  It was a very difficult trigger pull for me, knowing that your knees were probably going to buckle at the sound of my rifle.  Trust me on this, that deer was not going to become part of the "Pincher" movement.  If I didn't kill him he was gone to all of us.  What I'm I talking about the rest of you are wondering?  Highhunter and I have crossed paths twice in the field.  First in 05, and now 09.  Our starting point for the Highhunt is the same area.  Opening morning I had made my way to the edge of one of two high basins and was glassing before sunrise from a shooting location on the north rim.  I couldn't see any buck activity as the light level increased, but was comfortable to glass for a few more hours before moving to the next basin.  I glassed the outlet creek edges and timber down to about 1500 feet below the basin along with the basin walls and floor.  I then noticed one of the Highhunter brothers working up towards the basin along the outlet creek.  The other brother I couldn't see.  The sun was now starting to strike the basin walls, and Highhunter was now in the direct sunlight.  The thermal reversal was complete and three 4 point bucks located above Highhunter detected his scent and hit the checkout counter.  The bucks moved upward accross the opposite lower basin wall in a right hand direction as I faced them.  The lag buck, which was older,then broke downward away from the leaders and cut directly down to the basin floor to take a completely concealed escape route out the lower edge below where I was sitting.  The two lead bucks continued up the basin wall towards the rim.  Highhunter had to be completely unaware of what was shaping up over his head out of sight.  The larger buck was about to make cover about 250 yards below me when I drew a bead on him and torched a round off.  On recoil I lost sight of the buck.  I could not locate him.  Hit or miss?  I had no clue.  My gut feeling was a miss.  I watched the other two bucks movement hoping Highhunter could make the lower rim and get a crack at them.  Suddenly the missing buck is running accross the basin floor back towards a different timbered escape route.  I lead and fire.  He enters the timber and to my disbelief leaves the tree cover and exposes himself in the open trying to catch the other bucks climbing towards the rim.  I fire again and he continues to move.  I reposition to a rock shooting rest instead of my knee, then find him in the scope just in time to watch him wad-up and roll about 30 yards downhill into the timber.  Wow!  That was sloppy I think to myself.  Now I see a big buck leave the timber where this guy just rolled and start climbing the 30 yards back towards the two lead bucks.  What the......  I throw back on him and at the same time catch movement in my lower sight picture of a buck cripping quickly out of the timber downhill.  I realize now that a fourth 4-point has joined the party.  I swing onto the cripple and fire my fourth round.  Nothing happens.  I'm down to my last round.  The shot will be a downhill running right to left.  I increased the lead 1 foot, squeezed, and he folded.  Then I heard that sweet "whop" sound of the hit.  High hunter and I eventually meet down at the dead buck.  He congratulates me, but I'm not real proud because I know how my rifle report made him feel after his hard work.  We take photos.  I took photos of him with the deer on his camera.  I'd like one of those posted also.  Highhunt brothers are really hard working cool dudes and they have and are going to kill alot of good bucks.  But they wern't going to kill this one.  That buck was hit with 3 of my 5 shots.  Two dead center back of the vitals, and the last round through the base of the neck.  The (2) skeletons in the photo are from my son "Crabcreekhunter's" 05 and 07 bucks killed on the same spot.  I passed on 12 or 13 bucks last year opening morning in this basin.  The solo packout included my gear, boned meat, and skull.  About 115 pounds.  Alot for my old 175 pound frame to handle.  No blisters.   

[eastside boy]

Hell of a nice 4 point!!  Would never pass up a buck like that for sure

[crabcreekhunter]

Thats a great buck for ya old man... I bet you had fun getting that off the mountain.. As to the brothers thanks for looking out and taking care of my old man up there.. he almost didn't make it out last year!!! haha  Wish I could have helped ya out up there this year and last but next year I will be back home and able too!

[actionshooter]

Damn nice buck, congrats

[alecvg]

Great buck, sounds like you have a good spot!

[RPM]

great buck, nicely wrote story

[bowhunter1972]

he's huge great job

[Birdguy]

Beatufiul buck. Great story too. Sounds like next year you may need to be the pusher?

[haugenna]

Great looking buck.  He is a trophy for sure.  Congrats.

[GUHunter]

Beautiful buck in beautiful country.

[Wea300mag]

Sweet buck Dan, that's got to be a much better feeling than the funk you got on last years hunt.

[Pathfinder101]

THAT is a gorgeous buck!