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Offline actionshooter

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High country Muley
« on: October 19, 2009, 10:11:46 PM »
 On the Friday before the opener, I was planning on backpacking into an area I have scouted in the past, setting up a spike camp a couple miles in, and then hunting in farther. Well if anyone was in central Wa this weekend, you know what the weather was like  :chuckle:
 I started in 8" of snow at 6800' and it was raining Friday night soooo, I pussed out and set up my camp at a trail head and decided to hunt a little closer to the truck. The weather was horrible, snow, rain, major wind, some more rain, about right for hunting, but not what I wanted to deal with a couple of nights in a tarp.  :rolleyes:
 Anyway I hunted of the trail in the morning, climbed a ridge or two through the day and then hit the timber for the afternoon. I lucked onto a ridge that was obviously being crossed by a large number of deer, so I planted my butt and just waited  ;)
 About 45 minutes later, this guy and another about the same size crossed about 80 yards in front of me, 1 shot and I had a hell of a pack in front of me.   :IBCOOL:
 I gutted him and had left my camera in camp  :bash:, It was getting close to dark anyway, so the pics were taken the next morning when my brother helped me pack him out.
 He was starting to rut a bit and is the largest bodied deer I have ever killed, by far.
 He's a touch over 24" wide, 4x4 with a little cheater on one side. He's weak in the back, but I wasn't gonna pass him up  ;)
 I can't remember the last time I killed a buck on opening day, its kinda bitter/sweet.
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2009, 10:16:43 PM »
Congrats on a nice one!!

Brett
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2009, 10:17:01 PM »
Nice Work!  You must have had some nice weather up there ;)
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2009, 10:18:52 PM »
Thats Awsome... :IBCOOL:.....I would have shot him too. Congrats on a great mule deer. I love it when people work for it. You deserve to be rewarded for the effort. NICE JOB ACTIONSHOOTER  :tup:
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2009, 10:19:17 PM »
Man....you suck. A goat and a nice buck. Don't you have to work or something?

LOL.. Congrats Steve.
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2009, 10:21:28 PM »
Quote from: billythekidrock on October 19, 2009, 10:19:17 PM
Man....you suck. A goat and a nice buck. Don't you have to work or something?

LOL.. Congrats Steve.
Works been a little slow, Which I think works out about right!
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2009, 10:24:02 PM »
Great buck
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2009, 10:59:22 PM »
Nice buck and congrats on a successful hunt. Looks like everything worked out for the best.
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2009, 11:39:38 PM »
Nice buck,Congrats! :drool:
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2009, 11:41:56 PM »
Sweet buck, congrats to you
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2009, 11:42:06 PM »
Good story great buck!
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2009, 12:03:15 AM »
congrats.....smart move hunting the burn... :tup:
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2009, 12:29:22 AM »
Thats a beautiful buck, I'd be more than happy with him!  Congrats!

Joe
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2009, 05:57:42 AM »
great job, sounds like the right decision.
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Re: High country Muley
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2009, 06:21:34 AM »
Nice buck for all your hard work.. Congrats..
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