Hello- Here's a pic of my 2011 Archery buck from Eastern Washington. (Spot & Stalk, DIY, P.L.)
I spotted him from roughly a little over mile away. Closed the distance...watched him until I saw him bed down. As soon as I saw him look like he was comfortable, I gave him 20 mins...then I worked around the back side of the rimrock...pretty much scaled a cliff (no kidding) to be able to come up and over the top. I was a little nervous...but the killer instinct was kicking in. I worked my way closer; I finally was able to see his fully velvet horns. I hit my range finder on him...19 yards (looked like it was 40 yards since I was so high above him. I inched up closer to the edge...I ranged one more time (he had no idea I was there)...18 yards. I cow called with my lips...he stood up..and and the razor sharp Montec flew true and did the trick. Dropped in his tracks...rolled about 10 yards since he was on the slope. While he did that...he stripped off a ton of his velvet. Someday I hope to stick one with all the velvet still on. He's not HUGE...but I am very proud of him!
Good luck to everyone. I am back off to my Toutle bull hunt tomorrow. I came home to spend some time with the fam and get my emails and new files cleared and then it's back out. (it's hot...action is slow so far)
-a.h. (Aaron)
