2011 Washington Archery Buck

[backcountrybow]

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)

[Fishhunt223]

Great story. Congrats on the buck. Are you going to have the fake velvet put back on?

[teanawayslayer]

great buck and enjoyed the story of the hunt.

[TW GUIDES]

Great story. I love that the velvet is freshly stripped.

[Nilehunter]

 

Great story. Congratz!!!

[huntandjeep]

nice buck

[quadrafire]

Good work. Love the spot/stalk hunts.

[MIKEXRAY]

Congrats !  Thanks for sharing.  Mike

[Michelle_Nelson]

Good looking buck!  Good luck on your Toutle Tag!

[bow_dad]

Congrats, loved reading the story of your hunt, good deal

[BurleyDog]

Dude you make it sound like it was easy! 

That is a great buck and I'm sure tons of quality meat for your family.

Congrats!

[redneck_04]

  Nice buck!

[Rooster1981]

Great looking buck, I kinda like the velvet hangin off looks cool.

[woowoo]

Great story, Nice Buck!!

[backcountrybow]

Thanks everyone! I am still pretty pumped that I arrowed this dude! Just thinking back...it was the perfect stalk with a perfectly placed arrow. I would love to have it hang on the wall as is with the velvet hanging...but I don't think that would work out...I am pretty sure it would be pretty smelly.  I am going to do a euro mount on him for sure. I made myself a promise that I would euro or shoulder all 4pt or larger bucks that I arrow. Does anyone know of someone that is great at putting artificial velvet back on?  I have a few other 4 pt bucks that I've arrowed that I've done Euro mounts on...so a change would be nice.

Thanks and I really appreciate any advice.
a.h.