Bearpaw Fall Season 2011

[bearpaw]

No tail on the second pic

That was a great guess, it appears to be true, but the tail is just hanging out of sight. 

[seth30]

 

[Gringo31]

The weird growth stuff on the throat patch of that buck seems odd....

The only other thing I can find wrong with those pics is that I'm not in them 

[bearpaw]

The weird growth stuff on the throat patch of that buck seems odd....

The only other thing I can find wrong with those pics is that I'm not in them 

Good eye, the hair was roughed up a bit on his neck, but that is all it is.
We'll see if anyone else can spot it, if not I'll offer a clue that will probably give it away easy, but I really thought somebody would nail it right off.

[Camp David]

Kevin's deer...right antler seems to be growing out of the head strange 

[wormfood]

is that a bald patch on the deer under Kevins butt and next to his leg?

[bearpaw]

No tail on the second pic

Clue:

You were on the right track.....

(gotta run, I'll check back tonight)

[Camp David]

Kevin's deer had the tail of a Mullie. I can see something small and brown that could be a tail. 

[bearpaw]

Look at the coyote, his tail appears to be coming out of his back. Taylor had cut the tail off for a momento and then we decided to take more pictures. The tail is just laying there and was not set in just the right spot.

[bearpaw]

Sorry I have not updated for a few days.

Washington
There are definitely fewer deer than last year and we are working for them. But success has been pretty good and as a bonus we killed another bear that was probably between 275 to 300 pounds, that hunter was very happy. We also had numerous youth and senior hunters who smacked some does during the youth/senior/disabled hunt. Will try to round up more photos of these critters to post.

Idaho/Utah
We got into some more elk but did not kill any more of them, the guys are out again today elk & deer hunting. Missed some more opportunities on a few more big bucks, Taylor missed out on one of them that was probably pushing 180 class, then 2 days later Taylor killed a smaller 5x4 mule deer. One of my guides was out hunting for himself not far from the lodge and smacked a dandy buck, it grossed 179 5/8, if the one back fork was even with the good fork, the buck might have made book, of course how many times have we all said that. What's funny, Bryan almost passed this buck because he didn't think it was as good of buck as it is, he said it was a case of ground enlargement when he walked up to it, Bryan's buck is the top pictures...

The last picture is a big NT buck that a friend gave me of a buck killed just a few miles from where we hunt, I am told it was the guy's first deer and taken by muzzleloader, it supposedly green scored 232. I imagine it will show up on monstermuleys.com, what a pig, I wished we would have gotten that buck.... how many times have we all said that, unfortunately we didn't have anything to do with it other than drooling over the photo!   

I will post some more pictures when I get them gathered up.

[bearpaw]

Taylor (from Michigan) has nearly finished his guiding work experience. He has used compass and gps, he has accompanied a guide and hunters on mule deer and elk hunts in Idaho and Utah, he has has learned many of the basic skills required to be a guide. He has learned about caring for and saddling stock, packed camp in and out on horseback, packed elk out by horseback, and he has backpacked deer off the mountain. He has gutted, skinned, and caped animals on his own including his own deer that he hunted, packed, and caped out during the last few days. Good job Taylor. 

[Thenewguy]

Dale, I read your story on the Elk shot with "ballistic points". I am a little concerned as I am shooting 139 gr sst hornady bullets from my 7mm-08. I have practiced all year with these rounds and am very accurate. The exit wound I had on the deer sunday was incredible (i know elk have much thinker skins). Are these bullets to quick to expand for larger game such as Elk?

[bearpaw]

Dale, I read your story on the Elk shot with "ballistic points". I am a little concerned as I am shooting 139 gr sst hornady bullets from my 7mm-08. I have practiced all year with these rounds and am very accurate. The exit wound I had on the deer sunday was incredible (i know elk have much thinker skins). Are these bullets to quick to expand for larger game such as Elk?

I am not familiar with those bullets so I can't comment one way or another, I would suggest posting the question in the Guns & Ammo board, someone will know more than I do about that bullet.  http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/board,9.0.html

[bearpaw]

I thought this photo of an old cabin in the mountains in NE Washington was pretty cool. If only these old buildings could talk, they could really tell some interesting stories about the past.

Bear, Pig, or Beaver
I was looking for a last minute bear hunter a couple weeks ago because we had three bear coming into the orchards on one of the properties. Well Bob answered my request and showed up about Oct 20 for a late bear hunt. Anthony posted Bob to watch for bear and he hunted with a youth doe hunter that evening. Just before dark Bob smacked this nice dark chocolate bear with his 30/06. This is an interesting bear, it's a boar but the head was small, he wasn't real long but his belly dang near drug on the ground because he was so fat, he basically was built like a sow. You can tell in the picture he was fat like a pig, Anthony figured he weighed about 275 and my wife figured 300, everyone in camp went with 300-350 as you all know how that goes, but he actually was not weighed, either way he was a fatty, what was even more interesting was his tail. The solid part of the tail (not counting the hair) was 7 inches long and 4 inches wide and almost flat, none of us have ever seen a bear with such a big flat tail. 

Bob saw another one of the bear and thought it was as big as this bear, there are still two bear hanging around the orchard, one is only about 130-140, but maybe someone else will want the bigger bear (probably another boar) before season ends.

Congrats to Bob on his ? kill.... 

[Machias]