Well I thought that I would have a hard time filling tags this year because I am in the middle of building a new home.
But It still turned out to be a good season. I had to work opening weekend of rifle deer season for the first time in 13 years.
So on Tuesday I got the day off and decided to take my nephew hunting. It was his first trip hunting and he was expecting to just get a doe.
On our way in to our planned sitting location, we seen a few does and a small buck but didn't have any shot opportunity. We sat down for about 10 minutes and out walks this little buck 100 yards below us. It took me a couple minutes to confirm that he was a legal buck and as soon as i said hes legal, the .243 barks and the buck drops in his tracks. My nephew was ecstatic.
That weekend I decided to take the wife hunting with me on a productive piece of land that I have permission on. We see 5 legal bucks the first day but can not close the distance to get any shots. The next day a couple buddies meet up with us
and the wife decides to hang at camp. We got on a couple legal muleys and I even managed to get a shot off but didn't connect. In the middle of the day we decide to try another piece of dirt. My buddy hikes down a big ridge and 20 minutes into the hunt he shoots a small 4pt. I hike back to the truck and tell him I am going to take the lower road so we
can drag the deer down hill to the truck. As I start up the hill towards where the buck had died my other hunting partner asks " Shouldn't you take your gun?". Well I guess so I say. And I hike back down to the truck and grab my gun. Thankfully so, because I ended up going up the wrong canyon and this nice big 4pt comes running over the ridge and comes running right at me. I take a knee and drop him at 100 yards. Man I
would have been kicking myself if I hadn't taken my gun. lol Thanks again Phil!!
