Post by: Karl Blanchard on October 16, 2013, 09:29:24 PM
First deer hunt was Muzzleloader season. Headed east to my usual haunts with my good buddy dan. About an hour into opening morning Dan glassed up a nice 5x5 whitetail and snuck into 100 yards and put a great shot on him. After I got over to him and we took pictures, I decided to hike over the hill and peak into a little canyon that sometimes holds deer. Since it was a short hike and I didn't expect much I just grabbed my gun and left my pack and sticks. Well of course the second I poke my nose over the crest of the ridge I spot a dandy of a 3x3 muley with eye guards bedded up in some sage. With no rangefinder or sticks, I do my best to get solid for a shot I guessed to be 190-200yds. When the smoke blew out and he was on his feet (very much unharmed) I immediately knew he was no more than 150yds. I got inside 80yds on that buck two more times that day but never had a shot opportunity again.
That same evening we moved to a different location and immediately I found two bedded whitetail bucks. Got inside 30 yds on them and took the bigger of the two with one shot. It was my first animal since Aaron was killed and I am glad that I was by myself. I just sat with my buck and my thoughts for a while. I can't really explain the feeling. It wasn't happy or sad. I cried a little and smiled a little. Just felt.....different.
Post by: Karl Blanchard on October 16, 2013, 09:31:28 PM
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Post by: ICEMAN on October 16, 2013, 09:34:35 PM
Congratulations, good work, good luck and looking to more posts!
Post by: jackelope on October 16, 2013, 09:36:43 PM
Keep em coming!!
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on October 16, 2013, 09:55:30 PM
Day two came and the only tag left was Phil's wife Trisha. About two hours after daybreak I finally glassed up a group of bucks, with two being legal. Phil told me to take her on the stalk since I knew the country better and he is impatient. The bucks had bedded on top of a little hill with a good vantage point so we had to do a little hands and knees and belling crawling. We used another little knob to get to 135yds of them. She says to me, "what the hell are we doing?!!" I set up her sticks and tell her to aim her rifle at the top of that little knob infront of us. When she looked through the scope and saw the bucks head and neck she let out a big shudder and started to shake like crazy :chuckle: Can any of you remember putting the sights on your first buck? It was priceless! I made her scope him for a while to get the nerves out and then asked her if she was ready for me to stand him up and she replied "Hell yes! Lets do this!" Coyote howl with my mouth and he jumped to his feet and stared in our direction. I don't think he even locked his knees before that .270 barked! After Phil got down to us and pictures were done, I boned him out and loaded him in the pack and off we went.
This coming weekend, Dan and I have 4 youth hunters, two of which also have second doe tags, and a disabled hunter so I should have more story and pics coming soon. This is my wife's buck.
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Enjoy the trip with your father, I know thats the one you have been looking forward to..
Keep the wind in your face !!
Good hunting..
"Loose Cannon" Aka kurt
Post by: ELKBURGER on October 17, 2013, 07:02:07 AM
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Them white tails are dandy's
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on October 17, 2013, 07:42:41 AM
Brother, you get the job done! What an amazing fall for you and your family. Nice to see a smile on your face.... You know I'll give er hell!!!! Snow is already flying in the higher elevations of our unit so the deer should be moving! Can you say big migration bucks!!!!
Enjoy the trip with your father, I know thats the one you have been looking forward to..
Keep the wind in your face !!
Good hunting..
"Loose Cannon" Aka kurt
Post by: sirfunkeybut on October 17, 2013, 07:43:09 AM
Good luck on your Colorado hunt, and congrats on your guys' season :tup:
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Travel safe my friend.
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 30, 2014, 08:49:49 PM
As I camped out on him each day, my dad was beating his knees to death on the slushy steep slopes each day. He hunted hard and passed up a few OK bucks. On the morning of the fifth day he said him and his knees were done. In an effort to keep him in the fight I offered to have a cheat day and just drive around and look at some low sage country. We found ourselves parked at the base of a gigantic sage covered slope. Didn't take us long to glass up a little buck (first buck my dad had seen in two days). It was a two point and my dad decided that he look darn fast and he was ready to be done. Textbook stalk and a chip shot later and dad was tagged out and darn happy to retire to the camp life. I hunted my buck till the very last day and thought I had him that morning but no such luck. I shot a 4x4 on my way back to the truck cause I love venison. I will be back and he will be mine!
My camera got trashed so the only pics I have are back k at camp with the group.
Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 30, 2014, 08:55:05 PM
I know this ground well and it is a nice little funnel that is very effective for pushes when the rut action is slow. I didn't know how it would work with only me pushing but I figured what the hell. I didn't make it 50 yards into my push when up comes a 4x4! Over the hill he goes and not two minutes later I hear one shot! Dead 4 pt!
Post by: Smossy on January 30, 2014, 08:56:07 PM
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on January 30, 2014, 09:10:22 PM
My goal for this coming season is to take more and better pictures! My camera was old and didn't do all that hot and I don't really like the phone pics all that much. Mine never seem to come out all that great.
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