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Big Game Hunting => Out Of State Hunting => Topic started by: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 10:36:31 AM

Title: Successful first MT trip
Post by: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 10:36:31 AM: Never written a story about a hunt before but here we go. Had a trip planned to MT for November since early this year. I knew talking to a few people I needed to plan on weather ranging from frigid cold to 60 degrees as the weather always seems to change. Fast forward to November 9th and our first day. Woke up to 1 degree weather and a wind chill factor of -20 degrees. We started our day basically road hunting just getting our lay of the land. After most of the day We finished our first evening hiking seeing a few bucks no shots but we knew we were on the right track. 2nd morning after 15 minutes leaving the truck me and a buddy were able to put down his first deer ever a little basket rack 4x4. We spent the remainder of the day hiking about 8 miles nice and slow stopping and glassing on knolls. After passing a few smaller bucks we decided to start making our way back to the truck. When we got to about a mile from the truck my buddy caught a glimpse of white on the opposite hillside. A quick look through the spotting scope I knew this was a buck I wanted. We snuck down the hillside and up the other side to 108 yards from this beautiful buck. 1 shot put him down where he stood. After some celebration we radioed my other buddy to tell him the news. He answered with “Don’t tell me you shot a deer?” “Yeah I did he’s a pretty nice one!” He laughs as he just told me he just shot 1 too about 1.5 miles away from us right about the exact same time. As this was his first deer too in about a decade he marked his deer and hiked out to help us with my deer. He showed up just as we finished quartering my deer and helped us pack it to the truck. After that we took a breather at the truck before we made our way to his deer. We showed up to his deer heard his story and got to work quartering it. What an eventful day putting 3 bucks down in 1 day. Didn’t get back to camp til about midnight. Have to give a HUGE shoutout to a member here on this forum who went out of his way to help me plan my trip and gave me some areas I should check out. All in all what a FANTASTIC trip especially getting to help 2 buddies get their first deer/bucks and me shooting my biggest deer to date!
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Post by: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 10:40:47 AM: Working on pics but this website doesn’t like to upload pics from my phone
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Post by: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 11:03:42 AM: Buddy's first deer
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Post by: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 11:06:07 AM: My deer
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Post by: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 11:08:32 AM: size comparison
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Post by: Bob33 on November 15, 2018, 11:08:56 AM: Those are some great looking bucks. Congratulations.
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Post by: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 11:10:10 AM: Seth's first buck ever
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Post by: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 11:11:13 AM: Quote from: Bob33 on November 15, 2018, 11:08:56 AM
Those are some great looking bucks. Congratulations.

Thanks i just wish i could get em to be rotated the same way. Cant seem to rotate em in windows and have em turn out straight on here
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Post by: shorthair-on-point on November 15, 2018, 11:11:26 AM: Congrats, looks like a great trip.
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Post by: 7mmfan on November 15, 2018, 11:40:48 AM: Quote from: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 11:11:13 AM
Quote from: Bob33 on November 15, 2018, 11:08:56 AM
Those are some great looking bucks. Congratulations.

Thanks i just wish i could get em to be rotated the same way. Cant seem to rotate em in windows and have em turn out straight on here

It's the file size. For some reason if they're to big, they load sideways. Take a screenshot of your photo and then post the screenshot. It reduces the file size enough that it works every time.
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Post by: full choke on November 15, 2018, 11:48:05 AM: Nice bucks! :tup:
Looks like you guys had a great time!
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Post by: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 12:04:41 PM: Quote from: 7mmfan on November 15, 2018, 11:40:48 AM
Quote from: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 11:11:13 AM
Quote from: Bob33 on November 15, 2018, 11:08:56 AM
Those are some great looking bucks. Congratulations.

Thanks i just wish i could get em to be rotated the same way. Cant seem to rotate em in windows and have em turn out straight on here

It's the file size. For some reason if they're to big, they load sideways. Take a screenshot of your photo and then post the screenshot. It reduces the file size enough that it works every time.

good to know!
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Post by: Dwrecknfish on November 15, 2018, 12:06:40 PM: Test pic
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Post by: 7mmfan on November 15, 2018, 12:37:55 PM: Bingo.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on November 15, 2018, 05:17:06 PM: Congrats! Love experiencing others' first successes.
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Post by: wheels on November 15, 2018, 05:52:27 PM: congrats look like had a good time
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Post by: Dan-o on November 15, 2018, 07:16:08 PM: What a great trip!
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Post by: Yakirack on November 16, 2018, 08:55:33 AM: Congrats on a successful trip :tup:
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Post by: bigmacc on November 16, 2018, 02:33:23 PM: Just right fellas :tup: