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Big Game Hunting => Backcountry Hunting => Topic started by: Ridgerunner on September 17, 2019, 12:15:19 PM

Title: Wet year up High
Post by: Ridgerunner on September 17, 2019, 12:15:19 PM: Looking like its going to be a very wet year up high, lets hear some stories from those who went out this year, I'm suspecting that folks are starting to trickle back to civilization to dry out pretty soon.
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Post by: RockChuck on September 17, 2019, 01:25:53 PM: Very wet but will worth it!! Need to figure out how to put up a picture.
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Post by: RockChuck on September 17, 2019, 01:30:33 PM: I tried but it gives me a blank screen like it won’t load
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Post by: RockChuck on September 17, 2019, 01:31:37 PM: Says file to large and I’m not sure how to resize
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Post by: RockChuck on September 17, 2019, 01:33:18 PM: .
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Post by: dilleytech on September 17, 2019, 01:34:39 PM: What a stud!
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Post by: bobcat on September 17, 2019, 01:36:48 PM: Nice buck! So... two questions. Did you bring your spotting scope? And two, did you get wet?
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Post by: RockChuck on September 17, 2019, 01:39:15 PM: Yes brought spotter but didn’t use it lol! Very wet!!
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Post by: RockChuck on September 17, 2019, 01:39:59 PM: .
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Post by: ballpark on September 17, 2019, 01:42:26 PM: He's an old grey face. :tup:
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Post by: WAcoueshunter on September 17, 2019, 01:46:47 PM: Sweet buck, love the color of those horns!
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Post by: X-Force on September 17, 2019, 01:57:42 PM: Very nice
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Post by: yakimanoob on September 17, 2019, 02:10:44 PM: Awesome!
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Post by: RockChuck on September 17, 2019, 02:21:55 PM: Thanks guys! Biggest buck for me by far and can’t imagin topping it!

Any guesses on score? My best front pics have to much background to post. Never cared about scores but this has me curios
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Post by: WAcoueshunter on September 17, 2019, 05:06:21 PM: Quote from: RockChuck on September 17, 2019, 02:21:55 PM
Thanks guys! Biggest buck for me by far and can’t imagin topping it!

Any guesses on score? My best front pics have to much background to post. Never cared about scores but this has me curios

I'd guess about 170 gross.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on September 17, 2019, 05:10:18 PM: That's awesome congrats on a beautiful animal.
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Post by: RockChuck on September 17, 2019, 05:34:28 PM: Thanks guys!
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Post by: bod on September 17, 2019, 06:56:59 PM: Comon RockChuck
Give us some details the gun the load how far of a shot ya know
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Post by: RockChuck on September 18, 2019, 06:24:01 AM: Quote from: bod on September 17, 2019, 06:56:59 PM
Comon RockChuck
Give us some details the gun the load how far of a shot ya know

Well I took my .300 wsm this year and just had factory 180g loads as I didn’t have time over the summer to work on a new load as planned, had actually planned to load for my .308 and bring it due to weight. Shot was 250 steep down hill and then a follow up shot at about 40 yards after some tracking. Really just ended up in the right place at the right time, but it was a ton of work to get to “the right place”
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Post by: swanny on September 18, 2019, 12:02:54 PM: Got back last night. My boots might be dry by the time the modern opener comes around. Good thing I have a second pair! Saw deer, nothing legal, tried chasing after one bear, but he vanished before we were close enough for a shot.
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Post by: HikerHunter on September 18, 2019, 04:09:54 PM: Beautiful buck! Nice work!
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Post by: Platensek-po on September 18, 2019, 05:32:09 PM: Way to go Rockchuck!! Cool lookin deer!
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Post by: ganghis on September 19, 2019, 09:11:47 PM: That's a stud of a buck! Headed up tomorrow, not really expecting to tag out but excited nonetheless. And not that wet except for Sunday ;)
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Post by: RockChuck on September 19, 2019, 09:32:17 PM: Thanks all! Yeah it was wet and actually had ice on the tent Monday morning! :)
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Post by: ian_padron on September 20, 2019, 09:34:47 AM: I was up at 7200 feet from Saturday 9/14 until late yesterday night. Had 2 full days of ideal hunting conditions (clear, bearable wind)

We battled fog, rain, snow constantly. Temps in the low 30s. Deer were acting funny and weren't in any of their usual hidey holes. On the bad days I still hunted timber at various elevations and still couldn't turn up a decent buck.

Pretty miserable hunt, not going to lie, but hammered a nice bear to end the hunt yesterday.

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Post by: ian_padron on September 20, 2019, 09:36:12 AM: Quote from: RockChuck on September 17, 2019, 01:39:59 PM
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That buck is high country perfection my friend. Congrats.

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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on September 20, 2019, 12:20:13 PM: Nice buck!!
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Post by: GHETTO GUIDE on September 20, 2019, 09:25:31 PM: Rad buck Rock!!
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Post by: Turner89 on September 20, 2019, 10:30:13 PM: Very nice job Rock chuck :tup:
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on September 20, 2019, 10:52:56 PM: :tup:
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Post by: archerykraze on September 21, 2019, 09:12:18 AM: Went in the 13th and came out yesterday. Had very undesirable weather conditions with rain, snow, sloppy snow melt aftermath, fog, fog and more fog. Got a few days that cooperated better than others for glassing and turned up a handful of deer but now legal bucks. Only heard a couple shots opening day a few ridges down but an odd silence through the week. Managed to stay dry the whole week with some new gear I tried this season: Crispi Boots, Sitka Gators, rain pants/jacket and gloves. Glad I brought the Kelty Cosmic 0 Sleeping Bag as temps hit low 30's. Great Hunt, met some nice people on the trail and saw some great scenery when fog lifted enough. Good Luck Everyone.
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Post by: archerykraze on September 21, 2019, 09:12:57 AM: camp
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Post by: ian_padron on September 21, 2019, 02:13:49 PM: Quote from: archerykraze on September 21, 2019, 09:12:57 AM
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Holy shizz lol! You got bombed man, I thought we got some snow, but that's just downright gnarly for September.

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Post by: nwwanderer on September 21, 2019, 05:19:37 PM: thanks for figuring out the resize, special color and so steep you needed the anchor line!!!!
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Post by: Donaker on September 23, 2019, 09:49:10 PM: I just got back the other day. Weather was mostly great - light rain, then sunny and warm, then some perfect crisp fall weather, followed by more rain. Didn't see many deer, but did find a nice 4 point at dark, but never relocated in the morning. In hindsight, it would have been an absolutely brutal pack out, so perhaps it worked out okay. Had a bull moose walk right through my camp. Possibly the highlight of the trip....
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Post by: Colville on September 24, 2019, 01:52:58 PM: Good weather for lower numbers next year. Brutal wet and windy, foggy. New people who have visions of awesome spotting conditions and yucks around a small camp fire, went home disillusioned! Good, because these are the usual conditions!
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Post by: WAcoueshunter on September 24, 2019, 07:07:28 PM: Quote from: Colville on September 24, 2019, 01:52:58 PM
Good weather for lower numbers next year. Brutal wet and windy, foggy. New people who have visions of awesome spotting conditions and yucks around a small camp fire, went home disillusioned! Good, because these are the usual conditions!

Colville, I’ve always wanted to hear the story of that horse in your avatar, did you ever share it?
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Post by: Bushcraft on September 24, 2019, 08:05:23 PM: Quote from: WAcoueshunter on September 24, 2019, 07:07:28 PM
Quote from: Colville on September 24, 2019, 01:52:58 PM
Good weather for lower numbers next year. Brutal wet and windy, foggy. New people who have visions of awesome spotting conditions and yucks around a small camp fire, went home disillusioned! Good, because these are the usual conditions!

Colville, I’ve always wanted to hear the story of that horse in your avatar, did you ever share it?

Epic adventure. Rain. Snow. Cold. Gale force winds that tried to rip us off the mountain. Steep. Death marching in the dark. Lots of pain.

That about sums it up. :chuckle:
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Post by: preacherman on October 06, 2019, 09:44:09 PM: We got pounded with rain, saw no legal shooters, but plenty of deer. We also found a new area in alpine lakes I had never seen.

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Post by: PeninsulaPariah on November 16, 2019, 11:04:03 AM: Rock chuck, that is a stunning buck! I didn’t make it out for the early high buck, but got up in the high country last couple days of the regular season where my hunting partner shot a nice 3x4. I ended up getting this guy at around the 5,000 ft level in the Buckhorn Wilderness yesterday morning. I think the late season is the move up there, a lot of action.
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Post by: RockChuck on January 03, 2020, 05:43:52 PM: Quote from: PeninsulaPariah on November 16, 2019, 11:04:03 AM
Rock chuck, that is a stunning buck! I didn’t make it out for the early high buck, but got up in the high country last couple days of the regular season where my hunting partner shot a nice 3x4. I ended up getting this guy at around the 5,000 ft level in the Buckhorn Wilderness yesterday morning. I think the late season is the move up there, a lot of action.

Thanks! I’m already excited to get back up there this again year, it’s worth it to just be in the mountains 👍🏻

That’s a nice buck also!