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Big Game Hunting => Backcountry Hunting => Topic started by: GHETTO GUIDE on September 24, 2019, 11:19:00 AM

Title: IN N OUT BUCK
Post by: GHETTO GUIDE on September 24, 2019, 11:19:00 AM: IN N OUT BUCK
2019 SOLO HUNT

It was supposed to be a 5 day solo backcountry trip of glassing and solitude. I packed in all day and got camp set up. It took a while to recover with some electrolytes and food but after an hour I was ready to set out for an evening hunt. The hunt only lasted 50 minutes.

As I was still hunting the timber I thought I heard horns rattling. I didn't believe it and dismissed it as the wind or woodpecker. It happened again about 5 minutes later, the sound of horns rattling. There was no wind and no woodpeckers. It must be a hunter with rattle antlers trying to call deer... but I was sure no one was around. I couldn't locate where it was coming from but continued on. I heard it one more time as I neared the top of the ridge and I was sure Id find some guy sitting and rattling. I rounded the corner of some trees to look in to a rock basin and I found a buck staring at me at 40 yds.

He was boned out and back at camp with in 2 hrs. I packed camp up and headed down the hill the same night, grabbed a energy drink in town and got home at 3 am. It was kind of bitter sweet. I was looking foreword to mountain time but I'm glad to have the tag filled .
I was pretty sore the next 2 days packing in and out the same day.
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Post by: GHETTO GUIDE on September 24, 2019, 11:21:33 AM: How do you post a pic?
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Post by: trophyhunt on September 24, 2019, 11:22:54 AM: Great job! I’d have been tempted to just stay one night and finish my whisky that I packed in w me!!
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Post by: GHETTO GUIDE on September 24, 2019, 11:44:15 AM: pic
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Post by: pianoman9701 on September 24, 2019, 11:45:01 AM: Great looking buck. :tup:
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Post by: boneaddict on September 24, 2019, 11:57:50 AM: Nice job. I did the same thing on a high hunt with my dad. Im not sure he has forgiven me yet. We had the night we went in. Opening morning I killed it at first light. It was a hot day in September. We opted to come out right away. He was hoping for 4 or 5 days camp sitting.
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Post by: HikerHunter on September 24, 2019, 01:25:55 PM: Nicely done! I may have opted to hang the meat and stay the night though
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Post by: hunterednate on September 24, 2019, 01:33:46 PM: Great story! I probably would have hustled out, too.
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Post by: ian_padron on September 24, 2019, 08:07:19 PM: the wild man strikes again, let's go back up later this month and address the kitty problem ;)
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Post by: Fl0und3rz on September 24, 2019, 08:11:57 PM: Nice. Better than being at work, too.
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Post by: Mfowl on September 24, 2019, 08:58:16 PM: Congrats! Nice quickie!
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Post by: h2ofowlr on September 24, 2019, 08:59:47 PM: Nice buck. I did the same a few years back. Left my house at 2am with all my gear. Decided to do a morning hunt before I set up camp. Shot a nice 4-point about 40 minutes after legal. Cleaned him up. Got him to the rig and headed back home.
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Post by: RB on September 24, 2019, 09:02:34 PM: Quote from: trophyhunt on September 24, 2019, 11:22:54 AM
Great job! I’d have been tempted to just stay one night and finish my whisky that I packed in w me!!

:yeah:

Nice Buck! :tup:
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Post by: GHETTO GUIDE on September 24, 2019, 10:32:18 PM: Quote from: HikerHunter on September 24, 2019, 01:25:55 PM
Nicely done! I may have opted to hang the meat and stay the night though
I contemplated it over and over. My pack was full and there was a line of duty death of a fellow brother firefighter I knew. Easy decision after I found out.

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Post by: fishngamereaper on September 25, 2019, 06:12:27 AM: :tup: well done..it's nice to be lucky once in a while..keeps us coming back for more..

Sorry to hear about the LODD ...those are tough.. condolences.
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Post by: ganghis on September 25, 2019, 08:17:56 AM: Nice buck! I enjoyed my 4 days out in the backcountry, but would have traded that for some venison any day.
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Post by: archerykraze on September 25, 2019, 11:30:34 AM: Bet that was a heavy pack load on the way out. Nicely Done!
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Post by: GHETTO GUIDE on September 25, 2019, 11:44:48 AM: Quote from: archerykraze on September 25, 2019, 11:30:34 AM
Bet that was a heavy pack load on the way out. Nicely Done!
101 lbs .

I carry a scale in the truck for pack in trips. I keep notes on most hunts along with starting and final weight. This was the heaviest to date.

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Post by: pianoman9701 on September 25, 2019, 12:05:34 PM: :yike: You must be an animal.