Post by: EMPyre on November 11, 2007, 01:26:14 PM
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Post by: EMPyre on November 11, 2007, 01:39:58 PM
We went out east Thursday night, the wife and I. Made camp at 12:30. We made great time until I hit every damn stop light in Spokane trying to get North! Were asleep by 1AM.
The alarm didn't go off at 5, and we didn't get out of bed until 6:30. I wasn't really happy about that but whatcha gonna do? Found the road we were planning on walking and started off from the gate. Did about 3 miles and sat in a nice clearing. Plenty of sign, and a couple of rubs, but no deer. Got up and walked another bit farther up. Jumped a group in thick cover but never saw them. Ended up walking out empty handed.
Hunted the evening closer to camp, great clearing and LOTS of rubs and beds, but again no deer.
Rain came in Friday night. We waited in the warm sleeping bags a bit that morning and hunted first close to camp, same spot as the night before. Again nothing. So we jumped in the car, to scout and look for a spot to sit. There were 2 cars parked on gate from the day before so we passed by. About a mile up the road my wife yells "there's one!" I squealed the brakes and thought for sure he'd bolted. Nope. There he was about 50 feet off the road looking at me. I glassed him up, saw the forked tines, and the brown tail. He turned broadside and I raised up on him.
Took a neck shot, and he didn't even know he was hit, right throught the spine. Dropped him in his tracks. The wife shed a tear, and that's fine by me, all part of the hunt. We got to work and had him and camp packed by 9AM.
I had to take an easy one, after all the miles I've walked, and troubles I've had this year, that's how it ends. We took him back to my cabin up by Stampede Pass, and I got it skinned out last night, and dressed this morning. Woke up to snow today!
Gonna be a busy week after work! Thanks again everyone for your help this season, time for some waterfowl now!
PS, the wife really enjoyed herself, although I don't think she'll be picking up a rifle yet, she may be a constant companion in my deer camp in the future.
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