Post by: harvester21 on September 29, 2023, 09:12:18 AM
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Post by: harvester21 on September 29, 2023, 11:12:46 AM
Good luck to your dad, harvester!
Thanks!
Post by: harvester21 on September 29, 2023, 11:14:42 AM
My 15 year old son also drew the muzzy tag for WR. We are headed up this afternoon. Good luck! We can also pack if needed.
Awesome! I hope he gets a big one!
Post by: harvester21 on October 01, 2023, 06:34:44 AM
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Post by: harvester21 on October 01, 2023, 02:33:43 PM
I'll be up scouting tomorrow evening if someone gets one down let me know and I can help.
You have the rifle tag?
Post by: Ryan P on October 01, 2023, 03:39:28 PM
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Post by: harvester21 on October 02, 2023, 09:20:56 PM
After the first day missing the nice bull my dad was down in the slump feeling like he let me down. We had such a good day, missed that nice bull and seen 21 mountain goats. Had a few drinks that night and he explained how he just really had buck fever and wanted to execute the plan we had. No big deal we moved on. Explained to him we need to not beat up our bodies doing 10-12 mile days and find a spot so I can set up the spotting scope to find something we want to make a move on.
Next morning (yesterday) I had a spot in mind. We got situated half hour before daylight and I set up the spotter. We had 4 maybe 5 bulls bugling around us. As the sun came up I glassed up two herds that had 6 point bulls. I explained to my dad these bulls were not BIG by any means, respectable but we should maybe think about passing. He wasn’t having it. Kept asking, “do you think we could kill one?” I confirmed yes but this would be a death March for both of us. We are talking all day and night if this happens. He didn’t hesitate, “I’m in if you are”. So we draw a make shift line on OnX. No trails close by. Took us 2.5 hours to go .9 miles with dead fall. We make it to where I thought elk bedded and there was no elk. We tip toed into it the cut we last seen them and nothing. We agreed let’s play this right and sit down and wait til they start moving for the evening since we have high ground on them. I kept checking the wind. 30 min after we sat down bull bugles in his bed at about 12:30. Every 10-15 min he would bugle which confirmed he was still there. He did that all day long. We locked in to our spot and figured best not to try to sneak in know he has cows we could bust first. We couldn’t have been more than 100-125 yards away from this bull but couldn’t see him in the thicket. We sat there for 6 hours. Pretty soon I catch some cows moving and hear some mewing. The bull finally stood up and was working the cows our way. We were talking through the whole thing working out the scenario. By the time we could see clear vitals bull came to 55 yards straight downhill. Last words I said was “make sure your happy with him…” click BOOM. Rolled him! High shoulder shot. Dad got his first ever bull! We hugged and agreed this could be the dumbest thing we will ever do. Actually dad said “We are F’d”. We both knew this was gonna take me and him all night to get this bull out. We took the pictures and started breaking him down. By the time we boned him out and had him bagged up it was nearly 10pm. No service to make calls or text. We commence our first load. Anybody who has done it knows it’s almost comically how much pain we put ourselves through for something. We laughed. Got to the truck worn out, hungry and ready for bed. This morning we hands and knees back to the top and make our final load. Numerous times we stopped and lay on our sides with heavy packs, that you can’t even stand back up with, and laugh. “This is so dumb… WE are so dumb… but this is awesome!” We got the last load to the truck at 1pm today.
Dad got his first bull and the adventure was complete. We had so much food, supplies and propane to last the whole duration of the tag. It was over fast but so worth it. I’m back home now and Mt whole body hurts but my mom texted explaining that “your dad won’t shut up”. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Thanks for the couple guys on here that messaged me with advise and pointers. We took all your advise and utilized everyone. Really appreciate the people on this site that step up. Dad appreciated the extra encouragement and pointers. Thank you!
Post by: hunthard on October 02, 2023, 09:36:08 PM
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Post by: hunter399 on October 03, 2023, 09:43:46 AM
Sounds like an adventure,you won't forget.
Great memories.
Post by: steeleywhopper on October 03, 2023, 09:46:50 AM
It's amazing how those pack out's feel like it's gonna kill you but your body still keeps on a going.
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Post by: Gringo31 on October 03, 2023, 10:55:25 AM
Love that you shared this with us. Thank you and congrats!!
Post by: lewy on October 03, 2023, 11:00:03 AM
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Post by: MADMAX on October 03, 2023, 02:42:38 PM
Nice bull
:tup: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: harvester21 on October 03, 2023, 08:27:23 PM
Great job and good for you getting after it with your dad! I would expect a Dayton guy to blow up and down that White river stuff as steep as it is in the Blue's! :chuckle:
It's amazing how those pack out's feel like it's gonna kill you but your body still keeps on a going.
Your exactly right the blues are not forgiving either. But I havnt been lucky enough to pack a bull out of those canyons get. Just cows and spikes on semi flat ground. But your absolutely right, it’s a labor of passion/love
Post by: harvester21 on October 03, 2023, 08:29:20 PM
Great job guys. I'm gonna stop by his shop this week so I can hear all About it.
He is never gonna let you leave the shop once he starts talking! Goodluck! He will be stoked to tell you all about it I’m sure.
Post by: harvester21 on October 03, 2023, 08:33:58 PM
Way to go! Curious if you hunted this on public land or bought a timber company access permit?
Npaull we did this all on public. Camped on usfs land and strictly hunted public. Probably woulda tried the whole Hancock timber permit had we bought permits before it was just available for walk in.
Post by: Birdguy on October 03, 2023, 09:18:02 PM
Post by: Falcon on October 07, 2023, 04:08:54 PM
Love the story and the outcome. Huge congrats :tup:
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