Post by: Pathfinder101 on October 01, 2024, 03:54:15 PM
Might as well get it started. 2024 WA muzzy meat buck.
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 01, 2024, 03:58:51 PM
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Post by: NWWA Hunter on October 02, 2024, 10:29:38 AM
He’s in there somewhere….
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Post by: Jimmy33 on October 02, 2024, 09:19:08 PM
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Post by: raydog on October 12, 2024, 08:58:53 PM
*Didn't realize this was in the deer section* my bad
Post by: 6haase6 on October 13, 2024, 12:39:15 AM
Post by: Pete112288 on October 13, 2024, 03:46:39 AM
Post by: yakimanoob on October 13, 2024, 09:35:25 AM
First one is as he lay, the second is him placed in a position slightly more befitting such a stately creature.
Cheers!
Post by: Hunting Cowboy on October 13, 2024, 03:51:54 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 13, 2024, 04:06:29 PM
2024 Western Washington Special Permit Modern
First Skagit bull posted.👍
Post by: tgomez on October 14, 2024, 04:11:14 AM
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 16, 2024, 05:20:49 AM
Post by: jmscon on October 16, 2024, 09:07:13 AM
After hiking for miles that day he was five minutes from the truck, 30 minutes before sunset.
Modern, Monday the 14th
Shoutout it IFunk for finding the spot!
Post by: nwwanderer on October 16, 2024, 09:23:36 AM
Post by: bearhunter99 on October 16, 2024, 10:35:04 AM
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:yike: What a brute! Congrats!
Post by: Mtnwalker on October 16, 2024, 10:56:44 AM
First buck!
After hiking for miles that day he was five minutes from the truck, 30 minutes before sunset.
Modern, Monday the 14th
Shoutout it IFunk for finding the spot!
Congrats on your first, nice work
Post by: PastorJoel on October 17, 2024, 09:59:04 PM
Post by: TeacherMan on October 17, 2024, 10:02:23 PM
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This one needs a story!
Post by: ThurstonCokid on October 18, 2024, 12:52:56 AM
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Post by: Dark2Dark on October 18, 2024, 01:16:23 PM
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This one needs a story!
I have had quite a few long and adventurous hunting tales, but this was not really one of them.
This was an Idaho rifle deer/elk hunt with a group of friends that have hunted over there for coming up on 20 years. It was my first hunting trip over there.
My buddy shot a very nice six point bull in the morning and we spent the middle part of the day as a group getting the elk out and partially broken down.
For the evening, I was planning to go to the vicinity of where he shot his bull because there had been a whole herd in that area and it would be a reasonable place to find a deer, as well. My other friend that has spent more time over there suggested I go to the ridge he hunted in the morning because he had seen a whitetail buck there that he would consider a nice representation of the area/species. He had gotten a brief look at it in the morning before it bedded down and said he thought it was an 8-point, which he likely would have shot later in the season but not on the first day.
I went and posted up on the ridge top and began glassing. With warm days, animal activity seemed fairly limited (and this continued to be the case for the week I hunted). Most animals were popping out only in the last half hour of daylight. True to form, right about sunset a few mule deer popped out about a mile away. I was glassing them for fun, then scanning the areas closer. At one point I turned back to the ridge I was sitting on and I had a pair of whitetail does right behind me at about 100 yards. They were staring intently behind them and I figured perhaps a buck was following them, even though it's a little early for that.
My buddy that shot the bull in the morning was about a mile away on a higher point- on overwatch duty, trying to find a bull for those of us that still had tags. In the couple minutes where I was distracted by the nearby does, the buck from the morning stepped out of his bed about 550 yards behind me. He let me know it had come out and I quickly glassed him up- his light-colored, substantial antlers were not discrete. I spent a short time making sure I had an accurate range, evaluating odds of getting closer, etc. With zero wind, my bipod and my backpack, I felt confident at that distance.
It felt like I had all the time in the world, but had about 10 minutes of daylight left and he was moving to where I would lose him from my position to a tree halfway between us. (I would have been able to relocate a short distance to see him again if he didn't clear it on his own). I decided to shoot before I had to move. I wanted to take a little bit of shoulder to keep him from potentially going down the very steep hill he was on. The first shot knocked him down and did a pretty good job of incapacitating him- high-shoulder. I lost him in my scope for a moment and when I found him again, he was trying to get his feet (I don't think it was really going to happen, after looking at video). Again, thinking about the hundreds of feet of elevation he could drop if he took a few steps and started rolling, I shot again and hit just a few inches from the first shot, but high enough to break his back just behind his neck. I was able to watch him stop moving in the scope a few seconds later.
Even with the advantages of a ranger finder in conjunction with OnX, it was a little tricky to find him on the mostly open hillside as it got dark quickly.
I was stoked when I got to him. I hadn't taken the time or focus to see exactly how big he was before I shot. I'm admittedly not an experienced whitetail hunter but I knew he was a good one and I was stoked to have him.
I'm very grateful for my friends getting me into the right place at the right time AND helping me get him out.
Sorry for the hijack!
D2D
Post by: HntnFsh on October 18, 2024, 01:33:48 PM
Post by: ASHQUACK on October 18, 2024, 02:24:31 PM
Post by: OutHouse on October 18, 2024, 07:05:58 PM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 18, 2024, 09:46:17 PM
Not my biggest, but he is my 1st archery buck.
They are all fun with archery!!! Congrats!
Post by: Dark2Dark on October 18, 2024, 09:51:13 PM
Great job everyone!. Dark2Dark, more pictures of that please!!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20241019/04bdb4c78ba8d47803d7d2501fc87f80.jpg)
Post by: JakeLand on October 20, 2024, 08:43:12 AM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 20, 2024, 09:30:04 AM
2024 blacktail
Nice one Jake.👍 What elevation was that at?
Post by: JakeLand on October 20, 2024, 01:13:11 PM
up in alpine berry meadows just below snow line , had 8 does with him bedded down and he didn’t stink at all up his neck was swollen2024 blacktail
Nice one Jake.👍 What elevation was that at?
Post by: highside74 on October 20, 2024, 01:59:08 PM
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Post by: redi on October 20, 2024, 08:05:40 PM
Post by: tluns on October 20, 2024, 09:42:28 PM
Post by: JakeLand on October 20, 2024, 10:12:23 PM
Found this one today.nice buck Ivan !!!
Post by: Limhangerslayer on October 20, 2024, 10:17:37 PM
Post by: pashok23 on October 20, 2024, 10:47:09 PM
My first Mulie buck. I shot a few times and missed on a monster but this one decided he would stick around and let me get a 60 yd shot off on him with my last bullet.nice job, had a very simular situation
Post by: bearhunter99 on October 21, 2024, 12:39:26 PM
Daughters buck
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Post by: Smith_22 on October 21, 2024, 03:32:54 PM
Post by: brew on October 21, 2024, 05:52:58 PM
Got this guy from my stand this morning. Not too swollen or stinky, but starting to get interested.beauty for sure :tup:
Post by: dvolmer on October 21, 2024, 09:47:14 PM
Post by: andrew_in_idaho on October 22, 2024, 12:19:23 PM
Last day Washington buck.In his bed? Nice buck
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Post by: dvolmer on October 23, 2024, 09:28:54 PM
. Yep. In his bed. Never even got up.Last day Washington buck.In his bed? Nice buck
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on October 28, 2024, 12:21:21 PM
Post by: 7mmfan on October 28, 2024, 01:15:25 PM
2025 Wa Bull
That seems a little presumptuous to me? :dunno: :chuckle:
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 28, 2024, 01:21:28 PM
Post by: nwwanderer on October 28, 2024, 01:48:28 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on October 28, 2024, 05:02:43 PM
2025 Wa Bull
That seems a little presumptuous to me? :dunno: :chuckle:
Thanks. Fixed it... :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: deereman on October 29, 2024, 06:40:18 AM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 30, 2024, 06:05:14 AM
:chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: nwwanderer on October 30, 2024, 07:20:07 AM
Post by: ArcherJack on October 30, 2024, 09:15:10 AM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 30, 2024, 12:06:33 PM
Head chew!!! Did the lab gnaw on the pretty in the left lower corner?
Not that piece. But she has chewed 3 holes in fairly new carpet, as well as destroyed most blue pine floor trim. Never had a lab chew as much as this one.
Bear was a headshot…..prolly while she was humping it. Lol
Post by: ljsommer on October 30, 2024, 07:28:48 PM
Cool.
Post by: redi on October 30, 2024, 07:53:34 PM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 31, 2024, 06:59:37 AM
River is having a good season. Bagged a mallard today.
PS: @ASHQUACK , she loves that duck.
Post by: ASHQUACK on October 31, 2024, 07:17:59 AM
Nice critters all!!!!That's awesome!
River is having a good season. Bagged a mallard today.
PS: @ASHQUACK , she loves that duck.
My how she has grown. Good looking pup.
Post by: Buck Rub Jr on October 31, 2024, 08:26:19 AM
Post by: mboyle0828 on October 31, 2024, 08:29:40 AM
Blacktail from this year
Nice one!!
Post by: savagehunter on November 01, 2024, 08:37:08 PM
Post by: Twispriver on November 02, 2024, 08:05:52 AM
Post by: Dark2Dark on November 05, 2024, 12:22:56 AM
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on November 05, 2024, 05:46:26 AM
Post by: Timberstalker on November 05, 2024, 07:25:53 AM
Post by: Naches Sportsman on November 05, 2024, 09:16:02 PM
Missed a mule deer and could never turn another decent mulie up.
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 09, 2024, 03:16:56 PM
Post by: Pete112288 on November 09, 2024, 05:40:52 PM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on November 10, 2024, 11:27:47 PM
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 12, 2024, 07:06:04 PM
Post by: blumtnelkndeer on November 12, 2024, 10:34:10 PM
Post by: dvolmer on November 13, 2024, 09:09:59 PM
Post by: kellama2001 on November 14, 2024, 07:25:01 AM
First whitetail
Well done sir! :tup:
Post by: Nate p on November 14, 2024, 09:14:27 AM
Post by: brew on November 14, 2024, 11:42:37 AM
West side bulldam...that's some steep country. Nice job
Post by: Bullkllr on November 15, 2024, 01:11:03 PM
Post by: redi on November 15, 2024, 04:22:58 PM
Post by: bornhunter on November 15, 2024, 04:52:14 PM
Cousin’s son got this early today. 12 years old first Blacktail
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on November 15, 2024, 07:32:46 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 15, 2024, 07:39:50 PM
Cousin’s son got this early today. 12 years old first Blacktail
Nice one.👍 Did it have eye guards?
Post by: redi on November 15, 2024, 08:35:04 PM
Post by: Rainier10 on November 16, 2024, 08:29:17 AM
https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,289319.msg3933795/topicseen.html#new
Post by: hunter100 on November 16, 2024, 10:39:19 AM
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Post by: Wolfdog2314 on November 21, 2024, 04:56:49 PM
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Post by: JJJ on November 21, 2024, 06:23:21 PM
Have an interesting ATL pic. I walked all the way up to him from a 120 yard shot and the does and spike let me get all the way up to them. It was pretty crazy.Ive had the same happen to me... Remote deer; not backyard dwellers... They didn't leave until I started packing it down the hill....
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Post by: brew on November 21, 2024, 06:25:40 PM
Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on November 21, 2024, 08:28:31 PM
That's awesome 👍😎
Post by: Buck Rub Jr on November 22, 2024, 08:10:35 PM
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Post by: Okanagan on November 26, 2024, 07:05:08 PM
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The creek water was clear but my boots were stirring up some mud.
Post by: Gentrys on November 29, 2024, 10:37:58 AM
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Post by: 7mmfan on November 29, 2024, 09:31:16 PM
:)
:IBCOOL:
Post by: TimberMuleys on December 05, 2024, 11:32:36 AM
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on December 05, 2024, 11:34:27 AM
Congrats on a dandy!
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Post by: Twispriver on December 15, 2024, 12:16:42 PM
Post by: Irish_hunter93 on December 15, 2024, 03:24:29 PM
Nice :tup:
Thank you
Post by: redi on December 15, 2024, 05:09:38 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 15, 2024, 05:22:32 PM
Late muzzleloader yesterday. Very happy with him, my best blacktail yet. Not a true as he lay, slightly re-positioned. Very happy
Not easily done in the late season, nicely done.👍
Have hunted the late season bow many years only seeing one buck this is a feat .