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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: mkcj on November 16, 2009, 10:07:35 PM

Title: Chewuch late A tag little buck
Post by: mkcj on November 16, 2009, 10:07:35 PM: First I have to thank my oldest son CJ who has been hunting with me since the age of 9 and is 20 now and was going to use as much of his vacation as needed to get me a deer and I could not have done this without him and my other son Justin. I have never taken a deer bigger than a 2 point so when I was drawn for the late Chewuch A tag I knew I had a good chance of getting my best deer ever. From the people I talked to they all said find the does and you'll see Buck's and don't shoot the first 1 you see but we soon found out that there was not enough snow yet to have pushed the big Buck's down and all the Buck's down low were small 3x3’s and smaller and that's all we saw the 1st weekend the 7th & 8th. So my wife and I and 2 boys went back Fri. her and Justin would stay the weekend and CJ and I were staying all week if needed. Sat we started at the Gunn ranch rd. and started walking and glassing again only thing there were sporks and 3x3’s. So having gotten a message from Wea300mag by the way thank you Mag. during the week so we decided to go higher up to the snow line. Sat. night we all took a drive looking for does which we found high on the south facing slopes again only small Buck's but more tracks in the snow also as we came back down we noticed that it got 5 degree's colder in the valley than up where the deer were. CJ & I decided to be up there in the morning starting a little below the does in the timber and rocks at first light with a lite snow falling we started glassing and at 7 a big deer stepped out and all I seen tall dark Horn's I didn't count I just said CJ there's my buck CJ never seen the buck until it dropped. Since CJ started hunting I have only just been there with him not hunting for the most part and have been there for his 7 deer and 1 elk along with Justin's first deer and cow youth moose so they have never seen Dad take an animal. So after the hug’s and high 5’s we started the hundred yard walk to my buck and as we got closer it kept getting bigger and when finally there it is the biggest deer either of us have ever seen body and Horn's the neck was huge the taxidermist measured the neck across the hide at 26“. It's going to the butcher in the morning but I'm sure it was close to 300 lb’s live. So now what do you all think for a score and width we got on B&C last night to figure out how to score it best we could. In the end it is better than anything I expected and was a great hunt. Mark

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Title: Re: Chewuch late A tag little buck
Post by: OneHorn on November 16, 2009, 10:09:05 PM: congrates. thats a great buck
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Post by: wrangler on November 16, 2009, 10:10:08 PM: HOLY jeeze is that a horse with antlers? fat boy comin through! great story, great buck!
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Post by: kirkl on November 16, 2009, 10:12:34 PM: dandy buck. congrats
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Post by: WAcoueshunter on November 16, 2009, 10:13:12 PM: That's one kickass buck, congratulations! Love the pic from a distance with the two of you...that really helps put the size of that pig in perspective. Harder to tell true size up close, but at 20 yards that thing is one big deer. Well done!
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Post by: DUGANDEER on November 16, 2009, 10:13:35 PM: Right on nice buck!!
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Post by: GUHunter on November 16, 2009, 10:14:01 PM: Nice Buck......I'd be proud :tup:
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Post by: Track-er on November 16, 2009, 10:16:15 PM: That's one hell of a big buck. Great story and congratulations.

Mike
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Post by: M.Tumlinson on November 16, 2009, 10:17:23 PM: Dang! That's one meaty deer. Congratulations!!!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 16, 2009, 10:18:36 PM: congrats,a great deer.

do i even want to ask with that huge neck what he smelled like :chuckle:
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Post by: Schmalzfam on November 16, 2009, 10:20:55 PM: That's a great buck!! Thanks for the story and pics :)
Title: Re: Chewuch late A tag little buck
Post by: mkcj on November 16, 2009, 10:33:43 PM: A few more from the hunt. After we were done the boy's and I went to cut some firewood and CJ says watch we'll see a buck right next to the road well sure enough the buck here was 25 yds off the road with a doe stopped looked at him went and cut some wood and on the way down he was still there 45 min. later on public land and either there are 4 really big Yotes up on sweetgrass or you know what are there 30 miles from twisp

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Title: Re: Chewuch late A tag little buck
Post by: agchawk on November 16, 2009, 10:34:11 PM: AWESOME BUCK! CONGRATS!
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on November 16, 2009, 10:35:20 PM: Awesome buck, congrats.
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Post by: hornhunter on November 16, 2009, 10:49:16 PM: looks like some good memories!
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Post by: elkoholic1 on November 16, 2009, 10:57:13 PM: :drool:awesome buck congrats to u!!!
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Post by: Clark33 on November 16, 2009, 11:32:30 PM: Thats a nice buck! He's gotta nice rack even compared to his HUGE body, congrats :IBCOOL:
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Post by: boneaddict on November 17, 2009, 05:44:54 AM: Well theres one I won't be taking pics of. LOL Nice JOB! The way your post started out, I was like oh he didn't really shoot a dink did he........ Thats a good buck
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on November 17, 2009, 05:48:55 AM: Very nice deer Jim!!Congrats to you.
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Post by: flyguide on November 17, 2009, 06:02:09 AM: The neck will make Boone and Crockett easily, that thing is enourmous. Congrats on an awesome buck and thanks for posting good photos too. Nice job!
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Post by: Gobble on November 17, 2009, 06:15:33 AM: WOW! Nice buck ;) I'm starting to get primed for my Alta hunt on the 25th. I have dreams of big bucks running around in my head :chuckle:
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Post by: MtnMuley on November 17, 2009, 06:29:13 AM: Nice job! You put your time in and killed a dandy. Great pics of all your encounters! :)
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Post by: alanger on November 17, 2009, 06:47:59 AM: What a great buck and a good hunt with your son it looks like. right on.
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Post by: Hornseeker on November 17, 2009, 06:59:18 AM: Very cool and great pic of the live buck!! You guys had a great trip!!
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Post by: wamuledeer on November 17, 2009, 07:13:57 AM: Great buck, looks like an awesome hunt. I love that area. I am guessing about 27" wide or so and 170 to 175.
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Post by: hogsniper on November 17, 2009, 07:54:19 AM: Awesome buck man! Thanks for the great read and very cool you got to enjoy it with the family!!! Congrats again..Justin
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Post by: klikboom on November 17, 2009, 08:45:27 AM: Awesome buck, great pictures, and a nice story. It looks like great memory making.
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Post by: mkcj on November 17, 2009, 01:41:32 PM: Brought the deer into the butcher today ready to cut it weighted 170lbs which he said was big considering the deer had no fat on it anywhere even down the back at the hinds was meat no fat on top. wamuledeer you were right on it's just under 27" wide and we came up with 163" might be a little bigger I think. We went on the short side if we were unsure of where to measure from. When we first put the tape on him I thought he was around 25" at best but I think because his neck and head is so big the horns looked smaller. Again thanks to everyone! I took my 2 boys to Wyoming in Oct. on a deer and antelope combo hunt that was there Christmas present last year I didn't hunt but they both shot really nice deer and goats there story will be on in a couple days. Mark
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Post by: BENCHLEG on November 17, 2009, 06:03:54 PM: awesome buck mark. :drool:
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Post by: Wea300mag on November 17, 2009, 06:15:02 PM: Well done Mark, way to stick with it. That buck is a hog all the way around. The butcher is going to love that deer, it's going to be more like the cattle he is used to. :chuckle:

Thanks for all the pics too, those were great.
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Post by: muley_hunter on November 17, 2009, 08:18:39 PM: Great buck Congrats!
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Post by: RPM on November 17, 2009, 08:21:12 PM: awsome :)
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Post by: eastside boy on November 17, 2009, 08:57:52 PM: That's a real whopper!!!! nice job and great story. :)
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Post by: Buckmark on November 17, 2009, 09:05:17 PM: :tup:
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Post by: Rack Hunter on November 17, 2009, 09:35:30 PM: awsome buck great pics.
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Post by: lemondog on November 17, 2009, 09:46:19 PM: Great Buck! Sounds like a really cool year for you guys.
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Post by: KillerMiller on November 17, 2009, 10:25:54 PM: :drool:Great Buck! :drool:
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Post by: SuperDave on November 18, 2009, 03:25:28 PM: Great story and pictures! Memories that will last forever! Nice buck!