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Since it was first thing in the morning and we were 1/4 mile from the cabin we decided to leave him for the time being as its private land and there wasn't much worry about him being pushed out of the area or shot by anyone else.
We checked out a lot of area and decided to try and get M-Ray a shot at the morning buck. I dropped Mark and my brother off up high in the draw so they would only have to walk downhill, I then drove all the way around, rolled down the window to listen and waited for a shot and a drag. :chuckle:
A little while later I got the call on the radio, they couldn't find him and were heading back up to where I dropped them off. :bash: While I was waiting I spotted this buck working a doe up through a draw. He looked tall but didn't seem to be too impressive through the binos, he was a long way off. I put the scope and him and :yike: he looked to be a shooter. All I could do was digiscope him so I grabbed the camera and took a couple.
Post by: huntnphool on November 23, 2009, 06:58:29 PM
Next morning we hit the bottom of the draw at first light and there just a few hundred yards from the night before was the buck Mark and Waid had gone after. They made a good stalk and got within 75 yards and dropped him with one shot. :hunter:
He is a nice old buck with dark heavy antlers. At some point he broke off a good section of his right g3.
A few field pics, dressed him out and loaded him in the carrier to head back to the cabin.
Post by: huntnphool on November 23, 2009, 07:46:55 PM
We headed out and took pics of several more nice bucks but the big tall buck was not to be found. We decided to head into town to get fuel and something to eat when we ran into this guy. He had several does but had one doe he was really paying attention too that didn't want anything to do with him. He was not the biggest buck but he did fit the bill with a nice sticker on his left side. The only problem with this guy was he was on posted land. :bash:
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We had a lot of fun and saw hundreds of deer. I took 2K+ pics on the trip and got some pretty nice ones too. The next day we packed up and hit a praire dog town for a hour before hitting the road.
Post by: M_ray on November 23, 2009, 11:26:09 PM
Post by: LongTatLaw on November 23, 2009, 11:33:12 PM
great pics and as always Im very jealous of ur hunt! Both of u took some great bucks to be proud of!
Another great year in Montana for u boys!
may ya have 100 more brothers...
dave
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Mulehunter ;)
Post by: Sportfury on November 26, 2009, 09:34:50 AM
Mark, again great buck, I guess that is Bambi's dad lol according to Auntie Marilyn (facebook).
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-Wildfire
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Post by: huntnphool on November 26, 2009, 10:16:02 PM
Is this eastern or western montana???
SE Montana
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Post by: M_ray on November 27, 2009, 09:35:27 AM
Congrats on the nice bucks, cool pictures. I was expecting to see a 17HMR with a dead prairie dog.
You know we definatly put a hurt on that town & right at the end I got one that was only about 75 yrds out there and I started out to get him for a pic but turned around to catch up with Rob and Waid as they were headed for the truck I guess we were in a hurry to get going on the 17 hr drive!!!
Post by: M_ray on November 27, 2009, 08:04:14 PM
Would you on the first day?
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on November 28, 2009, 08:47:47 AM
Had a chance to look at some of the 1500 pics I took so I thought I'd share some too!
Would you on the first day?
I think I would. How wide was he? He looks nice and tall.
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Post by: huntnphool on November 28, 2009, 08:59:49 AM
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Road trip hunts are rich with filler material. Would love to see a lot more!
You can see a few more here ;)
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,14835.msg465511.html#msg465511
Post by: Pathfinder101 on November 28, 2009, 09:02:00 AM
I'm dreaming about MT now...love that country. Great hunt and even better photo essay. Road trip hunts are rich with filler material. Would love to see a lot more!
I think HuntinPhool and MRay are rationing the pics out. If we see them all now there won't be anything to break up the monotony in March when the only thing we have to talk about is politics and dismal draw odds and we are at each other's throats... :chuckle:
Post by: M_ray on November 28, 2009, 09:13:31 AM
I'm dreaming about MT now...love that country. Great hunt and even better photo essay. Road trip hunts are rich with filler material. Would love to see a lot more!
I think HuntinPhool and MRay are rationing the pics out. If we see them all now there won't be anything to break up the monotony in March when the only thing we have to talk about is politics and dismal draw odds and we are at each other's throats... :chuckle:
;) :chuckle:
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Post by: huntnphool on November 28, 2009, 09:46:54 AM
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I think HuntinPhool and MRay are rationing the pics out.
I took 2000+ images last week and will post more in the photography section so as not to be accussed of moving this thread BTT, don't want to fuel the whiners fire. :'(
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on November 28, 2009, 10:02:07 PM
Here is your example pathfinder a more mature buck!They're both better bucks than what we were seeing in the NE. My buddy had his aged. It was 5 1/2 years old. I think the spring snowstorms were rough on the antler growth this year.
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Post by: huntnphool on November 30, 2009, 04:43:48 PM
Did waid get one ?
He didn't draw this year but went to help with the drags and field dressing :chuckle:
Actually he was planning on doing a little yote and prairie dog shooting but the dog town of several thousand, no kidding, of last year was gone. The rancher said they all died off from some plague during the spring and summer :yike:
We had to go to some neighbors ranch to shoot them. Waid brought 1500 rounds of .17hmr and 500 rounds of .223 but only got use a couple hundred rounds :chuckle:
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Post by: M_ray on December 14, 2009, 11:42:59 AM
Anyone ever see something like this??? I wasn't sure where he was going to go as he ran towards the train.
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Well as we unloaded I decided to take a pic of just what Waid was sleeping with!!! :chuckle: Bless his heart he's an awsome partner and friend :)
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on December 16, 2009, 09:14:39 AM
I like this one of Rob.
They weren't rutting were they :chuckle:. You could knock him over the head with a stick I think (not Rob, the deer :chuckle:).
Post by: NWTFhunter on December 16, 2009, 10:24:50 PM
I want to go with you guys next time !
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