Post by: Antlerking on September 19, 2010, 09:59:44 PM
I ended up with a 3x4 and my ol man got a 5x6, awsome trip and very rememerable.
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Post by: Antlerking on September 20, 2010, 07:48:49 AM
Well we finally get into winthrop after 6 months of planning and getting ready we are now 2 days away from our 5 days pack in trip. We are in Winthrop on the 13th trail head at 7 in the morning on the 14th and the opener on the 15th. We drove around town that night and the deer are everywere, if you have never been to winthrop, go its damn cool seing all the local deer and eating at 3 finger jacks.
Here are some pics of that night
Post by: CMG on September 20, 2010, 07:58:06 AM
looking forward to "The rest of the story" :drool:
Post by: Antlerking on September 20, 2010, 07:58:09 AM
We arrive to the trail head around 7 ish and after 2 hours the outfitter shows up, come to find out he has some wiring trouble and had fix the truck before he got up there. He likes to make an entrance cause al we heard was a big rig hauling ass up the rd, this is how he hauls his train.
Here are some pics of that morning, the trail head and we are off into the woods on a 9 miles trip in.
Post by: wastickslinger on September 20, 2010, 08:18:51 AM
Post by: MuleySniper on September 20, 2010, 08:20:46 AM
Sounds like a fun trip!!! I cant wait for the rest of the story!!!
I told you he'd kill a buck Josh :chuckle: NOW PICS!!!
MS
Post by: 400out on September 20, 2010, 08:23:52 AM
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Post by: CMG on September 20, 2010, 10:52:52 AM
C'mon Aking.....give us s'more
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Post by: Antlerking on September 20, 2010, 12:07:57 PM
We finally arrive at camp after a wacked out horse ride. I was bucked off and jammed my finger and then my horse went thru a bee hive (ground hornets) and that was an 8 second ride for sure. Pretty much what can happen on a pack in trip on a horse happened to me. Thank god that it landed on the trail and not on the down hill side.
These are pics arriving to camp that evening and some mt pics
MORE TO COME TONIGHT (FEILD PHOTOS DAY1 1ST BUCK)
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Post by: Antlerking on September 20, 2010, 04:14:20 PM
Opening morning finds the 5 of us scatering in dif. direction. We were all going blind but we had an idea of were to start. Its a 1500 foot climb in .5 miles, do the math its very steep. We were getting up at 4 in the morning and hiking in the dark just to get up the hill from camp. When my dad and I reach the top we start glassing the open ridges and at 9 oclock in the morning dad spots his buck! We had him at 492 yards and he was about 50 yards from his bedding ground (as you can see in the pic), so we did not shoot and watched him bed up. He never did come out of that thicket so about 9 oclock we head over there and make a game plan. I ended up having dad get down wind on the open hillside were he can watch both directions and I went above on the up wind side of the thicket. It worked perfectly, it took the buck about 2 minutes after I got into pososition for the buck to jump out his bed and he headed straight to dad. He shot him at about 100 yards or so and then the worked began.
Its not a huge buck by any means but its his first decent muley and he defently earned it. He dropped it off to rolly today to get mounted. I was dam excited to see the hunt pan out the way it did.
The buck is a 5 x 6 with some cool crowns on the main beams.
Day #2 buck #2 pics later on tonight.
Post by: Antlerking on September 20, 2010, 04:25:15 PM
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Post by: Antlerking on September 20, 2010, 04:48:05 PM
My buck is nothing to brag about, but it has some memories involved, cause dad was with me and there was 3 more bucks with mine. A batchalor heard with 4 bucks in it. I did not now this, all I saw was the 1 buck standing there. I pulled up and shot him at about 150 yards or so. He pretty much piled up right there, Then it got EXCITING when my buck fell the other 3 came into view and there was a brute with him. He was about 24-25 wide 4x5 with about 10 fronts and matching backs, just a beast. My dad and I watched him for 2-4 minutes or so, he walked up to about 80 towards us and we were just in aw, a buck that big, that close and my deer is in the background laying dead. A true bittersweet moment. Watching the buck of a lifetime at 80 yards with a rifle in my hand and nothing I could do about it.
Here is some pics of my buck and the meat pole back at camp. 2 days of packing out deer and we were wooped.
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Post by: MuleySniper on September 20, 2010, 06:21:10 PM
MS
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Post by: Antlerking on September 20, 2010, 07:56:12 PM
not 2 sure, if I could replace the horse with a parachute it might be tempting :)
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Post by: high country on September 21, 2010, 05:02:12 AM
I am happy to see the fire did not sterilize the area.
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Post by: hirshey on September 26, 2010, 07:00:30 PM
That is an awesome buck. I love the character he has..
:yeah:! Very cool! :) 'grats on a great adventure!
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