Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: cooneyes on November 21, 2010, 07:43:43 PM
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I've been a member on this site for a while now, and I finally have something worthy of a first post. It's a small blacktail, but being the last day of the season, I pulled the trigger. I biked into a clearcut and started glassing and walking slowly down the road. I must have glassed the same area a dozen times, but it seems like I can look an area over "thoroughly", move ten feet, and see deer. I kept glassing the same clearcut from different vantage points. I was at the end of the cut and I talked myself into walking down to a stump and glassing one last time. Low and behold, there was a buck! He had appparantly came out of the timber, crossed the lower road, and was headed into the clearcut. It was 10 am. I put him down, happy to notch my tag and provide my kids with some pepperoni. Getting him on that bike was comical and challenging...
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nice buck. Always good to have some venison in the freezer.
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very nice!
I tried as much as i could, but you did it better lol!
I always thought about straddling a critter on top of a mountain bike and hauling it out that way.
Good job!
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Thought riding on top of one myself but always feard impaling myself on the horns and ending up on one of those tv shows "dumbest ways to die"
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Those are great pics! Congrats
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A lot easier than dragging one out. Congrats on the deer.
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lol thats, great love the pics! congrats and thanks for sharing :IBCOOL:
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I took one out possibly 20 yrs ago, on a Huffy mtn bike, I think their first attempt at one anyways, was 2 miles up a road. It was all hill too, so my dad and I loaded it onto the bike, cinched it down, and I stood on the left pedal with my right foot, and coasted the whole 2 miles down. Went ok till about the last 500 yds, I started losing the brakes! Now I just bone them out on the spot, much less weight on the bike.
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Cool pics with the snow! Congrats on the buck...something to be proud of.
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Great job!
I have been hunting off of a mountain bike for years. I always carry parachute cord and walk them out just like you did. A rack on the back of bike helps out alot.
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Nice work Cooneyes. I had a similar set up on saturday biking out a two point that I shot. Loading them on the bike sure works good! Here is a pic.
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Thanks everyone, it was fun and I'm looking forward to next year already. I will try the rack on the back Hendog..for sure. Nice buck CJ-5! It sure does work well! I have an Ameristep game cart, but the bike thing works just as well...probably even better. I like the fact of how quickly I can cover some miles to get back into a spot, too.
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Nice work!! I've always read that blacktails love bike rides but I've never had any takers :chuckle: I do know that elk love riding in kid trailers!
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NICE! much easier than dragging him out thats for sure! congratulations
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A rear rack keeps the deers but off the back tire. This was my first year deer hunting off a mountai bike, it works great.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv376%2Felkhunter%2Fdeeronbike.jpg&hash=7517ceb203f279e4aa6d839942861f50807521f1)
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:chuckle:
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Congrats to you.. That looks like it works pretty good... :brew:
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Congratulations! You guys and your bikes are an absolute HOOT!! I grew up with the 4x4 and/or horses so this is real eye-opening for me. Thanks for the entertainment. FFool :chuckle:
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Poor Buck, he looks like he just raced for 100 miles, great pic, but he looks really tired :chuckle: :chuckle:
