Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: DaveBTS on October 25, 2011, 11:24:41 AM
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I took two of my daughters on a last minute hunt Sunday afternoon. We saw a few does early at the spot I wanted to hunt, but decided to check another area I hunted during bow season. After arriving, that wasn't looking promising either so we turned around and headed back to the ranch where I wanted to be. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught the rump patch of a deer. I figured it was doe since I had watched a herd of does there earlier in the season. Then I saw it was a lone buck. I didn't know how big, but I wanted the girls to be in on a successful hunt. I snuck up the draw about 300 yds and found a rest on an old fence line. I think I missed with my first shot, but after he stopped, I anchored him with the second shot. I walked back down to the truck and grabbed my pack, the girls and we headed up the canyon. We found him bedded under a cedar, very much alive. One last shot and then the daunting pack out. We took a few cell phone pics, but waited until I got him to the road to take the real pictures because I wanted to make sure I got the girls out before dark.
Theres pics of the hunt on my Blacktail Specialties FB page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blacktail-Specialties/114433898591514# (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blacktail-Specialties/114433898591514#)!/media/albums/?id=114433898591514
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Nice job Dave... Sounds like the girls were pretty quiet which was a bonus...
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Having a 30mph wind also helped! That buck had no idea we were even there. I told the girls I could smell him as we headed up the hill. I stopped to look for blood and he was 2 ft from me looking up at me.
"Can we pet him?"
"Not until after I shoot him again."
"I want to pet him BEFORE he dies."
"No."
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I've already seen a few bucks that make mine look like a yearling. Time to get my wife a tag.
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Here's another buck taken a few days later.
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Sweet....!
