Post by: X-Force on June 09, 2012, 02:08:38 PM
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on June 09, 2012, 02:21:17 PM
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Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on June 10, 2012, 04:09:29 PM
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Post by: H2Ofuzz on June 11, 2012, 07:28:14 PM
H2O
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on November 19, 2012, 01:04:26 PM
Post by: X-Force on November 19, 2012, 03:22:20 PM
Post by: 400out on November 19, 2012, 03:43:01 PM
Nice. Ill be a couple hours behind you. For some reason the wife doesnt want me to leave before 3 am.... dont know why but thats how it goes.spoon :dunno: :chuckle: good luck guys :tup:
Post by: wilsongideon on November 19, 2012, 04:32:21 PM
This buck is from that unit :tup: migration is definitly in progress.Seen some nicer bucks only that one really big guy so far. but all of them were chasing does so the rut is definitly going on. i'll post a few more pictures I have taken from that unit here in a bit.
Post by: wilsongideon on November 19, 2012, 04:42:22 PM
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Post by: 400out on November 19, 2012, 08:50:54 PM
Post by: X-Force on November 19, 2012, 09:54:52 PM
probably a spoon to my butt cause im taking off work. :chuckle: :chuckle:Nice. Ill be a couple hours behind you. For some reason the wife doesnt want me to leave before 3 am.... dont know why but thats how it goes.spoon :dunno: :chuckle: good luck guys :tup:
Great shots Wilson. I was in the unit at the beginning of the month and saw 30+ deer including 3 decent bucks in 6 hours. With an 8 almost 9 month old its hard to escape for weekends at a time.
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on November 20, 2012, 09:22:44 AM
Post by: X-Force on November 20, 2012, 09:20:21 PM
Post by: X-Force on November 21, 2012, 10:33:45 PM
Post by: wilsongideon on November 22, 2012, 11:18:00 AM
Post by: BoomWhop on November 22, 2012, 11:27:33 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on November 22, 2012, 12:45:21 PM
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on November 22, 2012, 05:39:23 PM
Looks like a little longer drive than i was hoping for, at least for the drive over... man i wish i could be over there in the morning.
Yep... looks like a 6.5 hour drive....
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 22, 2012, 05:55:19 PM
Post by: X-Force on November 22, 2012, 08:23:56 PM
Post by: wilsongideon on November 23, 2012, 01:40:26 PM
Post by: Ridgerunner on November 23, 2012, 02:11:26 PM
Post by: elkoholic1 on November 23, 2012, 02:13:18 PM
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on November 23, 2012, 05:40:01 PM
.. saw 2 decent bucks... couldnt close the deal. Does busted me on the one stalk....
Post by: X-Force on December 03, 2012, 02:15:04 PM
My little brother and I headed over to the unit on Friday after Thanksgiving. We ran to the property dropped off our gear and headed into the lower open country of the unit. Within 3 hrs of been there I had one 4 pt in a stockable location and another 4 pt walk right by me at 46 yrds. I told myself that I was going to hold out for a big deer and I couldn’t notch a tag on just any buck.
The next morning we drove to a new location and within 2 hrs I had a 3x4 and a 2x3 within 50 yrds. My little brother started joking that I was on the hunt for a mythical creature and that I would only shoot a buck that was glowing green or was sprinkled with magical pixy dust.
Between my two brothers I had a lot of good natured crap thrown my direction. Maybe they were right but even without a buck to show for it the hunt was definitely the best of my life so far.
Day 4 I found the buck I wanted. He wasn’t a monster and by some peoples standards may not have been a shooter but he had good mass, good spread and some cool scares. The first time I saw him was at 50 yards but through the timber I couldn’t tell if he was what I was looking for. When he finally winded me and busted into the open country below I felt my heart sink. He was a great deer and I just lost my chance.
I hunted for him for 3 days and the closest I ever got to him after day one was 100 yrds. He always seemed to have 7 to 13 does around him and a couple other small bucks. The only time he was alone was after he busted me on day 6. He left all of the does and went into a small ravine in the middle of open country. Saylean watched him from a distance for 2 hrs in a very stockable location with no way to contact me.
It was a great hunt. I hope to draw it again someday in the not so distant future. I did talk to some locals that also had the tag and they said the day before Thanksgiving there were 20 or so people up in the area we were hunting trying to poach a couple of the bigger deer out of the unit. One person they knew even admitted he was up there chasing a curtain buck.
Anyhow enjoy the pics.
Post by: elkoholic1 on December 03, 2012, 02:54:14 PM
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on December 03, 2012, 03:24:34 PM
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Post by: scotta on December 03, 2012, 09:40:38 PM
Post by: wilsongideon on December 03, 2012, 10:42:23 PM
Post by: X-Force on December 03, 2012, 11:20:49 PM
It was a great trip. I dont get to watch rutting mule deer very often and it was fun watching every buck run around like a teenager. I couldnt believe all of the BIG 2 pts that were running around in that unit. I dont think i got pictures of any but every hill seemed to have at least 2 or 3 that were wily old bucks that either regressed or never grew a third point.
Post by: boneaddict on December 04, 2012, 04:47:34 AM
Post by: saylean on December 04, 2012, 09:12:08 AM
Awesome time, would love to go again just with my camera...I dont care! Thanks for posting some of the pics...wheres that big two point?!