Spitfire That is A great picture great deer!
Shot this guy along with several others with my camera looking for something bigger.

 

4th day of my second trip during a major cold front that was bearing down on me.
I tok my canoe with me so that I could access some more remote spots and it served me well.
I met a young man from Michigan, that lives out there now, through the LPDMI fb page. He and his fiance invited me to stay with them and I was grateful to accept.
Had 2 wonderful trips (10/25 - 11/1) and again (11/8-11/12).
First trip out only produced sightings of 3 different 1.5 yo bucks but the second trip was decidedly different. The biggest buck I saw on stand came 3 hours into my first sit of the second trip, a mid 150 class.
This buck was probably the 3rd biggest I saw out there while on stand. I saw some ABSOLUTE GIANTS from the road on some well managed private parcels.

T

 

KY gun opener 2 hours into the hunt. 2 years in a row with success.

Great buck Vic! Congrats!

 

qdmaman-Nice buck. NVM-reread your post.

 

Fourth day of a 5 day Montana Muley hunt. First place we stopped, walked about a half mile to a hilltop. Guide saw this guy with 4 does. We ran down and around the hill, crawled a hundred yards or so to set up. They spotted us setting up but didn't flee, just wandered into a small copse of trees.
Came out at 280 yards a couple minutes later.
Glad the rancher let us drive onto the land to get him, it would have been a long sledding out. Estimated his weight somewhere between 250 and 300 pounds.

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Not where I shot him, but just to give those who have never been there an idea of the terrain of eastern Montana where the hunt took place.
The deer were never close to the road, it was always a long walk to glass areas. Then more walking to get to the next ridge to glass, repeat this often when hunting unless you get real lucky.

Edit to add: Elevation wasn't bad, around 3,000 feet or so. Not like the Rockies where you get winded easily in the high altitudes. Still not an easy stroll but much more enjoyable just from the standpoint of walking a couple miles or more each day let alone dragging the animal somewhere to get pictures and gut them out. I think the first day we walked close to 4 miles or more glassing to find animals to stalk.

Very cool and nice buck. Where about a were you in eastern MT?


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qdmaman-Nice buck. NVM-reread your post.

Thanks beer and nuts. NVM - I read between the lines.

 

I managed to score on this little guy in Iowa on November 8th.....on public land

 

Wow BB that's a toad. Congrats!


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Wow! Wow! Mommy!

 

Here is my contribution. A 3x3 Mulie from SW Colorado that I took in October. On the same trip I managed to miss the easiest shot I may have ever had on a cow elk. Second is a 10 point whitetail I took just this past Saturday outside of Syracuse NY....Yeah I skipped Michigan's opener to be there for NY's opener....more importantly it was my nephew's first hunt and what may be one of my dad's last as he is getting up there in years.

 

4th day of my second trip during a major cold front that was bearing down on me.
I tok my canoe with me so that I could access some more remote spots and it served me well.
I met a young man from Michigan, that lives out there now, through the LPDMI fb page. He and his fiance invited me to stay with them and I was grateful to accept.
Had 2 wonderful trips (10/25 - 11/1) and again (11/8-11/12).
First trip out only produced sightings of 3 different 1.5 yo bucks but the second trip was decidedly different. The biggest buck I saw on stand came 3 hours into my first sit of the second trip, a mid 150 class.
This buck was probably the 3rd biggest I saw out there while on stand. I saw some ABSOLUTE GIANTS from the road on some well managed private parcels.

T

What kind of broadhead are you using? That's impressive! Also, what kind of bow, poundage, arrow etc. etc.?

 

What kind of broadhead are you using? That's impressive! Also, what kind of bow, poundage, arrow etc. etc.?

Swaaacker broad heads, Hoyt Mattrix 31 @ 65#, and Bloodsport 400 arrows.

 

Swaaacker broad heads, Hoyt Mattrix 31 @ 65#, and Bloodsport 400 arrows.

Maxxis not Mattrix

 

Had an awesome hunt up in Ontario on Lake of the Woods. Always a great adventure. I figure him to be 6 or 7 years old based on his worn teeth. weighed 245 lbs. Main frame 10 with a sticker on the left G2.

 

It's no monster, but It was to both of us! I mentored my 8 year old grandson as he took this 8 point on public land during today's Ohio youth hunt. Jordan popped this guy with a muzzle loader at 100 yards! My dream season just won't seem to end!

 

Congrats to your grandson!

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Ontario, Nov 20th 240lbs 8point

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Anybody hear anything about this buck?

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I think it still alive lol

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That buck was shot by a man from the east side of Michigan near flint. It is a pen deer, hence the reason why he is holding the ears down. Saw the deer in person.

 

2013 Kansas Hunt

My Buck:

Mihunter's Buck:

sjhawkeye's daughters buck (she turned 17 the day before!):

 

This year in ks was strange for our farm. Action didnt pickup much until later in the season. Significant pressure from the neighbors helped.

Kept trying to find our resident booner, but he was only on the cam between 2:00 am and 4:00 am.

Evening of my last full day I rattled in this 7 ptr. Id past him earlier in the week. Just wanted to have some vinnie to come home with.

Beautiful country and great weather. Temps ranged from 65 to 5.

5 days bow hunting, 10 with the rifle. I love waiting. So hate to pop one on the first day!

Dad and I spent nearly the entire season together. He connected 2nd day 8 ptr, BIL took one on his 2 days he took off.

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It's no monster, but It was to both of us! I mentored my 8 year old grandson as he took this 8 point on public land during today's Ohio youth hunt. Jordan popped this guy with a muzzle loader at 100 yards! My dream season just won't seem to end!

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That smiles says I'm hooked for life.


Paul

 

I know folks travel to hunt more than things with horns....where are the pics?

I'll throw this out there. 609 crows in 3 days.

Call me crazy but I love it.

BH

 

Great times. A good crow shoot is always fun. In some states they are such a nuisance that shoots are the only successful method to eradicate.

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