BuckhunterBen
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I’ve stated this before, but last year I met a guy on here who has since become one of my best friends. He’s from Michigan and wanted to come to Colorado with no idea where to start. Fortunately for him one of my favorite parts of being a hunter is application strategy. I’m old school, I don’t use gohunt, sorry Randy. I burn my eyes weekly throughout the year on those numbers thinking about future hunts for myself, friends, and family.
Anyways, we got him a preference point and a muzzy tag. From the time we met in February ‘24 to Sept ‘24 there were countless hours on the phone, e-scouting, and text messages in preparation for his trip. Then just like that the hunts here. He brought one of his buddies out and they jumped into the backcountry.
I didn’t hear from him for the first couple days which was expected. The evening of day 3 I got a phone call, he had an opportunity on a velvet forky at 40 yards and that was the only buck he’d seen. We ended up picking a spot to meet up and glass the following evening when I got off work. Well, we didn’t see anything that night.
There happens to be a reason some of these tags are easy to get, who would’ve thought?
When we got back to the trucks we discussed plans for the remainder of the trip. Cover as much ground as possible via roads and ridge tops. Not in the 4th quarter yet but that pressure was starting to set in. We said our goodbyes and parted ways. Also this was the first time I had met the guy in person, to glass for deer, so cool.
Next morning at work was slow which was perfect because he called me saying he had FINALLY found a bachelor group of forkies. At this point he was all about meat. I talked to my boss about running up there with a cooler and ice. “Hell yeah, go for it!”
Off to the gas station. Not too long after that the call came in, “3x3!!!!” A hidden gem with the forky group. “Unbelievable 3x3!” He said. You Midwest guys are funny. I was up to where they had parked within the hour and hiked into see it with my own eyes.
Forgot to mention their sponsor for the trip, thanks @uhaul!
These guys smelled about how you’d expect after a 5 days of cuddling in a tipi, so after we got the meat in the cooler and grabbed some lunch they headed to a truck stop to get cleaned up.
The following day they came over for dinner and we got to hangout in the garage for hours which seemed like minutes.
They ended up staying the night and went to explore some of the front range the next day before dropping the U-Haul back off and flying home. One of the most incredible guys I’ve ever met.
Anyways, we got him a preference point and a muzzy tag. From the time we met in February ‘24 to Sept ‘24 there were countless hours on the phone, e-scouting, and text messages in preparation for his trip. Then just like that the hunts here. He brought one of his buddies out and they jumped into the backcountry.
I didn’t hear from him for the first couple days which was expected. The evening of day 3 I got a phone call, he had an opportunity on a velvet forky at 40 yards and that was the only buck he’d seen. We ended up picking a spot to meet up and glass the following evening when I got off work. Well, we didn’t see anything that night.
There happens to be a reason some of these tags are easy to get, who would’ve thought?
When we got back to the trucks we discussed plans for the remainder of the trip. Cover as much ground as possible via roads and ridge tops. Not in the 4th quarter yet but that pressure was starting to set in. We said our goodbyes and parted ways. Also this was the first time I had met the guy in person, to glass for deer, so cool.
Next morning at work was slow which was perfect because he called me saying he had FINALLY found a bachelor group of forkies. At this point he was all about meat. I talked to my boss about running up there with a cooler and ice. “Hell yeah, go for it!”
Off to the gas station. Not too long after that the call came in, “3x3!!!!” A hidden gem with the forky group. “Unbelievable 3x3!” He said. You Midwest guys are funny. I was up to where they had parked within the hour and hiked into see it with my own eyes.
Forgot to mention their sponsor for the trip, thanks @uhaul!
These guys smelled about how you’d expect after a 5 days of cuddling in a tipi, so after we got the meat in the cooler and grabbed some lunch they headed to a truck stop to get cleaned up.
The following day they came over for dinner and we got to hangout in the garage for hours which seemed like minutes.
They ended up staying the night and went to explore some of the front range the next day before dropping the U-Haul back off and flying home. One of the most incredible guys I’ve ever met.
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