California August Buck

[GAbearclaw]

Here's my backpack rifle buck from this past August. I killed this in the county I live in (Santa Barbara) about 8 miles from the trailhead. I have bowhunted this area for a few years and this is the best and oldest buck I have seen back there. I hope we finally get the rain that they have been talking about and this area will be getting even better.

 

[LCH]

Cool buck!

 

[Rancho Loco]

NIce job, Zeke.. Looks pretty crispy out there.

BTW, you sure haven't gotten any less ugly over the years.

 

[hank4elk]

Ahhh, the A-Zone...remember it well farther north of you. Took alot of old regressive tight racks and forkies.
Nice SB buck. Guess you don't get PO?

 

[Trigger50]

Congrats !

 

[BOHNTR]

Where's the custom built longbow? Way to go, my friend!

 

[Rancho Loco]

Ahhh, the A-Zone...remember it well farther north of you. Took alot of old regressive tight racks and forkies.
Nice SB buck. Guess you don't get PO?

The dude chews that stuff instead of cope..

 

[1_pointer]

Nice! I'd like to give them a try some year.

 

[exponentialpi]

Nice buck. I grew up around that area. It brings back memories.

 

[GAbearclaw]

I learned to save weight in my pack for this area and just wipe with the PO, it really motivates me to cover ground and hike out with that heavy pack a little faster!

I get purtier every day Rancho!

 

[MT_elk]

Congrats!

 

[big28hunter]

Beautiful buck! Congrats

 

[hank4elk]

I learned to save weight in my pack for this area and just wipe with the PO, it really motivates me to cover ground and hike out with that heavy pack a little faster!

I get purtier every day Rancho!

LOL....BC is that you? Rancho too? TOFers?

I have some great black & red racks...PO stains from rubbing.Boots stained black from the juice.
I never got it much and was in that sh!t everyday. I do not miss the heat/humidity and the oak thickets.Or the folks that took over.

 

[Southern Elk]

Congrats!

 

[LuketheDog]

That's a good public land buck for the Los Padres! The national forest terrain in SB county can be nasty! I grew up in Santa Ynez and lived in SB a while too...

Oh, and I'm not allergic to PO, made my hunting there a lot easier

 

[Rancho Loco]

I'm not allergic to PO

Gawd, I love hearing that one.. You just know that is going to literally bite someone in the ass.

 

[LuketheDog]

Gawd, I love hearing that one.. You just know that is going to literally bite someone in the ass.

It's true, I could break a leaf in half and rub it on my skin without getting the rash. I do know you can develop the allergy eventually, but I never did...haven't pushed my luck with the poison ivy where I live now though!

 

[hank4elk]

Yeah payback was a bitch growing up .....for the other guy
I'd rub leaves on those that did me wrong...lol

I started getting it some after putting in miles of vineyard & cattle fence on the central coast,like getting injected thru the scratches on my arms.
Had a buddy who heard if you ate a little leaf you would get immune,he wound up in hospital looking like a pumpkin. His brother could just walk right thru the stuff.