Big Sky
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Had a pretty good year this year. It has been most enjoyable wrapping my hands around lot's of bone coming out of deer heads this year. The best part though has been being able to share the success with so many good friends and family. It has been an exceptional year.
First I filled my tag with this very unique buck. It was great having my 10 year old son along to be there for all the excitement.
Then the very next morning my oldest son (age 15) and my oldest daughter (age 8) jumped in my pick up and headed out. It was raining like crazy but we forged ahead anyway. Ya' can't kill'em sitting on the couch in the living room ya' know. We got soaked to the bone and about froze to death, but it worth it. It doesn't get much better than seeing your son succeed with a very nice buck. Another major bonus was having my daughter along. She was actually upset that the hunt was so short.
A week later I had a good friend from North Carolina come out on his first mule deer hunt. He'd never seen a mule deer before let alone hunted one. He another friend of mine from Mich drove out together. Only the pard from NC had a deer tag though. They picked me up from work and minutes later we were in deer country. This was one of the most amazingly lucky hunts I've ever been a part of. Here this guy drives 2000 miles and I don't have him in deer country more than 10 minutes and he's punching his tag on a great buck. He made a very good 325 yard shot by the way. In my opinion this buck couldn't have gone to a nicer or more deserving hunter. He very much appreciates this buck.
Last but not least one of my closest hunting partners calls me up and asks me to come out and cape his buck out. He killed this buck just a couple days before the buck above was killed. Needless to say there were some pretty darn decent bucks killed in short 10 day period around here. The crazy part is the weather really wasn't very good for deer hunting, but some how we managed. :grin:
First I filled my tag with this very unique buck. It was great having my 10 year old son along to be there for all the excitement.
Then the very next morning my oldest son (age 15) and my oldest daughter (age 8) jumped in my pick up and headed out. It was raining like crazy but we forged ahead anyway. Ya' can't kill'em sitting on the couch in the living room ya' know. We got soaked to the bone and about froze to death, but it worth it. It doesn't get much better than seeing your son succeed with a very nice buck. Another major bonus was having my daughter along. She was actually upset that the hunt was so short.
A week later I had a good friend from North Carolina come out on his first mule deer hunt. He'd never seen a mule deer before let alone hunted one. He another friend of mine from Mich drove out together. Only the pard from NC had a deer tag though. They picked me up from work and minutes later we were in deer country. This was one of the most amazingly lucky hunts I've ever been a part of. Here this guy drives 2000 miles and I don't have him in deer country more than 10 minutes and he's punching his tag on a great buck. He made a very good 325 yard shot by the way. In my opinion this buck couldn't have gone to a nicer or more deserving hunter. He very much appreciates this buck.
Last but not least one of my closest hunting partners calls me up and asks me to come out and cape his buck out. He killed this buck just a couple days before the buck above was killed. Needless to say there were some pretty darn decent bucks killed in short 10 day period around here. The crazy part is the weather really wasn't very good for deer hunting, but some how we managed. :grin:
