Moosie
Grand poopa
Hunting trip to Montana… HUmmm where do I start ?!?!?
I headed to Montana on the afternoon of 11/8. I had high hopes in Killing a nice Elk. I’ll spill the beans that I didn’t get an Elk but the journey was fun ! About 3.5 hours into the trip I hit a very bad snow storm. My windshield got all iced over and the snow was sticking to the windshield wipers. Having a tight schedule (So I thought) I didn’t stop to clean then I just grabbed the Windshield wiper as it came straight up and Flicked the snow off as it was running and I was doing 75 down the freeway. The 2nd time I attempted this all I saw was the Wiper leaving the front and a SMACK !! OOPS, I ripped off the wiper. I pulled over not being able to see anything and decided just to use the passenger side one…. YAH, It was snowing and I was hurrying and needless to say I had 2 broken wipers *GRRRRRrrrrr*. I proceeded to drive the 2 miles to Fort hall and call my father-in-law. In about 45 mins the new wipers were there and the snow stopped. Go figure….
I continued toward Montana now a little behind schedule. Apparently the cop that pulled me over liked hunting and that I owned my own website and the decals on the Truck, but still gave me a ticket anyway. I also found out that my license was suspended, He let me go, But I sure wasn’t supposed to be diving on the license … OOPS, when I got back with a quick phone call I got that taken care of. Anyway, I liked the guy and gave him a hat, so if a cop from Montana comes on tell him I said hi *SMILE*
I got to Montana a bit later but the Yeti, Fuggingoodhunter, Weekend Warrior, and Greeny were all waiting. They wanted a beer so we slipped out for one.. or two.. or a couple at least !!! HEhe.. Anyways.. I went to the pisser at the 2nd place and came back and wanted to give Fuggingoodhunter and Yetti a tap on the side like tough guys do…. *QUESTION MARK*… I guess they didn’t see me and They bumped noggins, Yetti’s tooth was bleeding and Fugin’hunters head was split open a bit…. OOPS !!!
I guess the Yetti bumped a guy going to the shiter, but soon after we were all back together some Gigantuan BIG Freak came over and pushed into our conversation… Needless to say I new we were in trouble when Yetti said “GET READY” and WeekendWarior turned his hand around on the beer bottle. After a bit-of pushin’ things got taken care of I guess. And luckily Greeny new the guy and after awhile an apology was said…. By them !!
Well 2AM came around and I headed back to W.W.’s house and set up for sleep. 4AM came early and the 2 hours I slept were good ones….. NOT !!! Anyways we hiked ALL over the hills like 100-200 yards… or 10 miles or so, I loose track in Montana sometimes. But the hunting gods weren’t with us so we didn’t score. We came out and he cooked me AWSOME elk burgers !!! I decided that since he couldn’t go out the next day I’d slip to Eastern Montana and do the Deer population some harm…. I tried leaving but the sleepiness set in and hit the hay early… like around 9 or so. 2 something AM came early and I hit the road to drive to eastern Montana. I seen several bucks.. A lot of little ones and a nice 4 point. I’d of shot him but needed to study the map because there is a lot of Private land over there…. Anyways, He is a 3 point I passed up and the terrain they were in….
I headed out after the solo day and decided to call ol’ ‘Sky up. Fortunately he was sick the next day so he could go hunting with me (HEHE). I headed north to his place that night and it was a short 3.5 hour drive. We shared some stories and As I sat with my eyes ½ open I listened to some good ones, I don’t remember much that night due to the lack of sleep.
The alarm went of in the morning and it was Showtime !!! We headed out and saw some does of the bat with no Bucks. We were driving over to a new spot and some ‘yotes were afield and BigSky felt the need to get one. I agreed and drove by, dropped him off and Kept driving. I returned to see a big buck running away. Apparently he spooked them up going over there. We tried to re-locate them but when I stepped out of my truck to go hook up with him All I heard was PPPSssssssssss…. YEP, the sound of a flat tier !!! SHUCKS !! Guess with the custom wheels taking out the ratchet wasn’t a good Idea … Fortunately a guy came by and I flagged him down. ‘Sky was watching the deer and when the tire was changed I quickly headed over. We did the perfect sneak on them but they were GONE when we popped out to say SURPRISE !!!! So, we headed to the other spot.
We hiked down a canyon and over 2 ridges and split up. I took the high road and he followed the side hill. Wasn’t long before I got his attention because A buck was spotted. I seen this buck butting heads with another one (Or it was feeding from it’s mom.. either way *SMILE*)
I told ‘Sky that the first 4 point I seen I’d shoot. After seeing a hog of a buck in the morning it was hard to pull the trigger on this one, but with ½ the day gone and knowing it was the last poke at a Montana Buck for me I put the bag down and decided it was time. I’m thinking ‘Sky wasn’t sure of me shooting, because he didn’t get it on tape. I can’t get to mad because I got him back later (Unintentionally).
He said the deer was 368 yards and the Wind was coming hard from the Left side. I laid down, adjusted a bit and slowly squoze the trigger (IS SQUOZE a word ?!?!?) the buck was obviously hit but moving around so I tried another shot missing it moving. It didn’t take long to see that it was rolling down the hill and the hunt was over…..
Here is some pics…
HERE is were I shot from Looking into were the buck was. It was just to the Left of the 2 dark trees. The 2nd pic is at the deer looking back to were I shot from. It was just to the Right of the Plateau in the middle. Not a bad shot eh (OR dam lucky once again !!!)
I headed to Montana on the afternoon of 11/8. I had high hopes in Killing a nice Elk. I’ll spill the beans that I didn’t get an Elk but the journey was fun ! About 3.5 hours into the trip I hit a very bad snow storm. My windshield got all iced over and the snow was sticking to the windshield wipers. Having a tight schedule (So I thought) I didn’t stop to clean then I just grabbed the Windshield wiper as it came straight up and Flicked the snow off as it was running and I was doing 75 down the freeway. The 2nd time I attempted this all I saw was the Wiper leaving the front and a SMACK !! OOPS, I ripped off the wiper. I pulled over not being able to see anything and decided just to use the passenger side one…. YAH, It was snowing and I was hurrying and needless to say I had 2 broken wipers *GRRRRRrrrrr*. I proceeded to drive the 2 miles to Fort hall and call my father-in-law. In about 45 mins the new wipers were there and the snow stopped. Go figure….
I continued toward Montana now a little behind schedule. Apparently the cop that pulled me over liked hunting and that I owned my own website and the decals on the Truck, but still gave me a ticket anyway. I also found out that my license was suspended, He let me go, But I sure wasn’t supposed to be diving on the license … OOPS, when I got back with a quick phone call I got that taken care of. Anyway, I liked the guy and gave him a hat, so if a cop from Montana comes on tell him I said hi *SMILE*
I got to Montana a bit later but the Yeti, Fuggingoodhunter, Weekend Warrior, and Greeny were all waiting. They wanted a beer so we slipped out for one.. or two.. or a couple at least !!! HEhe.. Anyways.. I went to the pisser at the 2nd place and came back and wanted to give Fuggingoodhunter and Yetti a tap on the side like tough guys do…. *QUESTION MARK*… I guess they didn’t see me and They bumped noggins, Yetti’s tooth was bleeding and Fugin’hunters head was split open a bit…. OOPS !!!
I guess the Yetti bumped a guy going to the shiter, but soon after we were all back together some Gigantuan BIG Freak came over and pushed into our conversation… Needless to say I new we were in trouble when Yetti said “GET READY” and WeekendWarior turned his hand around on the beer bottle. After a bit-of pushin’ things got taken care of I guess. And luckily Greeny new the guy and after awhile an apology was said…. By them !!
Well 2AM came around and I headed back to W.W.’s house and set up for sleep. 4AM came early and the 2 hours I slept were good ones….. NOT !!! Anyways we hiked ALL over the hills like 100-200 yards… or 10 miles or so, I loose track in Montana sometimes. But the hunting gods weren’t with us so we didn’t score. We came out and he cooked me AWSOME elk burgers !!! I decided that since he couldn’t go out the next day I’d slip to Eastern Montana and do the Deer population some harm…. I tried leaving but the sleepiness set in and hit the hay early… like around 9 or so. 2 something AM came early and I hit the road to drive to eastern Montana. I seen several bucks.. A lot of little ones and a nice 4 point. I’d of shot him but needed to study the map because there is a lot of Private land over there…. Anyways, He is a 3 point I passed up and the terrain they were in….
I headed out after the solo day and decided to call ol’ ‘Sky up. Fortunately he was sick the next day so he could go hunting with me (HEHE). I headed north to his place that night and it was a short 3.5 hour drive. We shared some stories and As I sat with my eyes ½ open I listened to some good ones, I don’t remember much that night due to the lack of sleep.
The alarm went of in the morning and it was Showtime !!! We headed out and saw some does of the bat with no Bucks. We were driving over to a new spot and some ‘yotes were afield and BigSky felt the need to get one. I agreed and drove by, dropped him off and Kept driving. I returned to see a big buck running away. Apparently he spooked them up going over there. We tried to re-locate them but when I stepped out of my truck to go hook up with him All I heard was PPPSssssssssss…. YEP, the sound of a flat tier !!! SHUCKS !! Guess with the custom wheels taking out the ratchet wasn’t a good Idea … Fortunately a guy came by and I flagged him down. ‘Sky was watching the deer and when the tire was changed I quickly headed over. We did the perfect sneak on them but they were GONE when we popped out to say SURPRISE !!!! So, we headed to the other spot.
We hiked down a canyon and over 2 ridges and split up. I took the high road and he followed the side hill. Wasn’t long before I got his attention because A buck was spotted. I seen this buck butting heads with another one (Or it was feeding from it’s mom.. either way *SMILE*)
I told ‘Sky that the first 4 point I seen I’d shoot. After seeing a hog of a buck in the morning it was hard to pull the trigger on this one, but with ½ the day gone and knowing it was the last poke at a Montana Buck for me I put the bag down and decided it was time. I’m thinking ‘Sky wasn’t sure of me shooting, because he didn’t get it on tape. I can’t get to mad because I got him back later (Unintentionally).
He said the deer was 368 yards and the Wind was coming hard from the Left side. I laid down, adjusted a bit and slowly squoze the trigger (IS SQUOZE a word ?!?!?) the buck was obviously hit but moving around so I tried another shot missing it moving. It didn’t take long to see that it was rolling down the hill and the hunt was over…..
Here is some pics…
HERE is were I shot from Looking into were the buck was. It was just to the Left of the 2 dark trees. The 2nd pic is at the deer looking back to were I shot from. It was just to the Right of the Plateau in the middle. Not a bad shot eh (OR dam lucky once again !!!)
