Finally a decent WT from the Christian Valley

[savagecanuck]

I found out I had no work at the beginning of the week so on Monday aft my son and I headed for or usual camping spot in the Christian Valley.I had scouted and hunted this area for the last 20 plus years.First morning out I did my usual route hunting off my quad and ran into about 7 muleys .Seems they have pushed the White Tails out of this area so off I went to my guraneted WT grounds.I no sooner got there and was surprised that there were no ATV tracks in there.In I went to an area that is select logged and I can run a ridge and look down about 100yds both sides.Last year in one spot I saw 2 WT does down the bank so I stopped in the same spot looked over and holy crap thers a rack standing there looking at me.I grabbed my new Virgin 270 X bolt carbon fluted and first checked the tail.Could not be sure then put the scope on the antlers to make sure it wasn't a big muley[lots around].I verified rack and then had to tell myself engine room and shot.Never saw him buck up but I heard him hit this old fence down below.I marked my shot and direction and quaded to bottom to walk base of ridge to look for blood on snow.I gave up after it seemed far enough and walked up hill to marked spot I then went right down and found blood and then about 50 feet further he was piled up on the bottom fence wire.About 90 mins later I had him processed and on quad.Unfortunatly I pinched the bar on my chainsaw cutting my way down a skidder trail to get him which I then had to free with my hatchet[was an ordeal]Unfortunatly no help from #1 son as I left him on the other side.I have some good in field pics on my phone i'll try to add later.I got him at 9:00 am first morning.I usualy gey 4 point basket WT in this area.Yes I am happy!!Been working hard at getting something this year as I spent about 6 full days trying to get a spike fork bull without success.Next on my goal is a decent Muley with my Excalibur Equinox.

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[monasheemountainman]

nice whitie man, congrats!

[knighthunter]

Nice buck, decent rack with no broken points, I guess he was a lover not a fighter. Great story and pic's.

[DR.DOUG]

very nice whitie, congrats.

[Sofa King]

very nice.
good job.

[markt308]

Nice buck sir.

[MacMtnHunter]

Good lucking buck! Fun hunting it sounds like! Congrats

[savagecanuck]

Thanks for kind words. I got my son to upload my phone pics as the field pics are so much better here you go.
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Bagged and Tagged!!

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[TIKKA TIGER]

Very Nice Buck... Thanks for sharing... Good luck with the upcoming muley hunting... :-D

[604redneck]

Congrats on the nice buck

[hunter1947]

Thats a dandy WT buck you got there very ,very nice ,,congrats to you..

[Singleshotneeded]

Nice whitetail Ry! Good luck on the muley!

[Jehiah]

The rack colour is so rich in the field pics! What happened? Sun bleached? dried out? seems like quite a drastic colour difference.

[ElliotMoose]

Beauty of a WT. Love the headgear, almost looks palmated!

[d6dan]

He's a keeper!. Nice to see the odd mature Whitetail come from Christian Valley. :-D

[kennyj]

Very nice!
kenny

[REMINGTON JIM]

Congrats on a Nice Whitey ! :-D RJ

[ynielsen]

Congrats! He's a beauty!
Heading there next week! Can't wait! Hope the biggin's are moving still!

[butthead]

very nice savage
been waiting for your posting something up

[cas-has-cars]

Nice White Tail, Thanks for the story.

[savagecanuck]

The rack colour is so rich in the field pics! What happened? Sun bleached? dried out? seems like quite a drastic colour difference.
Probably the cameras. Field pics are my 8 mega pixels from my HTC smart phone. Home pics are my 6_7 yr old Canon compact. The phone takes better photos.

[HarryToolips]

Nice job nice buck

[Looking_4_Jerky]

Definitely a good Kettle WT. Good work!

[unstableryan]

I've got 9 days off for buck camp this year. I'll be up in the 50's up there. There will be too many guys driving around, so I'll hike and sit the 75 acres of private that we are on... Up behind it is nice too. :)

[C.Groves]

Nice work! Thats a beauty!

[WKCotts]

Somebody snowchecked a 14' Pro lol just picked up mine can't wait to ride it

[Marlin375]

Nice Buck savagecanuck, and very nice for the CV.

[jonz]

Grats nice buck.

[savagecanuck]

A few more pics for you!
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[savagecanuck]

A few more pics
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[gutpile]

Nice buck you got there ! I hope to be up there Dec 9th- 13th hope to get
a buck with the bow .
How do you like your can-am ? i have an 07 650 can-am and i love it but there is no power steering :???:

[savagecanuck]

Nice buck you got there ! I hope to be up there Dec 9th- 13th hope to get
a buck with the bow .
How do you like your can-am ? i have an 07 650 can-am and i love it but there is no power steering :???:

I love the can am so much more stable than my grizzly 700.Power steering is awesome all day ride comfort. Very good on fuel .Mine is a 2011 last of first gen.My son has the 2nd gen 2012 and it is even more refind. The heat that comes out of the engine bay is nice on a cold day,sucks in summer.