Buckmeister
11-01-2016, 09:24 PM
Y'all know that song by Alanis Moreupset called "Ironic"??? Well, that applies to me and my friend today. Early in October I shot a small meat buck Muley, so I am tagged out on Muley in region 8. My friend also tags a small mule buck in region 3 about the same time. This same friend has also drawn an "any bull moose" LEH in region 8 for November, but he doesn't know of too many places to hunt for moose. So he and I go out today in his region 8 MU to find a bull, as I am much more familiar with places to find moose.
So my friend says today that he considered getting a second tag for muley for when he is hunting for moose, but has decided against it cause it would only be good for 10 days, and he figured his chances at seeing a 4 point were slim. Anyways, at around 1:00 pm this afternoon we are walking into an area I know well and I glass around and I find this guy bedded down.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/09250002.JPG
Of course, neither of us can shoot him, so we just watch him watching us for about 15 minutes or so. He was about 250 yards away.
We carry on with our moose hunt. Not seeing any sign of moose we move on to other areas. A few hours later we are driving into a lonely area when my friend spots another deer. One quick look and my jaw hits the floor. This second buck makes the first buck look like a fawn. He is 55 yards away, dead broadside, and about the chunkiest deer I have ever seen. His rack is easily 190 class. Again, all we can do is stare at each other. We watch him for about 5 minutes. We noticed a doe bedded behind a small tree not 25 yards from us. Then it finally dawned on me to take a picture. So literally two seconds after I ask my friend to take a picture this buck books it out of there. Then the lyrics of Alanis's song come to mind...."it figures".
At least my son still has a mule tag. Maybe we can meet again?
So my friend says today that he considered getting a second tag for muley for when he is hunting for moose, but has decided against it cause it would only be good for 10 days, and he figured his chances at seeing a 4 point were slim. Anyways, at around 1:00 pm this afternoon we are walking into an area I know well and I glass around and I find this guy bedded down.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/09250002.JPG
Of course, neither of us can shoot him, so we just watch him watching us for about 15 minutes or so. He was about 250 yards away.
We carry on with our moose hunt. Not seeing any sign of moose we move on to other areas. A few hours later we are driving into a lonely area when my friend spots another deer. One quick look and my jaw hits the floor. This second buck makes the first buck look like a fawn. He is 55 yards away, dead broadside, and about the chunkiest deer I have ever seen. His rack is easily 190 class. Again, all we can do is stare at each other. We watch him for about 5 minutes. We noticed a doe bedded behind a small tree not 25 yards from us. Then it finally dawned on me to take a picture. So literally two seconds after I ask my friend to take a picture this buck books it out of there. Then the lyrics of Alanis's song come to mind...."it figures".
At least my son still has a mule tag. Maybe we can meet again?