Stone Sheep Steve
11-13-2007, 11:39 AM
I had Fri booked off in case I needed it to chase mulies but since I already tagged out close to home, I decided to chased whities. My partner and I have had pretty good luck on Remembrance Day so I thought things should be heating up. Wrong! Not one deer spotted in our favorite area but I did manage to find a buck that I believe I lost a couple of years ago in the same spot. It was the only animal that I have failed to recover in my hunting career so far. It was only about 50yds further than I searched for him back when it happenned. He was in a thick bush so the rack was in decent shape.
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The next day my partner and I decided to get him a meat muley on the last day of the season. He only got out for one afternoon all season due to building a new house.
I took him down down into one of my favorite spot.....a deep canyon where I have yet to see even one footprint.
We hiked down in the dark on a well used game trail and set up on a little cliff overlooking two steep draws that come together. Since I was playing guide I put the rangefinder and video camera on my belt for easy access.
I also put out one of FD's tarsal glands (his buck's......not his). All of a sudden I heard a thud then followed by a .....padump.........padump........padump.......... padump................................... padump................. padump......................... padump..........:shock:. My velcro belt let loose and the video camera rolled off the side of the cliff :cry:.
My first thought was "It's gonna be a booner!!":roll:
We raked in one doe to 30yds but the day was pretty windy and then heavy rain came. We stayed in the bottom for a few hours and then decided to head up and try a new area. I made my buddy take the lead just in case we bumped some deer on the hike out.
We got to within about 100 yds fromt he top when we both saw a doe crossing the gamne trail we were on. She dissappeared but was replaced by a buck hot on her heels. He paused with his neck stretched out and my partner let him have it . The buck dissappeared for a few seconds and then started cartwheeling down the steep slope towards us! Luckilly he hit a thick clumpo of trees or he could have gone another 500 yds to the very bottom of the canyon. Not big but a good meat buck for my partner.
We hacked him up and broke in my new pack.
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http://usera.imagecave.com/BrentT/Pickupwhitey001.jpg
The next day my partner and I decided to get him a meat muley on the last day of the season. He only got out for one afternoon all season due to building a new house.
I took him down down into one of my favorite spot.....a deep canyon where I have yet to see even one footprint.
We hiked down in the dark on a well used game trail and set up on a little cliff overlooking two steep draws that come together. Since I was playing guide I put the rangefinder and video camera on my belt for easy access.
I also put out one of FD's tarsal glands (his buck's......not his). All of a sudden I heard a thud then followed by a .....padump.........padump........padump.......... padump................................... padump................. padump......................... padump..........:shock:. My velcro belt let loose and the video camera rolled off the side of the cliff :cry:.
My first thought was "It's gonna be a booner!!":roll:
We raked in one doe to 30yds but the day was pretty windy and then heavy rain came. We stayed in the bottom for a few hours and then decided to head up and try a new area. I made my buddy take the lead just in case we bumped some deer on the hike out.
We got to within about 100 yds fromt he top when we both saw a doe crossing the gamne trail we were on. She dissappeared but was replaced by a buck hot on her heels. He paused with his neck stretched out and my partner let him have it . The buck dissappeared for a few seconds and then started cartwheeling down the steep slope towards us! Luckilly he hit a thick clumpo of trees or he could have gone another 500 yds to the very bottom of the canyon. Not big but a good meat buck for my partner.
We hacked him up and broke in my new pack.
Cont'd