MattB
11-08-2009, 06:07 PM
Finally my region 8 season has come to an end. Ive been seeing alot of bucks the last couple weeks and have passed on over 25 in that time span. The biggest buck was a nice typical that will be a real smoker in a couple years if he survives this season. Here's a photo of that buck.
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I saw alot of smaller bucks and many of them were 4 points. I just couldnt find a deer i wanted to shoot.
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Today i decided to hit a spot that was familiar to me. The area is a known mule deer winter range and i hadnt been seeing any deer up high where i hunted the day before so i figured they were all down low. I started up the FSR and couldnt believe the amount of tracks on the road. It was already light out so i was driving fast trying to get to my glassing spot. As i made my way through a selectively logged cutblock i spotted a doe so i stopped the truck to make sure there wasnt any other deer with her. I didnt see any until i looked out my passenger window. I looked up on the slope above my truck and spotted what appeared to be a nice buck walking away from me at 150-200 yards. A quick look through the binos confirmed the deer was nice so i jumped out and hammered him. When i got up to the deer i was a little disappointed. The buck has some wicked genetics and i ended his life a couple years too early. The amount of mass this young deer has is just incredible. I wouldnt be surprised if he was an offspring of a buck i found a shed off of that would be in the 200"+ range less than a km from where i shot this buck. I cleaned the buck and loaded him in the back of the truck and drove the rest of the way up to my glassing spot. I knew id see a good buck in this spot so i started glassing and spotted him right away. He was chasing does through some subalpine openings on a slope 2.5kms from me. I could see he was a heavy 4 point with decent forks and appeared to be bigger than the buck in the back of my truck. I pulled out my camera and videod the buck chasing does through chest deep snow. 30 yards away from this buck was a bull elk feeding on some subalpine fir trees. On a slope off to my left i was able to spot a young bull moose. So far this has been the best day of my hunting season thus far and one i will remember for a long time! For those wondering, this is a Princeton deer :wink:. And that second buck will be waiting for me until next year.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/matthew_brown69/IMG_0202.jpg
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs106.snc3/15345_305477430004_566330004_9417289_5163033_n.jpg
I saw alot of smaller bucks and many of them were 4 points. I just couldnt find a deer i wanted to shoot.
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs106.snc3/15345_305428140004_566330004_9416920_1407463_n.jpg
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs106.snc3/15345_305432670004_566330004_9416935_63021_n.jpg
Today i decided to hit a spot that was familiar to me. The area is a known mule deer winter range and i hadnt been seeing any deer up high where i hunted the day before so i figured they were all down low. I started up the FSR and couldnt believe the amount of tracks on the road. It was already light out so i was driving fast trying to get to my glassing spot. As i made my way through a selectively logged cutblock i spotted a doe so i stopped the truck to make sure there wasnt any other deer with her. I didnt see any until i looked out my passenger window. I looked up on the slope above my truck and spotted what appeared to be a nice buck walking away from me at 150-200 yards. A quick look through the binos confirmed the deer was nice so i jumped out and hammered him. When i got up to the deer i was a little disappointed. The buck has some wicked genetics and i ended his life a couple years too early. The amount of mass this young deer has is just incredible. I wouldnt be surprised if he was an offspring of a buck i found a shed off of that would be in the 200"+ range less than a km from where i shot this buck. I cleaned the buck and loaded him in the back of the truck and drove the rest of the way up to my glassing spot. I knew id see a good buck in this spot so i started glassing and spotted him right away. He was chasing does through some subalpine openings on a slope 2.5kms from me. I could see he was a heavy 4 point with decent forks and appeared to be bigger than the buck in the back of my truck. I pulled out my camera and videod the buck chasing does through chest deep snow. 30 yards away from this buck was a bull elk feeding on some subalpine fir trees. On a slope off to my left i was able to spot a young bull moose. So far this has been the best day of my hunting season thus far and one i will remember for a long time! For those wondering, this is a Princeton deer :wink:. And that second buck will be waiting for me until next year.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/matthew_brown69/IMG_0202.jpg