My First Ten Years...

[jml11]

My turn to jump on the bandwagon! After seeing several threads on hunting decades I came to realize this past season was not only the end of the decade but also my tenth anniversary of hunting.

Not growing up in a hunting family and not really knowing many people who did it I didn't start until I was legal to do so on my own, so a buddy and me took the CORE and PAL courses and set off on our first hunts in the fall of 2000...unsuccessfully...friends of mine began to be successfull the following year taking animals from right under my nose...

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Until I finally got my first during a mid-november deer hunt in 2001...

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From then on we were off to the races and haven't stopped...

Not all critters are mine but one buddy is camera shy so I was happy to pose with his animals for him but these are all hunts I have been a part of. More photos to come...

[jml11]

still early years....

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[jml11]

Was starting to learn a thing or two in the later half of the decade and got some better animals and more exotic hunts...

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All three goat shot same morning...
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[jml11]

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[ThinAir]

Great pics JM11! Not too bad for your first ten years;)!!!

I think there will be plenty of great pics to come in the following years.....now if you can just catch up with the buck that dropped those HUGE sheds you found!

[jml11]

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No photos this year..but here's looking to an equally or more memorable next 10 years!

[hunterofthedeer]

Very good 10 years. I hope to have gotten that much in 10 years, but just having the privalege of being out so much is just as good.

[PgHunterKid]

Wow. sweet stuff!

[leadpillproductions]

nice lookin pics congrads

[yama49]

awesome pics, best of luck in the next decade....

[Blainer]

Some great pictures!!
Looks like you nailed them on that one trip,elk&goats.
Is that a lynx hidden in the bush?hard to tell is it's a cat or canine.

[jml11]

Some great pictures!!
Looks like you nailed them on that one trip,elk&goats.
Is that a lynx hidden in the bush?hard to tell is it's a cat or canine.

It's a Lynx...

[KB90]

Awesome Pics!

Truly Jealous of the Mountain hunts... Man I can't wait to do one day.

[BlacktailStalker]

Doesnt get any better than that, congrats on the accomplishments.

[d6dan]

jml11!,
For a guy to go from zero hunting to all of that hunting, Congrats man!. You have done in 10yrs what most people can't do in a lifetime..:-D

[BiG Boar]

Much respect man. Looks like you have had some awsome hunts. Can't wait to see what the next 10 hold for you!

[jml11]

jml11!,
For a guy to go from zero hunting to all of that hunting, Congrats man!. You have done in 10yrs what most people can't do in a lifetime..:-D

I've been fortunate to have an extremely generous employer who has taken me on all those mountain hunts for sheep, goats and elk. Without his extreme generosity (he pays for everything) I never could have achieved such accomplishments or seen such great country. I went on his trip three years in a row and could go every year. Thinking about joining the gang again this year after 2 years away...the country calls out to you!

[d6dan]

I've been fortunate to have an extremely generous employer who has taken me on all those mountain hunts for sheep, goats and elk. Without his extreme generosity (he pays for everything) I never could have achieved such accomplishments or seen such great country. I went on his trip three years in a row and could go every year. Thinking about joining the gang again this year after 2 years away...the country calls out to you!
Go for it!. I know I would...

[MOUNTAIN MAN - TOYOTA/ATV]

nice pics:-D

[BCbillies]

Great to see you're making the most out of the opportunities. I look forward to seeing more of the same in the coming years!

[budismyhorse]

great job, nice photos....

[BCrams]

Nice photo set there Jesse.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Now what are you going to do for an encore???
You didn't leave much room for improvement.

Great pics!!!

SSS

[Bighorn hunter]

Outstanding, love the pic with your son:)

[frenchbar]

Another great thread:-D great photos and some dam fine animals!

[jml11]

Now what are you going to do for an encore???
You didn't leave much room for improvement.

Great pics!!!

SSS


Still a few things missing that I hope to be able to get in the next decade...grizzly...caribou...good muley buck...dall and/or bighorn! Certainly wouldn't shy away from another Stone's either, I was cheated with that first one as we shot those rams about two hours after first light on the first morning of our hunt...I'm not complaining though :-D.

[Dutch Ppoacher]

ok, i figure3ed it out. jess i tk the pic of you with the nice 2pt mulie from junc sheep range...

[Chuck]

From zero to impressive in just ten years. Must have a bucket of horseshoes hiding somewhere.

[shawnwells]

nice pictures buddy....It sure flies by fast...I noticed this year was my 12th year...already...sweet thread..

[spear]

Quite the decade for you, great pics, thanks for sharing

[kennyj]

Great photos. You've been busy.
kenny

[killer]

Nice pictures.

[whitetailsheds]

Great bunch a photos........thanks!

[Sunny]

wow I wish I can be like you

[Aimer]

Nice pics, i want to get that much animals in my first ten years.

[yugo111]

"I've been fortunate to have an extremely generous employer who has taken me on all those mountain hunts for sheep, goats and elk. Without his extreme generosity (he pays for everything) I never could have achieved such accomplishments or seen such great country. I went on his trip three years in a row and could go every year. Thinking about joining the gang again this year after 2 years away...the country calls out to you"

what the shit I need an employer like that Im going to tell my employer about your employer an maybe i'll get the same lol sweet pics love the ones off the stone sheeps I seen that pic in northern trout fitters a thousand times and every time I go there I look at it lol

[91Jason91]

thats awsome all the pictures you have nice hunts man