alpine buck

[dino]

got this guy yesterday. The second phot is a short video clip. double click it
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee306/heydino/IMG_0411.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee306/heydino/th_SMOV0028.jpg (http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee306/heydino/?action=view&current=SMOV0028.mp4)

[eddie ho]

nice buck where you hunt,how far from main road?

[4pointer]

Congrats on a nice buck!!

[derek p]

Now that is what I call getting it done!!! Awesome deer!! Beautiful country.
Dont be afraid to smile:-D..youve earned it.

[blackbart]

Well done. Nice G4's. He certainly is not wearing his summer coat anymore.

[Fisher-Dude]

That's a good start to the season! He'll be prime on the BBQ too. Congrats!

[WoodOx]

congrats - nice look country.

[6 K]

Yep I would have shot that.

[pg83]

Congrats on a fine mountain muley!

[jamfarm]

Beautiful, I'm so ready to get out for a hunt now.

[showtimebc]

great lookin buck, nice front forks on him!

[shawnwells]

gorgeous picture and super deer..good job dino

[peashooter]

Nice buck. I can't believe you got from the top of the world to your computer in one day! Awesome pic.

[EvanG]

Awesome. thanks for getting the adrenaline pumping

[gearjunkierob]

Nice job! Beautiful country. Nice looking velvet.

[moose2]

Looks like a great place and a good looking buck. Good going Dino
MIKE

[shawnwells]

did you inject that velvet or is it food?...that'd make a mount and hunt to remember

[BlacktailStalker]

That country looks amazing.
Just kicking your feet up in stuff like that is a success, that nice buck is just a bonus.

[ydouask]

That does it ! I gotta get out there... beauty !

[valleycowboy]

great start to the season!!!!
congrats on a nice buck.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Beautiful country and buck!!
Obviously, the recent frosts didn't push him out of his summer haunt. How was the vegetation up there??

SSS

[dino]

Beautiful country and buck!!
Obviously, the recent frosts didn't push him out of his summer haunt. How was the vegetation up there??

SSS
it was really green. Lots of snowpack still left and plenty of food for all. Never seen so many bears either.

[shantz]

Congrats on the great buck. You don't waste any time.

[porcupine]

Really good looking buck. Well done. A great picture too.

[pete_k]

Looks like a good hunt.
Did you have to quarter it to get it out?
Congrats on ya.

[stanway]

Nice job! That is a beautiful buck!

[spear]

Beauty Mule deer, in the ideal setting too. Nice work

[whitebirdfeathers]

Wow! What a great way to start the season. Nicely done!

[rifleman]

CONGRATS. those mountain mulies in velvet are beautiful. nice buck

[sneg]

nice buck .congrats

[nano]

looks good ,congrats!!

[ghost]

Nice buck Dino.

[swampthing]

If I could only hunt one animal it would be alpine mulies on Sept 1. Nice work.

[Ruger4]

awesome buck Dino , congrats , looks like some nice country too.......:mrgreen:

[JDR]

Great lookin buck there Dino, congrats!! Nice lookin country too.

[Jelvis]

Dino papaleeno wit a big furry buck, way to go again dino the hunting macheeno ..
Jel .. Black Velvet .. Phermaldihide City lookin pretty .. Chow!

[kennyj]

Awesome buck,Awesome scenery. Thanks for posting.
kenny

[frenchbar]

nice alpine muley dino ..thick bases on that guy!

[CooperSscat]

That's a beauty buck Dino! Do you have any vid clips from your rifle cam like last year(I think you had some last year or the year before).

Jeremy

[dino]

That's a beauty buck Dino! Do you have any vid clips from your rifle cam like last year(I think you had some last year or the year before).

Jeremy
I do have footage of the deer but its shakey because It was so cold just sitting and spotting and trying to film. I will post it when I have time to edit it. I had charged the batt on the cams before I left,but when I was up top they all seemed to go dead so I have very little footage. I had a grizzly with a cub charge me i did not have time to turn the gun cam on. Im kind of glad I didnt because I sceamed like a little school girl and I dont want to tarnish my manly image. If you click on the second photo it is actually video footage of the deer before its death.

[.300WSMImpact!]

great looking deer, cant wait to get a chance at a deer like that,

[TIKA 300]

Very fine looking deer.

[cas-has-cars]

Nice one Dino, hope to be as lucky. Best eating early in the year.
cas-has-cars

[twoSevenO]

Bump .... who is planning their 2019 opener hunt already? :)

[Mark-R]

You bet I am! I laid eyes on Big Hank last opener, a nice 4 point mulie. Unfortunately I rushed the stalk since I had to get back to work the next day. I tried sneaking up on him knowing he was bedded somewhere in this high thicket. The sound of him leaping out of his bed 10 yards away, thumping and crashing through the brush, still haunts me.
Since then I've been rereading Mike Eastman's High Country Mule Deer a bunch to be better prepared and I'm looking forward to a rematch.
The girlfriend got a Mystery Ranch Metcalf from Santa so she too is pumped for the opener.
In the meantime I've enjoyed reading all you guys' alpine mulie stories including yours TSO.

P.S. great buck Dino!

[twoSevenO]

Ohh rookie mistake there. Cant be sneaking in on something if you don't know exactly where it is. Patience is key ... keep glassin until he stands up again.

Definitely a bummer you didnt have more time. I always book off more than I need because my work is OK with me showing up early If i dont end up taking all the days.

Long way to go this year .... snow, drought, wolves..... what a going to happen when everything settles by sept

[.264winmag]

Nice buckaroo Dino!
Practicing with a new compound, would be ecstatic to find any legal buck in velvet to stick for my first real archery kill!

[twoSevenO]

Nice buckaroo Dino!
Practicing with a new compound, would be ecstatic to find any legal buck in velvet to stick for my first real archery kill!

Talk about sneaking up ... whole new level of skill

[GEF]

2010 post ??

[twoSevenO]

2010 post ??

Hence the "bump"! :)

[.264winmag]

Talk about sneaking up ... whole new level of skill
Not really a new skill, just different equipment;)

[HarryToolips]

Bump .... who is planning their 2019 opener hunt already? :)
Me.....reg 8 elk with the recurve...then opening rifle for high country mulies, or elk...

[dino]

Ive shot many off that hillside. I will sell gps coordinates to highest the bidder.

[twoSevenO]

Ive shot many off that hillside. I will sell gps coordinates to highest the bidder.

I heard they built a Walmart up there a few yrs ago ... so I'll start you off with $0.25

[MOWITCH SLAYER]

NICE!!! Love to get one in the velvet . congratulations

[RackStar]

Love the alpine bucks....

to bad its the same distance drive for me to be into caribou elk sheep and goats... I’ll have to put the alpine deer on hold for now. They taste better rutted out in November anyways right? =S

[rageous]

Congrats on the big alpine buck Dino!

[twoSevenO]

Love the alpine bucks....

to bad its the same distance drive for me to be into caribou elk sheep and goats... I’ll have to put the alpine deer on hold for now. They taste better rutted out in November anyways right? =S

Valid point .... alpine hunts, although difficult, are very rewarding and a ton of fun ... but if I lived up north or out east, I'd probably spend most of my time hunting elk too :)

And I dont know how it is with elk, but with the rise in popularity of Instagram, YouTube, sitka & kuiu it seems everyone wants to be a "mountain athlete" these days.

There are more people hitting the back country than ever before. Either people are becoming richer or gear is becoming more affordable but it seems everyone can afford a quad and all the backpacking essentials to get deep into the back country these days.

No shortage of high end glass either. Ran into a couple of guys last year that had more in Swarovski optics than all of my gear put together on me AND back at home!

[john-brennan]

Nice buck, I love the alpine.

[RackStar]

Don’t get me wrong
alpine mule deer is high on my list.

But to get a elk or caribou would supply me with enough meat for the year and then I can be choosy with my deer.

Northern Rockies is just a amazing place to be.

Lots of wannabes with money to look the part, but could they spend even 1 night alone in the mountains?

[twoSevenO]

^ where I ran into them was well beyond the "day hunt" limit .... so yes, these guys could.

Wannabes are mostly on the roads and on HBC :D

Lol

[Ferenc]

Ive shot many off that hillside. I will sell gps coordinates to highest the bidder.

Thats a pretty cool pic ..... I remember when you posted ... I’m pretty sure it was the first one of the season
Nice .... never sell ... : )

[HarryToolips]

Ive shot many off that hillside. I will sell gps coordinates to highest the bidder.
Very nice buck for sure congrats....are you not doing the alpine hunts anymore?