Early season Mulie

[cainer]

well, put a dent in the freezer with my first ^4point:mrgreen: was out in reg 3 this past coupla days-saw lots of deer-mostly young bucks and very young bucks. wish this guy was a couple years older, but he should make good dinners nonetheless.
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/Hunt09055.jpg

arrived late on the second last morning, got off my quad in my regular hunting area, and started to walk. Not 2 mins later, this guy shows up huffin at me.

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/Hunt09039.jpg

I put the binos on him-legal, but decide I'm gonna let him walk. I kept my eye on him for about 15-20 mins ducking in out of valleys before i thought better of myself-never having shot a mulie bigger than a fork, I figured why turn down a gift?

so I start after him, but he's decided to take off behind a hill. so I crest the hill slowly, and nothing-figures, I say to myself.

But wait-the binos come in handy once again!
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/Hunt09043.jpg

He hadn't spotted me yet, and i guess he thought i wasn't much of a threat to begin with. But a slight change in wind direction would change that pretty quick. It didn't look as if he was going to be around much longer so-
After finding a nice steady rest-he would be the 1st buck to get a ride on the new quad.
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/Hunt09057.jpg

the rest is now hanging in my garage!

[Cyrus]

congrats...think you made the right choice to take him...still a good size imo!

[cainer]

and yes-it was damn hard trying to lift him onto the back of my quad!
Like my ramp?
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/Hunt09056.jpg

the next day I decided to try out my new bow-turns out I can hit ditch chix at 10 yards no problem(after one miss of course)!

I learned a very valuable lesson when shooting at grouse. Only shoot when there's grass behind them, otherwise your arrow will skip off the dirt and fly into the bush, making recovery of said arrow very difficult.
Oh- and judo points rule!
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/Hunt09063.jpg

http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/Hunt09066.jpg

Kids first hands on a Buck.
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/Hunt09059.jpg
and a little family portrait
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr331/cainer1/Hunt09004.jpg

[kennyj]

Thats a great buck. Love the little cheaters. Nice to get some photos of him before and after.
kenny

[d6dan]

Good family hunt cainer. I like the story and pics..Congrats on your 1st 4point!:-D.

[BimmerBob]

Congrats on a nice looking buck cainer!

[Gateholio]

Well done Caine! Nice buck and should be tasty,t oo!:-D

[JDR]

Nice job!!

Love the extra little points on that guy!

[guest]

Hey congrats to you.
A little thing to help get him on the quad.
Drag him to the center of the quad head first, lift and pull him towards you from the other side sliding it up the rear fender and onto the rack, guts towards the back, works like a tinkers dam. I've done this with big mulies all by my self no problem.

Give it a try.

CT

[shawnwells]

good story nice buck congrats!!

[Brambles]

cool looking buck, love the double drops

[spear]

Nice Buck! Love seeing those lil cheater points

[CooperSscat]

Nice work getting some venison, with with the family in tow Cainer!

Jeremy

[dagreatwhitehunter]

Nice buck , love the pics!

[Jelvis]

Nice mule deer buck a 2 and a half year old .. good one
Jel .. Nice buck

[cainer]

Hey congrats to you.
A little thing to help get him on the quad.
Drag him to the center of the quad head first, lift and pull him towards you from the other side sliding it up the rear fender and onto the rack, guts towards the back, works like a tinkers dam. I've done this with big mulies all by my self no problem.

Give it a try.

CT

I'll be sure to try that out with my elk:mrgreen: ....

Finally finished slicin' dicin' and wrapping him up. into the freezer. you'd think after being a meat cutter for six years, i'd be a bit quicker-4 freakin hours!

[Martin_Hunter]

Excellent job & Great buck.Congrats.

[longwalk]

Nice deer. Glad to see you managed on that little Honda and you did not fall apart because of the solid rear axle.:-D





I have the same one and it is a great little machine.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

I'll be sure to try that out with my elk:mrgreen: ....

Finally finished slicin' dicin' and wrapping him up. into the freezer. you'd think after being a meat cutter for six years, i'd be a bit quicker-4 freakin hours!

Thanks! I feel better about my butchering speed.:)

Cool buck and great family pic!

Congrats!

SSS

[Casagrande]

Nice buck, that first photo is a classic. Whose kid is that? Way too good looking to be yours.:-D

[fusion]

Lucky the buck gave you a second chance. Beautiful dear!

[Blainer]

Great looking buck,lots of character.
Looks like a great family outing.

[whitespringer]

Way to go big daddy! Nice buck, nice family. Great to see people doing what they love together.

[nano]

Nice buck ,congrats!

[Brian011]

nice buck! i like the character with the double drops, like you said too bad he wasnt a couple years older cause he's got some good genetics, but beauty buck regardless. congrats

[harbinger]

Atta boy cainer, nice work!