buckguy
10-13-2010, 04:46 PM
Finally on October 10 2010, all the hard work paid off. After 3 years I was able to put some meat in the freezer, much to my wife and son's delight. No more just taking the gun for a walk, now I get to call myself a hunter. :-D Definately not a big buck by any standards , but as my first deer he is perfect for me.
Ater being a solo hunter for a year and finding it kind of lonley and boring, I was looking to find a hunting partner. As luck would have it I finally found that partner. ( through no fault of my own....:) ) BSA 30 06 and I have spent many a day in the bush with little sucess, but we were happy to be out and enjoying the company.
This hunt started the same as any other except we thought we would try some new area. Not having much experience with the top of the Coquihalla, we expected to just do some driving and start planning for next years hunt.( My wife Liz is due at the end of Nov. and I was not sure I would be out again)
Drive we did, and covered some good ground but it was really busy as we had thought it would be due to the long weekend. Weather was good, clear and around the 9 degree mark. After some long hours of looking over tracks and trying to find where the deer might be hiding, we came across 2 does. Great at least we were seeing deer. So we watched the does for a minute or two, when out of the corner of my eye, a patch of white caught my attention. Standing on top of cliff about 65 yards away was a spiker buck.
I gave BSA 30 06 the binos and asked for a second opinion, as after 3 years with no game down I thought I might start seeing antlers that were not really there. :redface: When I got the confirmation I was waiting for, I got out of the truck and crept over to a clear view of the buck. Heart racing I sighted up the old iron sights of the 303, pulled the trigger and watched the deer drop right over the cliff side. I knew it was a good shot, and figured it would be an easy drag down the cliff. Man was I wrong! I got to the top( didn't wait for Bsa 30 06 just ran up the hill, so excited!!) and saw the deer had fallen under an old log and was stuck. I started pulling him out and realized that deer were much heavier than I had thought. Finally after some time I was able to get the deer down to where we could gut him out. After a little rest and some throwing up, I realized you should never eat Chef Boyardee and try and run up very steep inclines while being slightly fluffy and out of shape.:oops:
We gutted the deer (not as easy as I thought it would be) and started the drive home. After a few hours thanks to construction just passed Hope and some traffic problems to contend with we finally pulled into the driveway just passed 9 pm. 16 hours seemed to fly by that day and I was glad the my hunting partner was able to share it with me. Now we need to get out and find him his "big" buck. http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/buckguy1974/121.jpg
Ater being a solo hunter for a year and finding it kind of lonley and boring, I was looking to find a hunting partner. As luck would have it I finally found that partner. ( through no fault of my own....:) ) BSA 30 06 and I have spent many a day in the bush with little sucess, but we were happy to be out and enjoying the company.
This hunt started the same as any other except we thought we would try some new area. Not having much experience with the top of the Coquihalla, we expected to just do some driving and start planning for next years hunt.( My wife Liz is due at the end of Nov. and I was not sure I would be out again)
Drive we did, and covered some good ground but it was really busy as we had thought it would be due to the long weekend. Weather was good, clear and around the 9 degree mark. After some long hours of looking over tracks and trying to find where the deer might be hiding, we came across 2 does. Great at least we were seeing deer. So we watched the does for a minute or two, when out of the corner of my eye, a patch of white caught my attention. Standing on top of cliff about 65 yards away was a spiker buck.
I gave BSA 30 06 the binos and asked for a second opinion, as after 3 years with no game down I thought I might start seeing antlers that were not really there. :redface: When I got the confirmation I was waiting for, I got out of the truck and crept over to a clear view of the buck. Heart racing I sighted up the old iron sights of the 303, pulled the trigger and watched the deer drop right over the cliff side. I knew it was a good shot, and figured it would be an easy drag down the cliff. Man was I wrong! I got to the top( didn't wait for Bsa 30 06 just ran up the hill, so excited!!) and saw the deer had fallen under an old log and was stuck. I started pulling him out and realized that deer were much heavier than I had thought. Finally after some time I was able to get the deer down to where we could gut him out. After a little rest and some throwing up, I realized you should never eat Chef Boyardee and try and run up very steep inclines while being slightly fluffy and out of shape.:oops:
We gutted the deer (not as easy as I thought it would be) and started the drive home. After a few hours thanks to construction just passed Hope and some traffic problems to contend with we finally pulled into the driveway just passed 9 pm. 16 hours seemed to fly by that day and I was glad the my hunting partner was able to share it with me. Now we need to get out and find him his "big" buck. http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/buckguy1974/121.jpg