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My son, Cody, was able to harvest this youth season Region 3 high country whitetail buck yesterday. We had hunted some lower ground in the morning specifically looking for whitetails, but only saw does. We hit the high country in the afternoon, hoping to find a muley buck. I wasn't expecting to run into a whitetail at that elevation (1720m). Cody dropped the buck with one shot from his Model 99 300 Savage. This is his first whitetail buck. He has harvested several whitetail does over the last few years but had never killed a whitetail buck until yesterday. It is shaping up to be a great season for the Dana clan with 3 critters hitting the ground just in the last week.
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hunter1993ap
09-10-2012, 05:32 PM
good job on getting rid of another rat deer!!! looking forward to see more success from you and your family!!
islander7mm
09-10-2012, 05:32 PM
That's awesome!
longwalk
09-10-2012, 05:36 PM
It may be camera angle and my imagination but that deer has a good sized body on it. Good going.
M.Dean
09-10-2012, 05:39 PM
Your bringing up the kids up right! Were looking forward to the rest of the Kids season and more great pic's, keep up the good work guy's!!!
Ourea
09-10-2012, 05:40 PM
The model 99 strikes again!!!
Way to go Cody!
Oh, and good on you for takin ur dad out!!!!
:razz:
kennyj
09-10-2012, 05:41 PM
Wow, that guy was way up there. Way to go Cody.
kenny
rudysteelhead
09-10-2012, 06:06 PM
Yummy!!!! Congrats Dana clan.
kootenayelkslayer
09-10-2012, 06:22 PM
Your kids are killers! Some of the biggest white-tail bucks that I've seen in the Kootenays have been at high-elevation, right around tree-line early in the season.
whitlers
09-10-2012, 06:28 PM
That deer looks super healthy. Congrats!
fearnodeer
09-10-2012, 06:43 PM
Nice, congrats you guys should savesome game for the rest of us.
coach
09-10-2012, 07:15 PM
Well done, Cody!! Some great eating there and one less whitey to compete in the mule deer's domain. Congrats on another successful family outing, Dana.
nature girl
09-10-2012, 07:41 PM
Tell Cody congradulations.
Its nice you both take the time of posing with the deer to get the best photo oppurtunity.
moose2
09-10-2012, 11:42 PM
Congrats on your first whitetail buck Cody he will be tasty. Great job on that nice bear as well.
Mike
Nice buck boys you guys are having a great season !
TheProvider
09-11-2012, 01:42 AM
Awesome job. Congrats
Elkaholic
09-11-2012, 07:01 AM
Good job. Looks like you well into another successful year.
tomahawk
09-11-2012, 11:48 AM
Dana and the kids doing it up in 2012.......good on you!!
jrjonesy
09-11-2012, 12:30 PM
Super Cool, congrats to Cody. Fantastic pictures!
nice first buck cody looks like good eats ahead for you and the family this winter.
dogger
09-11-2012, 04:07 PM
Tender Vittles
guest
09-11-2012, 05:43 PM
NICE on the young BUCK ..... I mean your BOY ....... congrats !
CT
riflebuilder
09-11-2012, 06:05 PM
Congrats Cody on a nice little whitey Buck, should be great eating.
MOUNTAIN MAN - TOYOTA/ATV
09-11-2012, 07:22 PM
Good Hunting Cody! Nice whitetail buck.
one-shot-wonder
09-11-2012, 08:20 PM
Congrats to you both! Great to see a WT taken, especially in those "fringe" areas they shouldnt be hangin round.
That will be the best table fair of your season.
BearStump
09-11-2012, 10:20 PM
nice, your family freezer never runs out of meat does it?
One of the first signs that white tailed deer were expanding very rapidly (too rapidly) in the East Kootenay was seeing them in the high country where we traditionally saw only mule deer. They eventually began displacing mule deer in some areas.
Time to get a grip on it (white tail populations) before impacts are noticable (antlerless season required).
One of the first signs that white tailed deer were expanding very rapidly (too rapidly) in the East Kootenay was seeing them in the high country where we traditionally saw only mule deer. They eventually began displacing mule deer in some areas.
Time to get a grip on it (white tail populations) before impacts are noticable (antlerless season required).
PS: Congrats Cody, some good eatin' there.
Mr. Dean
09-12-2012, 11:54 AM
One of the first signs that white tailed deer were expanding very rapidly (too rapidly) in the East Kootenay was seeing them in the high country where we traditionally saw only mule deer. They eventually began displacing mule deer in some areas.
Time to get a grip on it (white tail populations) before impacts are noticable (antlerless season required).
x2
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lovemywinchester
09-12-2012, 12:11 PM
One of the first signs that white tailed deer were expanding very rapidly (too rapidly) in the East Kootenay was seeing them in the high country where we traditionally saw only mule deer. They eventually began displacing mule deer in some areas.
Time to get a grip on it (white tail populations) before impacts are noticable (antlerless season required).
Can't kill them if you can't find them. Those WT are sneaky.
Great looking little buck, I'm looking for one myself right now.
Can't kill them if you can't find them. Those WT are sneaky.
Great looking little buck, I'm looking for one myself right now.
The does are easy to kill and a doe season is required if the objective is to stabilize the growth rate.
Populations and growth rates will not be impacted with a bucks only harvest.
BCHunterTV
09-12-2012, 08:27 PM
congrats Cody...getting any animal off the beaten path is a trophy
fyffer
09-12-2012, 08:29 PM
where is the rest of the buck, you have a photo of the deer head on your backpack. where is the rest does not look like it would be in your pack.
lovemywinchester
09-12-2012, 08:31 PM
The does are easy to kill and a doe season is required if the objective is to stabilize the growth rate.
Populations and growth rates will not be impacted with a bucks only harvest.
Didn't realize you have no doe season in 8. All Oct. is WT doe in 3. Still not as easy as you would think. Sounds like 8 is over run with the whities. I may have to come for a visit.
Cody has certainly done his part to help stop the whitey invasion in both Region 3 and 7A. Over the last few years he has killed 4 whitetail does and now this buck. We'll definately be getting another whitetail tag for his pocket and hope both he and his sister connect on a couple does later this fall. With the new GOS doe seasons in Oct and the youth doe seasons in Nov, the kids got a good chance to get er done.
As for the pack, he's got the front quarters, neck meat, backstraps, and tenderlion in that pack. He had already did a trip back to the truck with the rear quarters. I had my pack too but didn't need to use it. :)
Ourea
09-12-2012, 10:17 PM
Cody has certainly done his part to help stop the whitey invasion in both Region 3 and 7A. Over the last few years he has killed 4 whitetail does and now this buck. We'll definately be getting another whitetail tag for his pocket and hope both he and his sister connect on a couple does later this fall. With the new GOS doe seasons in Oct and the youth doe seasons in Nov, the kids got a good chance to get er done.
As for the pack, he's got the front quarters, neck meat, backstraps, and tenderlion in that pack. He had already did a trip back to the truck with the rear quarters. I had my pack too but didn't need to use it. :)
Cody earned every step and every pound then.
Respect your parenting, ....i know this is all about cody but a shout out acknowledging some great mentoring going on...
Hunting parents take note.
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