ElliotMoose
10-21-2012, 07:46 PM
Went up to the cabin thanksgiving weekend for a little time with the family and to bring out two of my friends and introduce them to the hunting world. They've always wanted to come out but our schedules never lined up. The first two days of the hunt were early starts. We saw a few moose including one real nice bull, a bunch of does, and a young 2 pt mulie who never offered a shot. The third day my brother decided to drive to the northernest part of the region to a spot where he had seen a monster black bear and a couple moose early season. He has the november bull moose draw again this year (lucky pr*ck!) so he wanted to do some scouting as well. He was up at 4 am and gone for the day. My party got into the whiskey pretty hard the night before, so we all slept in. First light hit my eyes throught the cabin window and it was a beautiful frosty morning. I couldn't sleep anymore, and decided to grab the 30-30 and go for a quad ride around the property then out the back gate to a couple little slashes. There's always a couple decent bucks hanging around. When I was about to leave, my two friends shot up and told me they wanted to come. We doubled up on the quads and headed out.
At the farthest end of the property we are driving on the trail through the timber and I see the upper half of a deers body 50 yards back in the bush. I can see antlers right away. I don't say anything to my friend until we get 15 yards up the road and out of sight, as I figured the buck would take off if we suddenly stopped. A short ways up I say "stop, there's a deer back there. Leave the quad running and lets walk back." I jacked one in then we crouch down and walk back down the road till where I figured I saw him. I quickly stood up above the 4 ft weeds and located him. He was in the same spot not moving a muscle, thinking I couldn't see him. Jacked one in and brought up the rifle. Only his top half was showing, so I aimed a little bit lower into the weeds where his vitals would be and boom. After the shot, there was no deer and I couldn't see him on the ground where I thought he was. I couldn't have possibly missed, at 50 yards? I reload and walk in. As I walked in, there he was laying right where I shot him just a little hidden by the weeds. I cleaned him out and taught my friends the process step by step which fascinated them. Loaded him on the quad, and drove the short 10 minutes back to the hangin pole. He is a young deer with good genetics, and will make for some great eating. Both my friends had an awesome experience and are addicted to the sport. They're both signing up for their CORE courses this winter. Sorry for the tongue out, never occurs to me when I'm in the moment.
Cheers,
Chris
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At the farthest end of the property we are driving on the trail through the timber and I see the upper half of a deers body 50 yards back in the bush. I can see antlers right away. I don't say anything to my friend until we get 15 yards up the road and out of sight, as I figured the buck would take off if we suddenly stopped. A short ways up I say "stop, there's a deer back there. Leave the quad running and lets walk back." I jacked one in then we crouch down and walk back down the road till where I figured I saw him. I quickly stood up above the 4 ft weeds and located him. He was in the same spot not moving a muscle, thinking I couldn't see him. Jacked one in and brought up the rifle. Only his top half was showing, so I aimed a little bit lower into the weeds where his vitals would be and boom. After the shot, there was no deer and I couldn't see him on the ground where I thought he was. I couldn't have possibly missed, at 50 yards? I reload and walk in. As I walked in, there he was laying right where I shot him just a little hidden by the weeds. I cleaned him out and taught my friends the process step by step which fascinated them. Loaded him on the quad, and drove the short 10 minutes back to the hangin pole. He is a young deer with good genetics, and will make for some great eating. Both my friends had an awesome experience and are addicted to the sport. They're both signing up for their CORE courses this winter. Sorry for the tongue out, never occurs to me when I'm in the moment.
Cheers,
Chris
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