rchoward101
12-04-2006, 12:37 PM
my hunting partner andrew finally got a deer this season, and a new nickname too...
after numerous attempts and close calls it all worked out and andrew finally connected, let me spin u all a yarn...
andrew has put in his share of time looking for deer on the backroads of bc. he doesn't own a 4x4 and works full time in vancouver, so he is only able to hunt with his friends and gets a week or two a year to hunt. he is at the mercy of a couple of friends that own 4x4's and have spare time to take him out. he is the best hunting partner a guy could ask for, strong as an ox,a great attitiude, packs some fine foods and is always quick with a dram around the campfire. much to his hunting partners entertainment he had yet to bag a deer or any game before this season.
andrews skunks are legendary, one trip up on the coke he was walking and saw the biggest buck he has ever seen, billy the deer (our group names all the memorable deer we see or shoot) just evaded him as he went behind a tree. andrew is not one to pull the trigger on a prayer shot, he has military training and only shoots if he has complete confidence (another trait i really respect in a hunting partner).
earlier this year we took a week long trip to the east kootneays. andrew hunted hard for 7 days and generated one great oppurtunity. a small whitetail buck was spotted by his buddy and andrew got out of the truck. he put the clip in the gun and sighted the deer. as he squeezed the trigger nothing happened, he had forgatten to chamber a round, he cursed and the deer spooked. by the time he cycled the gun the deer was long gone. some good came of the trip however as andrew was able to bag a few grouse and came home with some meat. my buddy and i began to joke that his wife was going to think he was one of hunters who goes out for a week so he could can get pissed and never actually takes his gun out of the case. a few grouse are always better than a skunk so he was happy with a booby prize, so would his wife.
from my suggestion andrew put in for a doe tag in region 3 late in the season. to our suprise he won the draw and we planned for a hunt. we headed up the fraser canyon in a driving snowstorm on friday night for what we thought was a gimme hunt. we got settled and began hunting on saturday first light. we didn't see and deer early and a doe with 2 fawns around noon. due to andrews newly aquired paternal instincts the doe was spared and we kept searching. we decided to hunt further down in the afternoon. we were both getting somewhat frustrated. down the road we saw a deer about 75 yards away with wood on its head moving right towards us. andrew got out of the truck and and i watched the deer with the binoculars. when i saw the four points a said 4pt 4pt shoot andrew shoot. he pointed his 308 and pulled the trigger, nothing happened, after the previous experience he thought the gun was empty and openend the chamber, a cartrige fell into the snow. the saftey was on. as he cycled the gun it jammed and he had to remove the clip and another round fell in the snow. as this is happening i'm sititing in the truck watching the deer more towards us nose to the ground, and i am thinking to myself if he blows this one i'm getting a new hunting partner. then finally with the deer 40ft away andrew chambers his last round and BANG and i see the shockwave travel though the deer and it jumps off the road. andrew came into the truck to reload his clip, as i got out and tried to pick up the trail (i broke my leg badly in august and i still don't move so good). with his gun reloaded andrew tried to track the deer through some really trick underbrush. i got to the point of impact and saw no blood just hair and thought he had missed, i showed the path i thought the deer had followed and sure enough there the deer was 15ft off the road head down in the snow. andrew put one more in to the deer to be safe as we didin't want to chase the animal any further, otr lose this fine buck. andrew was visibly shaking as he clipped his first tag of this hunting career.
we couldn't figure why the deer kept coming up the road towards us, until we saw the doe right behind us. we had gotten right between a horny buck chasing a young doe and he didn't give a shit about us. we didn't shoot the doe as we did not want to be greedy. sometimes u get a lucky one i guess, but if u get out enough u tend to get lucky more often.
finally andrews new nickname is
click click.. F**k... click click... BANG
i call him that because that is all i heard from the driver seat of the truck as i watched the deer approach us, i hope the name sticks
so congrats andrew on your new son and your first deer belvedeer, a banner year all round, if u see andrew u know what to call him
rob
ps check out the pics in my gallery
after numerous attempts and close calls it all worked out and andrew finally connected, let me spin u all a yarn...
andrew has put in his share of time looking for deer on the backroads of bc. he doesn't own a 4x4 and works full time in vancouver, so he is only able to hunt with his friends and gets a week or two a year to hunt. he is at the mercy of a couple of friends that own 4x4's and have spare time to take him out. he is the best hunting partner a guy could ask for, strong as an ox,a great attitiude, packs some fine foods and is always quick with a dram around the campfire. much to his hunting partners entertainment he had yet to bag a deer or any game before this season.
andrews skunks are legendary, one trip up on the coke he was walking and saw the biggest buck he has ever seen, billy the deer (our group names all the memorable deer we see or shoot) just evaded him as he went behind a tree. andrew is not one to pull the trigger on a prayer shot, he has military training and only shoots if he has complete confidence (another trait i really respect in a hunting partner).
earlier this year we took a week long trip to the east kootneays. andrew hunted hard for 7 days and generated one great oppurtunity. a small whitetail buck was spotted by his buddy and andrew got out of the truck. he put the clip in the gun and sighted the deer. as he squeezed the trigger nothing happened, he had forgatten to chamber a round, he cursed and the deer spooked. by the time he cycled the gun the deer was long gone. some good came of the trip however as andrew was able to bag a few grouse and came home with some meat. my buddy and i began to joke that his wife was going to think he was one of hunters who goes out for a week so he could can get pissed and never actually takes his gun out of the case. a few grouse are always better than a skunk so he was happy with a booby prize, so would his wife.
from my suggestion andrew put in for a doe tag in region 3 late in the season. to our suprise he won the draw and we planned for a hunt. we headed up the fraser canyon in a driving snowstorm on friday night for what we thought was a gimme hunt. we got settled and began hunting on saturday first light. we didn't see and deer early and a doe with 2 fawns around noon. due to andrews newly aquired paternal instincts the doe was spared and we kept searching. we decided to hunt further down in the afternoon. we were both getting somewhat frustrated. down the road we saw a deer about 75 yards away with wood on its head moving right towards us. andrew got out of the truck and and i watched the deer with the binoculars. when i saw the four points a said 4pt 4pt shoot andrew shoot. he pointed his 308 and pulled the trigger, nothing happened, after the previous experience he thought the gun was empty and openend the chamber, a cartrige fell into the snow. the saftey was on. as he cycled the gun it jammed and he had to remove the clip and another round fell in the snow. as this is happening i'm sititing in the truck watching the deer more towards us nose to the ground, and i am thinking to myself if he blows this one i'm getting a new hunting partner. then finally with the deer 40ft away andrew chambers his last round and BANG and i see the shockwave travel though the deer and it jumps off the road. andrew came into the truck to reload his clip, as i got out and tried to pick up the trail (i broke my leg badly in august and i still don't move so good). with his gun reloaded andrew tried to track the deer through some really trick underbrush. i got to the point of impact and saw no blood just hair and thought he had missed, i showed the path i thought the deer had followed and sure enough there the deer was 15ft off the road head down in the snow. andrew put one more in to the deer to be safe as we didin't want to chase the animal any further, otr lose this fine buck. andrew was visibly shaking as he clipped his first tag of this hunting career.
we couldn't figure why the deer kept coming up the road towards us, until we saw the doe right behind us. we had gotten right between a horny buck chasing a young doe and he didn't give a shit about us. we didn't shoot the doe as we did not want to be greedy. sometimes u get a lucky one i guess, but if u get out enough u tend to get lucky more often.
finally andrews new nickname is
click click.. F**k... click click... BANG
i call him that because that is all i heard from the driver seat of the truck as i watched the deer approach us, i hope the name sticks
so congrats andrew on your new son and your first deer belvedeer, a banner year all round, if u see andrew u know what to call him
rob
ps check out the pics in my gallery