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Ah, yes, I’m familiar. Pheasant hunted up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
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Friggin A. Colorado 4th season was a roller coaster. Warm temps, no snow, lots of bucks on private, little rut activity, missed two different deer. I had relegated myself to forky patrol today, but after gathering my gear at a buddies house as to get on the road home for Monday morning meetings, I went out to his 11th hour spot. Turns out, it’s a lucky spot. Two bucks, mine and his, shot a year apart, closing day, 4:25 pm.
Glassed up this guy headed to private off BLM at 650, was able to get to 260 and the rest is history. Died less than 100 from private, a bit of a gamble but, send it. I’m exhausted, but I saw more deer, and more big bucks on this trip than I’ve seen in years. I hate to say it but I might be a mule deer guy? I forget who said it but mulies are for the wall and elk are for the table, or something. Time to go skiing, ducks will just be causal for the rest of the season.
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Very nice buck Phall
I'm on a break from grouse hunting this past weekend through next weekend due to the gun deer season and my dog is not happy. Hopefully I'll get back to it in early December.
I'd say the rut here felt late. I didn't see much for sign until the second weekend in November. With our gun deer season being very late this year I'm wondering how the kill numbers will look.
Nice, Phall! Congrats. I'd be stoked to get a buck like that!
It's been a crazy week here too. Rut was in full swing Friday. I got with in 10 yards of a muley doe and then circled above to go for the buck. He turned as I released the arrow..pretty sure I sent it straight into his back left. Found the arrow with only 7 inches of penetration. Tracked small blood trail for a mile and then his track for another half mile until I lost it in the deer super highway. It was a nice looking buck.
The doe stuck around while I waited after the initial shot.
Then when I decided to back out for a while a massive 4x4 muley and doe were mating in front of me. Literally 5 yards away they stopped and looked at me. They both looked drunk. Absolute tank of a muley. I have a video. Pretty funny.
Gutted I missed but also very confident it survived.
A few more days left to try and help buddies fill tags.
Beauty buck you got there!
Beautiful deer phall!
Wife and I had our chance at a cow elk the other day, 75 yards away in the woods, but somehow it did not appear in the opening between the timber where we thought it was headed. Slipped up an unseen gully instead and just walked away while we waited trying to figure out where the heck it went.. Tracked it until dark but it was in travel mode, not spooked but not lingering. Heartbreaker after all the work we put in. Oh well.
The old lady brought me some jewelry this morning!
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Good doggo. Good pic.
Banded leg, what's it mean?
USFW and their Canadian and Mexican equivalents bands ducks, often very young ones. They then use hunter (or other folks) reporting to track migration, age, etc. So that band had a unique number on it which I entered in their site along with location of harvest. It then told me it was a 5 year old originally banded in Oregon. I have maybe ten bands from as far away as Alaska and plenty from Alberta and Saskatchewan. Pretty cool. Roughly 1 in 10000 ducks in NA are banded.Quote:
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It's good to know I'm not the only one. My buddy and I passed on cows early in rifle. Like 80-100 yds at first light feeding. Lay-up opportunity, but I already have a bunch of meat in the freezer (got a free bull from a client thanks to byates!) and we were real fucking far from the TH and had overnighted so we already had heavy full packs. Shouldn't have passed. A few days later a very well fed buck stood up at like 45ish yards and just stood there. Had to take him. I might add it's the best tasting buck I have ever eaten in my life. Don't know what this MFer was eating on but he was built like a horse and tastes like filet mignon.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
Another week or so later we are hunting a bulls only zone and still hunted some blow down areas. They love hiding in that shit. We find one at only like 60 yards. Big bastard. 2 or 3 trees in the way. Not spooked and just casually turns down a slight hill and walks off. Gone. Of course next evening in the same unit we end up in a Nat Geo scene. 80+ herd all around us, calling to each other, all cows, a couple spikes, one 2nd year bull but not yet legal etc etc. No shooters.
Unless you are out there doing it yourself, people just don't really have any idea how hard it is to tag out on public land. They call em Ghosts of the Forest for a reason.
Truth. This season was a real grind. I hunted hard. Had two really good opportunities but just never had a shot. I saw and was around more elk than ever, but couldn't put it together. I am going on a last-chance game damage hunt in January, fingers crossed I can fill the freezer with elk.
Nice you scored a free bull!!!
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Had an exciting trip a couple weeks back, shot this guy, had a boat lose its anchor, got charged by a brown bear. Good times Attachment 506906
No brown bear charges over here, but a fun weekend in the chukar hills and on a friend's ranch.
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I’ve been out hunting cow elk with my son. We really need some snow to push them down out of this scrub oak. That has to be the worst type of vegetation to try and move through, much less spot bedded elk.
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Never been upland hunting, sure looks fun!Quote:
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Whenever I hate sagebrush I think of you poor bastards.Quote:
Originally Posted by zion zig zag
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Anybody added a suppressor to their rifle? Thinking of making the investment.
Yup. Bought a Thunder Beast 7 for my .300WM and 6.5 Creedmor. Really happy I did…you’ll practice more.Quote:
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Well fuck, damn emoji storm. I bought the same as Rev. I’ll have to give details when not on an iPhone :rolleyes:Quote:
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So you guys now shoot without any ear protection at all? No ill effects, no ringing in the ears etc..Quote:
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My ears already ring.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
I still use foamies at all times (paranoia of more hearing loss) but no, you don’t need ear protection with the 6.5. Very similar to shooting a .22 rifle.
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When target shooting I still wear ear protection. But when hunting I carry foamies but don’t get stressed if I don’t have time to get them in. My buying decision was a couple of years ago when I took a quick shot at a buck in a tight draw with a 7mm rem mag. I spent the next two days with ringing intense enough to drive me to action. The Thunderbeast 7 seemed like the right mix of noise attenuation, weight, and length.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
When I put it on my 7mm-08 it softens recoil enough and is quiet enough that I noticeably shoot better. I heard wait times are down to less than a month now?
I listened to the recent meateater on supressors. I guess it use to be like many many months of wait, but that wait time has gotten shorter?
I've had clients and friends have some approved in hours to days now. The problem is finding inventory. Lots of suppressor brands are having trouble keeping up with demand.
Steve shoots a .300WM for literally everything. Dude better be using a suppressor!Quote:
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I waited almost a full year.Quote:
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He’s not buying into the 6mm trend, eh?Quote:
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.300WSM makes such a sweet CRACKshhh report it's a shame to muffle that tone..
I have to go out of my way to play MegaJillions, so I sink my lotto munny in ADF&G and Nenana Ice Classic.
DC608 Killey River caribou [mountain caribou, #5 B&C came from this herd]
DI351 McGrath bison, bull
DE711 Afognak elk, bull
DG342 Grant Lake goat
DM611 Portage antlerless moose
DS102 TMA sheep
Ak Resident gets 6x chances/species in a random draw. Each chance= $5 [$10 for bison and muskox], can use all 6 chances toward 1-6 hunts, defined and numbered by ADFG. Winners published "By 3rd Friday in February"
Odds are slim-none, but it doesn't cost a hellavalot, and if you get drawn for a hunt it's impossible to be bored by anyone or anything for the next 6 months. :)
Missed out on some apparently awesome powder skiing but managed to fill the freezer this morning. Better late than never I guess. :)
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there we go!
Nice! Hopefully the sun hit you by the time you had to start butchering!
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helping out on a wood bison reintroduction project.
feed them once a day in a soft release pen, will be free to roam come green. temps are all over the place ranging from -23 to 20F this week.
If the population gets above 500 there will be a limited hunt.
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"I love it when a plan comes together." Perfect! Congratulations Burb.
Closing it out....
Pointing dog points.
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Points again
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Delivers the goods...good girl, Sam.
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Trophy shot.
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Hell yeah Rev, cool dogs and nice shootin'!
Probably time for a new thread but bumping this one up for now - just looked in my email inbox to see I drew my Colorado elk tag! Guess I need to get to work.
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W00t! Congrats Teleee!