Hardwork Paid Off

bowguy · Oct 11, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Oct-11-06 AT 06:53PM (MST)[p]Hey All,
Happy Hunting.

Had a couple good freinds from North Dakota out the last five days for their first Blacktail hunt.
I was hoping to take them into a couple honey holes in the Alps, but trails closed darn fires. We went to plan B. Hunted mostly the low country. With the full moon, wind, and the weather turning hot it got tuff.
I am sure they have respect for Blacktails now.

We hunted our butts off and saw about a dozen bucks. We managed two respectable forkies and one pig.
All in all it was a great time and for a rushed five days it turned out great. The two of them fired 4 shots and harvested three animals, pretty good.

They for sure were not expecting the jump shooting we had to do on these bedded Blacktails. By the third day they started carrying their guns in Pheasant mode. I sure had a great time and cannot waite for next time.

Now I have two weekends to fill my tags and I have not even stepped foot in C-zone.

Enjoy the images. The wide Fork is 23 inches with 4" eye guards.

Wiszard · Oct 11, 2006

Congratulations! That 23"er is a PIG!! Nothing prettier than a huge forkie, in my opinion.

Blueoak · Oct 12, 2006

Good looking buck. Nice piggy too! I got one last Sat. that tip the scale at 250.

Lien2 · Oct 12, 2006

Parrey -
Thanks for posting the pics. We had a blast out there, and yeh, I have a lot more respect for the Blacktail deer after our trip. If I would've been in Pheasant mode when that toad ran up and over in front of me things would've been different. Nonetheless, that big forky is a true trophy to me and I couldn't be happier. I'm regretting not getting a full body mount of that pig.........they sure are pretty!

I can't wait to get together again, I had an absolute blast with you, Ken, and Tom. Great bunch of guys!
Thanks again, it was awesome.

Lien2

tylercreek2 · Oct 12, 2006

very very nice ,,, i love the big fork ,,,,, congrads ,,,, i missed mine in the c's

eelgrass · Oct 12, 2006

Congratulations guys! Those are very nice bucks!

Steve

kilowatt · Oct 12, 2006

Man that first picture of the over excited hunter is a killer smile or just glad to get his Buck. Thanks for the pictures.

Brian

NDBadlandsbucks · Oct 13, 2006

Way to go guys, and especially you, John - North Dakotan gettin' it done in Cali. That's a great buck - awesome brow tines on him.

Keep the Sun at Your Back and the Wind in Your Face

Lien2 · Oct 13, 2006

>Way to go guys, and especially
>you, John - North Dakotan
>gettin' it done in Cali.
> That's a great buck
>- awesome brow tines on
>him.
>
>Keep the Sun at Your Back
>and the Wind in Your
>Face

Thanks NDBadlandsbucks! I'm happier than heck with him, even if he's "only" a 2x2!

Yeh, great brow tines for a Blacktail too. Now on to whitetails!!! Have you had any luck yet this year?
Good luck to you!

Lien2

NDBadlandsbucks · Oct 17, 2006

I'd be happy with him too. I haven't hunted deer at all yet this year, thought I might get out early for bow season - just never happened - too busy. Might get out later in the season. For the regular gun season, I've just got a couple doe tags, and my wife has one too. But I did draw a muzzleloader buck tag - So I've got a while to wait 'till I can hunt bucks. How 'bout you?

Keep the Sun at Your Back and the Wind in Your Face

Lien2 · Oct 18, 2006

>I'd be happy with him too.
> I haven't hunted deer
>at all yet this year,
>thought I might get out
>early for bow season -
>just never happened -
>too busy. Might get
>out later in the season.
> For the regular gun
>season, I've just got a
>couple doe tags, and my
>wife has one too.
>But I did draw a
>muzzleloader buck tag - So
>I've got a while to
>wait 'till I can hunt
>bucks. How 'bout you?
>
>
>Keep the Sun at Your Back
>and the Wind in Your
>Face

I also got turned down for my buck tag in 2C, second time in 10 years I've been turned down.

So I will bowhunt like mad till the guns start blazing away. I hunt MN too so I will do that also. Throw in a couple pheasant hunts then late season bowhunting and this year will be gone before I know it.

Lien2

bowguy · Oct 19, 2006

Hey John,

I snapped this at 80 yards this mourning. Wrong side of the fence. This was out of the car window.

Lien2 · Oct 20, 2006

WTF?!

Where at?
Was it by one of the places we hunted?
Why didn't you SHOOOT?!

bowguy · Oct 20, 2006

these were on the east side. I was looking out the car window at the no trespass sign in line with the bucks.
They were a few miles above were Tom and I will hunt in the mourning. I hope they made it down.

Lien2 · Oct 20, 2006

Then did you honk your horn?!
Good luck Parrey, and to Tom too!!!

John

bowguy · Oct 20, 2006

Yes I made sure some less than ethical passer by would not get them.

We have a big barn storm drive planned for the upper property where Dale missed the buck, on Sunday. People dogs everything. I will post what we harvest.
Later