swbuckmaster
Long Time Member
- Messages
- 5,004
LAST EDITED ON Dec-04-08 AT 05:31PM (MST)[p]Well Jerry Slaugh, Phil Olden, and I went out on the last Friday and Saturday of the season for deer.
Jerry?s standards were set on taking a mature 4 point, and Phil was set on taking anything that moves.
Let me explain Phil?s situation. This was Phil?s first year bow hunting and 5 year hunting without seeing a single buck during the hunting season. Phil had been practicing near my house and was having a few problems getting his arrows to hit the target. I took him under my wing and showed him a few pointers. I even asked him to go scouting with me. I guaranteed him we would see a buck. Well after 6.5 miles of hiking one way I never did get to show him a buck. I was beginning to think he might be the anti deer. How could anyone have that much bad luck? I continued to tell Phil where all my best hunting spots were and actually took him on a few hikes. Every time he went out he didn't see a single deer. Phil was getting discouraged but wasn?t going to quit. I invited him on the last day of the season for one more shot at filling his tag.
Well Phil finally tagged a buck on the third to last day. It was a 2x3. Good Job Phil!
I don't have any pictures of Phil yet because he had to get off the hill around noon and Jerry and I we were staying the night.
We used adamsoa?s here on mm and my pack goats to get everything in. The one carring the red packs weighs about 220lbs, the one with the green packs will get around 250lbs. The one with the green packs is just a baby and this was his first hike ever.
Here are a few pictures going in.
Did you notice we arent using lead ropes? The red saddle and packs is 53 lbs and the green one was 42 lbs. These goats packed them around 8 miles and most of it was through scrub oak.
Our hunt almost ended on Friday night when Jerry hit a 6 point bull at 40 yards. We have never seen an elk in this area until this day. It was really windy and we were sitting behind a big rock out of the wind when the bull presented us with a shot. Jerry forgot to compensate for the wind. The shot ended up 10? forward of where Jerry wanted it to go. The bull ran about 4 miles east into alpine. We called Scott White with the Fish and game and asked about the rules on retrieving a bull that had gone out of bounds. He said we could retrieve it if it was dead but not kill it if it was still alive. They would then go with us to the place we hit the elk and prove it was legal. Well jerry and I spent the next two days tracking the bull. We have still haven't seen it. However Jerry talked to a property owner which had quite a few cow tags and he told us he would find it for us. Jerry has been going up every night looking at the elk herds and still hasn't seen the bull. Well the property owner said he saw the bull tonight and it is still alive and appears to be acting just like a normal elk. We will keep an eye on it.
The hunts only bad point was not getting the chance to add the elk to these pictures.
Here are a few pictures of our camp.
We used the Clark Jungle Hammocks on this trip. These things are awesome! We have stayed numerous times in them in November and they have always worked like a champ. However this was the worst situation we have had while using them. The wind blew about 30 mph all night long. There was a foot of snow on the trail coming in and it was below freezing because my water in my back pack froze.
?AWESOME TIP!!!?
Here is a great tip that could save you life some day. I was kind of worried I would get cold in the night so I took a large water bottle and boiled some water and put it into the bottom of my sleeping bag. This way I wouldn't have to get into a cold sleeping bag. Well it was so nice I just left it there. The bottle kept me actually hot all night long.
Archery is a year round commitment!!
Jerry?s standards were set on taking a mature 4 point, and Phil was set on taking anything that moves.
Let me explain Phil?s situation. This was Phil?s first year bow hunting and 5 year hunting without seeing a single buck during the hunting season. Phil had been practicing near my house and was having a few problems getting his arrows to hit the target. I took him under my wing and showed him a few pointers. I even asked him to go scouting with me. I guaranteed him we would see a buck. Well after 6.5 miles of hiking one way I never did get to show him a buck. I was beginning to think he might be the anti deer. How could anyone have that much bad luck? I continued to tell Phil where all my best hunting spots were and actually took him on a few hikes. Every time he went out he didn't see a single deer. Phil was getting discouraged but wasn?t going to quit. I invited him on the last day of the season for one more shot at filling his tag.
Well Phil finally tagged a buck on the third to last day. It was a 2x3. Good Job Phil!
I don't have any pictures of Phil yet because he had to get off the hill around noon and Jerry and I we were staying the night.
We used adamsoa?s here on mm and my pack goats to get everything in. The one carring the red packs weighs about 220lbs, the one with the green packs will get around 250lbs. The one with the green packs is just a baby and this was his first hike ever.
Here are a few pictures going in.
Did you notice we arent using lead ropes? The red saddle and packs is 53 lbs and the green one was 42 lbs. These goats packed them around 8 miles and most of it was through scrub oak.
Our hunt almost ended on Friday night when Jerry hit a 6 point bull at 40 yards. We have never seen an elk in this area until this day. It was really windy and we were sitting behind a big rock out of the wind when the bull presented us with a shot. Jerry forgot to compensate for the wind. The shot ended up 10? forward of where Jerry wanted it to go. The bull ran about 4 miles east into alpine. We called Scott White with the Fish and game and asked about the rules on retrieving a bull that had gone out of bounds. He said we could retrieve it if it was dead but not kill it if it was still alive. They would then go with us to the place we hit the elk and prove it was legal. Well jerry and I spent the next two days tracking the bull. We have still haven't seen it. However Jerry talked to a property owner which had quite a few cow tags and he told us he would find it for us. Jerry has been going up every night looking at the elk herds and still hasn't seen the bull. Well the property owner said he saw the bull tonight and it is still alive and appears to be acting just like a normal elk. We will keep an eye on it.
The hunts only bad point was not getting the chance to add the elk to these pictures.
Here are a few pictures of our camp.
We used the Clark Jungle Hammocks on this trip. These things are awesome! We have stayed numerous times in them in November and they have always worked like a champ. However this was the worst situation we have had while using them. The wind blew about 30 mph all night long. There was a foot of snow on the trail coming in and it was below freezing because my water in my back pack froze.
?AWESOME TIP!!!?
Here is a great tip that could save you life some day. I was kind of worried I would get cold in the night so I took a large water bottle and boiled some water and put it into the bottom of my sleeping bag. This way I wouldn't have to get into a cold sleeping bag. Well it was so nice I just left it there. The bottle kept me actually hot all night long.
Archery is a year round commitment!!
