sometimes this is all you see!!

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Sometimes when hunting the thick junipers this is the view you get to field judge these sneeky critters!You know in his next move he will be gone! Makes it fun!
Jerad
Colorado Hunting Consultants LLC
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JC, Nice Pic!

Depending on where a guy is hunting, this buck might be a dandy shooter for the area. I have been known to see a buck like this and 5 seconds later, he's dead. I go into a hunt knowing what i'm looking for and if/when i find it and he's in decent range where i don't need to use my range finder, i don't mess around, he's dust!

I've seen lots of guys messing with everything possible to keep from shooting their deer, their scope power ring, bi-pods, trying to add up the score, set up their spotting scope, figure how far it is, chamber a round,...and most times or at least a lot of them, they messed around so long and so much, they lost their opportunity. My checklist;

There's a buck
He's plenty good enough for me
Quickly, find a decent rest and take the safety off
As soon as the crosshairs settle where they are needed, KaBoom-pu-wop!!
Then, get all nervous and excited but take care of business first :)
Has worked for me.

Joey
 
My brother killed a whopper buck this year with only a quick glance. What he though was a 24 inch 4 point, ended up being 7X7 with a big main frame.Sometimes you have to trust a quick glance, and take a chance.
 
Sometimes you just have to gamble and hope for the best of what they aren't showing you. I gambled twice last year and lost both times. Only got a quick glimpse of both buck's left sides (their right sides were both hidden from view). I had to make a split second decision to shoot or not. They both ended up having smaller/inferior right sides. To make matters worse, my muzzy buck had a partner with him that would have gone over 200", but I didn't see him until after I had already pulled the trigger. I am not dissappointed though as both hunts were very enjoyable (and I will be able to hunt for that big 200+ next year with my bow!!!)

I have already posted pitures of those two deer on the "Lets see your 09 buck" thread - http://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforum/DCForumID6/19625.html
 
Like the picture! Sometimes you see less than that but you gotta trust your instincts!

7 Mag
 
LAST EDITED ON Mar-08-10 AT 05:20PM (MST)[p]Seems like I always see them this way.

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or like this:
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Have a good one. BB
 
Sage,

You worded that very well. (I agree, too....but mostly just appreciated the images.)


Within the shadows, go quietly.
 
Wrong....his next move wouldn't be into the trees, it would be more in a downward vertical direction.
 
The stare down with a decent buck can get intense. I love it and sometimes it can end in success and sometimes it can end in utter frustration. This year on my buck hunt i had a stare down with a doe that had come out of nowhere and i knew that if she blew it would end my chance at the buck but i guess my camo did its job and she moved on. This was the next pict of that same buck!
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This one that happens to me alot you get this split second glimps of a nice buck as he disappears over the hill and you look at your hunting partner and ask was he as good as i thought he was??
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Colorado Hunting Consultants LLC
www.cohunthelp.com
 
With blacktails, sometimes it's like Christmas. You don't know what you got until you walk up on them.

Eel
 
True! My grandpa used to always use the term, "ground check him" Those days are long over but it cracks me up when i think back to the way that my family used to hunt! Peep sights on a lever 32 special or a 3030 Win top eject. Its was where the term, "if there is lead in the air there is hope" originated. Those lever actions packed a lot of ammo for a reason!
Jerad
Colorado Hunting Consultants LLC
www.cohunthelp.com
 
Thanks for this post! I have been hunting for over forty years and never klled a big buck yet, but I remember most of the ones I stared down trying to flush or get a clean shot at,and one of my favorite stories to tell is the year I shot a buck when his antler was hidden in the brush; he was a one-antlered deer...never even grew a left side!:)
 
Here's one just this year... I've done a lot of...not paying attention while hiking. He'd probably been watching me, but when I saw him, I barely had enough time to shoot the pic (camera wasn't even focused) before he was gone!:(

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That looks a lot like the country I killed my 2008 muley buck in. I wish I had some "where he lay photos" to show just how thick the junipers were. It was definitely a bedding/hiding area. No plant life was living under those thick junipers. I actually used the old "J" hook pattern to get a quick shot. It was/has been the only time this strategy has even remotely been successful for me. All I knew is that he was heavy and mature - good enough for me and the area I was hunting in so I took the fast shot.

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LAST EDITED ON Mar-10-10 AT 10:30AM (MST)[p]It was one of the more pleasant moments in my life:)! I had actually seen him in some CRP close by, before the season started, and I was hoping he was still in the area.
 
>That looks a lot like the
>country I killed my 2008
>muley buck in. I
>wish I had some "where
>he lay photos" to show
>just how thick the junipers
>were. It was definitely
>a bedding/hiding area. No
>plant life was living under
>those thick junipers. I
>actually used the old "J"
>hook pattern to get a
>quick shot. It was/has
>been the only time this
>strategy has even remotely been
>successful for me. All
>I knew is that he
>was heavy and mature -
>good enough for me and
>the area I was hunting
>in so I took the
>fast shot.
>
>
2447deer_005.jpg



I've found the "fish hook" pattern to be deadly on elk...not so much on muley's.
 
This is the only time it has ever worked for me. I read about it in one of Kirt Darner's(yes, I know he is/was a poacher) books when I was just a kid. I will have to try it out on elk.
 
Sorry guys, started posting pics and got carried away. Not trying to hijack your thread Jcmuleys
 
Ah yes...the ole J-Hook pattern...that's when you rip a round into the scab-rock at the base of the juniper and throw shrapnel into em while he thinks he's hid..... right?...then when he's in shock and awe you sneak up give him the coup de grace??? been there did that(I think a little Buck fever was involved too).
 

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