CO 3rd season pics

marley

marley

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My number 1 priority was to get my son his first buck. On his 3rd day of hunting he got his first buck at 200 yards with his .280. There wasn't enough head for his grin the whole way out.

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Then the next day my friend glassed up this buck about a mile away and off he went. I got to watch the whole thing unfold through the spotting scope. When he got to the canyon he thought the buck was in, his does split, running over the saddle. He thought maybe the buck had split before he got there but when he glassed back at me and saw me still glued to my spotter instead of packing up he thought the buck must still be in there. Little did he know that I could see him and the buck still hanging tight in his bed in the same field of view in my spotter. One more step and the buck bolted. It was like watching an intense movie. All of a sudden the buck dropped like a rock as he was running up the hillside. My buddy's arms went in the air and then I heard the boom a few seconds later.

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All week I had been concentrating on trying to get my son a buck and had been passing on many smaller bucks. In the week of hunting I had passed on 34 bucks and blew my chances at a legit 200" buck that made me sick to my stomach. I spent the next couple day trying to find this buck again with no luck. My friend and I decided to go back to our other area for the last day. 2 hours into glassing from our perch. Skimming back over where he had shot his buck he excitedly said, "gimme the spotter!" Sure enough there was a nice buck bedded in the exact same spot my buddy had killed his buck in 2 days prior. Off I went with literally 1 hour left of my season. When I crested the last ridge the buck took off up the canyon. Instantly, I lost sight of the buck as he bolted up the bottoms. I sprinted to the top hoping to catch him running up the other side. As he came busting out the bottom I frantically searched for a rest. There was nothing. Breathing hard from the sprint I couldn't keep my crosshairs on him as he ran up the other side. When he got about 250 yards he stopped and turned broadside. I gathered myself, held my breath and steadied the gun the best I could free hand. On the shot he dropped like a rock. He ended up dead within 100 yards of where my buddy's buck had dropped. What a great season for the three of us.

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Great stuff man. Congrats to all 3 of you. He is a beautiful buck, and should look awesome next to your Henrys buck.

Yelum

Theres logic, and theres women. They don't go together.
 
Great bucks! you did well up there again :)

Mntman

"Hunting is where you prove yourself"


Let me guess, you drive a 1 ton with oak trees for smoke stacks, 12" lift kit and 40" tires to pull a single place lawn mower trailer?
 
Great story and great bucks. Congrats to all of you.

Looks to me like I should be hunting in a burn area.

Well done!!
 
Great job Marley!
Beyond the good bucks, I believe you will always cherish your son's first big game hunt. Since my son's first buck, we have shared 15 amazing hunting seasons together and I hope many more.
Congratulations. May you find as much future joy with that young man as I have with mine!
 
Marley,

Great stuff man! Beautiful bucks all the way around and I agree, your sons is by far the best one :)

Congrats to you all


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Nice Job Brent. Its nice to finally read the story. Before you posted this I thought you had your son shot the little one as you saved the big guy for yourself. :) Plus you wouldn't want your boy spoiled right off the bat would you? Great deer and great memories were made I'm sure.
 
Hunting with a scoped rifle? What is the world coming to! LOL. Congrats. Doesn't get any better than getting your son a buck. His is a REAL trophy for you both. I envy your season.

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
 
Both stud bucks! Great first buck too! Wont be long before hes putting the hammer down on giants. Congrats guys!
 
Congrats to you and your son. My son shot his first buck this year so I know how you feel. I'll be posting his story tomorrow. Tell him congrats! All are great bucks....

Steve

Too many tags= unhappy wife
 
LAST EDITED ON Nov-15-13 AT 10:20AM (MST)[p]Not to steal from your original reason for posting Marley but have you taped them out? Curious as to what you come up with. The 2 bucks look to be a solid 180-190 ish type.

Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high, keep your eyes fixed to where the trail meets the sky...
 
My friends buck is 178" and mine is around 160". Mine didn't have the mass to go with the frame to score much but I felt blessed to have found him on the last day. I blew my chance at a monster. I had my crosshairs on him at 200 yards just waiting to see what he had on his head and he bolted never giving me a clean shot. Those are the type of bucks that keep me going year after year. I never saw him again.
 
Congrats to the young man! My dad, uncle, and I were just reliving memories the other night and my first buck came up. It's a memory you both will always cherish.
BTW, that 200 didn't happen to have a 4" brow tine and an inline on his g2 on his right side did it?
 
LAST EDITED ON Nov-16-13 AT 07:57AM (MST)[p]>Congrats to the young man!
>My dad, uncle, and I
>were just reliving memories the
>other night and my first
>buck came up. It's
>a memory you both will
>always cherish.
>BTW, that 200 didn't happen to
>have a 4" brow tine
>and an inline on his
>g2 on his right side
>did it?

pm sent

Mntman

"Hunting is where you prove yourself"


Let me guess, you drive a 1 ton with oak trees for smoke stacks, 12" lift kit and 40" tires to pull a single place lawn mower trailer?
 
LAST EDITED ON Nov-16-13 AT 09:22AM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Nov-16-13 AT 08:53?AM (MST)

>too bad you didn't use your
>bow and I would have
>made sure my son shot
>the biggest buck. Nice try.
>


Hey troll. My son passed on several small bucks on opening day and saw several nice bucks that we couldn't get set up on in time. By day 3, his last day to be able to hunt, he decided to take any buck. Finding a buck and finding one that is a good clean shot for a 12 year old is two different stories. 100% of my efforts and my buddy's efforts were spent trying to get the little guy his first deer even when we had the same tags. We didn't "save" bigger bucks for us after his was killed. I was willing to go home without pulling my trigger to get him his deer. My son couldn't be more proud of his first deer.
 
Zekers........if the buck I saw would've given me enough time to see his brow tines he would be dead haha. He bolted before I could see his antlers but as he was hauling butt out of the canyon I could just see that he had a huge frame with junk everywhere. He was just one of those bucks that you don't have to study to know that you want him on the ground.
 
Thanks to you guys for the comments. My son said, "why does everyone think my buck is the best one when you and Brads bucks are way bigger?" He doesn't get it and won't until he has a kid of his own. Thanks for putting a kid on cloud 9 all week.
 
Cool Marley. I have a set of sheds that have an inline and a few kickers off each side...damned if I can find him on the hoof!
 
Lambow you don't have a clue. Let's see some pics of these big deer you are killing with your bow or how many big bucks you helped the kids get.
 
>Hey troll. My son passed on
>several small bucks on opening
>day and saw several nice
>bucks that we couldn't get
>set up on in time.
> By day 3, his
>last day to be able
>to hunt, he decided to
>take any buck. Finding
>a buck and finding one
>that is a good clean
>shot for a 12 year
>old is two different stories.
> 100% of my efforts
>and my buddy's efforts were
>spent trying to get the
>little guy his first deer
>even when we had the
>same tags. We didn't
>"save" bigger bucks for us
>after his was killed.
>I was willing to go
>home without pulling my trigger
>to get him his deer.
> My son couldn't be
>more proud of his first
>deer.

You don't have to defend yourself against idiotic comments like that...
We all know the truth! Again great bucks!
I went with my friend on the 2nd saturday and got his son his first ever buck. It was a forkhorn too. We seen many bucks that morning just couldn't get him set up in time for the others, it presented a great opportunity and he took it :)



Mntman

"Hunting is where you prove yourself"


Let me guess, you drive a 1 ton with oak trees for smoke stacks, 12" lift kit and 40" tires to pull a single place lawn mower trailer?
 
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Posted by Missemall on Nov-16-13 at 08:25 PM

Lambow you don't have a clue. Let's see some pics of these big deer you are killing with your bow or how many big bucks you helped the kids get

Missemall
I was a kid once. 1st yr. I hunted I was 12. Same year I started having probs seeing. My dad gave me an open site 30/30 to hunt with. Saw lots of blurry deer and couldn't hit noth n. Next year he let me use his scoped 308. We were walking up a trail and his head was down looking at tracks and I was behind him pull on his jacket that there were deer crossing 100 yrds up. Pop d a doe at 80yds and I was excited about my 1st deer. Started to snow as we were field dressing it and snowed all night. No school next day to much snow. That's like a hundred animals later. STill remember. Thinking about donating an early Kaibab deer tag for a youth hunt if that's still possible. I have the pts. My walls are full of racks and mounts. You might not consider them trophies but I do. If Im a troll for trying to motivate someone to go out and get a bigger buck this web site has no meaning. your right I have no clue but either do you about me.
 
I don't think im a troll. That wasn't very nice. I meant what I said. I know you . You didn't go home empty handed you went home with the bigger buck. Facts are Facts!!!
 
> Is that what you teach
>your son is to call
>people names. That's nice :)
>


what name? Read it again genius, I said "idiotic comments"... and I would NEVER tell my son to call someone a idiot if that is what you are referring to, I guarantee my life on it and my 3 DAUGHTERS lives. Cause I don't have a son.

I still stand by my comment, it is a idiotic comment.
Cant' believe I allowed myself to get drawn into a idiotic argument like this with you.


Mntman

"Hunting is where you prove yourself"


Let me guess, you drive a 1 ton with oak trees for smoke stacks, 12" lift kit and 40" tires to pull a single place lawn mower trailer?
 
Great story Lambow. You are correct. I don't know you and I think that would be a good thing for you to donate a hunt to a kid. I just thought your original comment was very inconsiderate and assumptious.
 
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>"RE: CO 3rd season pics"
>Posted by Missemall on Nov-16-13 at
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>Lambow you don't have a clue.
>Let's see some pics of
>these big deer you are
>killing with your bow or
>how many big bucks you
>helped the kids get
>
> Missemall
>I was a kid once. 1st
>yr. I hunted I was
>12. Same year I started
>having probs seeing. My dad
>gave me an open site
>30/30 to hunt with. Saw
>lots of blurry deer and
>couldn't hit noth n. Next
>year he let me use
>his scoped 308. We were
>walking up a trail and
>his head was down looking
>at tracks and I was
>behind him pull on his
>jacket that there were deer
>crossing 100 yrds up. Pop
>d a doe at 80yds
>and I was excited about
>my 1st deer. Started to
>snow as we were field
>dressing it and snowed all
>night. No school next day
>to much snow.

What??? Youre dad didn't let you shoot the biggest buck on the mountain? How dare he! I know the truth too so don't deny it. He made you shoot that doe so he could shoot the big buck!

LMAO!



Mntman

"Hunting is where you prove yourself"


Let me guess, you drive a 1 ton with oak trees for smoke stacks, 12" lift kit and 40" tires to pull a single place lawn mower trailer?
 
Marley-

Congrats to you and your son. I cannot believe some of the stupid comments that you have received in response. Ignore the trolls. They are likely bored at work and looking to stir the pot.

Hawkeye

Browning A-Bolt 300 Win Mag
Bowtech Destroyer
Winchester Apex .50 Cal
 
NO!! We dragged my piss ass doe back to the truck together. Don't think he even shot a deer that yr. But he ran up to that deer faster than I did. He was a lot more proud of it than me! So mtnman gsmdrhvl!!!!
 
Lambow.....this thread was to celebrate a great season between my son and I and the time we were able to spend together regardless of the buck size or the weapon used. I'm not sure why it was necessary for you to come here and piss on it. Just go away and let a 12 year old kid have his day over shooting his first buck.
 
I'm sure your son doesn't care what I say. Congrats to him on a way better 1st deer than I ever harvested. Stir the pot with u was close. Call u in like an elk in rut more like it! Like you said I'm a Troll . I don't call you names. Sorry I mentioned archery takes way more skill. Its a great hobby and increases hunting opportunities and I know you know how to use a bow. I'm going away now. BTW maybe I thought u piss d on me once in the past. Sorry.
 
Marley, congrats on a great season and good on you for taking your son hunting and putting in the time. We all know you would put your son first anytime. Enjoy the memories from this season and don't let ANYONE detract from that.
a3d
 
Lambow your comment was in poor taste, most of us have those moments...I know I do frequently a simple sorry is all it takes.

There should never ever be a negative thing said about a kids first deer period. Regardless of circumstance, size, or shooting, Congratulations and smiles are in order. Unless of course it was poached...which is obviously not the case here

Good on the lad and dad for getting it done! I had four point or better aspirations until I dumped a spike for my first deer haha! I was proud as could be about it as well!

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Guys, awesome bucks. What a great trip. Thanks for sharing. I didn't draw a tag this year and have had a really hard time containing my energy. Posts like this really help me get through the down time until next season. It is so fun to see the smile on that little guys face.

Tell him his buck is the biggest because his buck is his first. His buck is the biggest because he has never done it before and so it takes a lot of learning, patience, and physical energy to get it done. Your son should be very proud of
himself. He did a great job!

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Now, as for the TROLLS. Listen boys..... I once saw a deer movie that you have all seen as well. In that movie was a bunny rabbit. He was not a nice bunny rabbit. Sometimes he said inappropriate things. And, though he thought them to be appropriate, he later matured and realized that he was immature and disrespectful. With his mothers help he realized what he said was rude and he learned that even if something he thought was true or not it didn't matter. He learned to respect others thoughts and feelings. He learned that you get more bees with honey. He learned that we should treat others like you want to be treated. He learned...........to be nice. It really is a great movie and you would really love to watch it with a friend...if you had one. The rabbits name is Thumper, and the movie is called Bambi. My 10 year old watched it. He gets it. I hope you too can learn from Thumper and Bambi and someday you will have friends too! Luv ya Trolls!

"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato
 
Next time I see little marley on this site I'm sure I'm going to see him with a toad. His father Can hunt !! My comment was meant to be motivation but this is MM. Always controversy! Not to mention your henrys deer but I bet he shoots a bigger buck someday with you as his mentor.
Please don't comment. I don't care. Don't Know how I got sucked into this anywho.
 
Very nice, congratulations! I think the biggest trophy of all is getting to hunt with your son. That rifle looks bigger than him, great to get them started when they are young.

Put that kid in for lots of points in as many states as you can. I started doing that for my son as early as I could. For a while, it seemed so far off, but he's already drawn Arizona muzzy elk and Kaibab late deer in addition to some other great tags. He just turned 26 and will likely be moose hunting in Wyoming this coming fall with his 15 points, or going on an LE elk hunt in Utah as he has 12 points there. He's gonna go sheep hunting in Wyoming in the next 3-5 years too.

Put your kid in for everything you can, the day will come when you'll be very glad you did. He'll get lots of great tags, and you'll get to take him for great hunts. You'll enjoy it even more than he will.
 

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