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1000-mile Buck The Hunt post #9 Saturday November 4th The Season Closer for me Morning Hunt – Badger Wells area 85 Deer in total -7 Bucks The final morning had arrived. M9 and his son went one direction, my brother and cousin another in hopes of finding one. We had decided to go back into the...

1000-mile Buck The Hunt post #8 Friday November 3rd The pressure was on! Morning Hunt – Badger Wells area 87 Deer in total -2 Bucks 1 game warden I missed a monster! Remember on my first post in the beginning of this story where I said “(spoiler alert, I took a true Modoc monster in body...

1000-mile Buck The Hunt post #7 Thursday November 2nd Morning Hunt – Boles Creek / West of Blue Mountain 44 Deer in total -4 Bucks We saw one good buck at the base of Blue Mountain but could get close enough to him. He was headed towards the main road to clear lake but there was some cowboy...

1000-mile Buck The Hunt post #6 Tuesday November 1st Morning Hunt – Mowitz 40 Deer in total -2 Bucks Afternoon Hunt – North of Blue Mountain, looking for the mystery buck 31Deer in total -29 Doe -2 Bucks The Storm is here. We started out with a short hunt Tuesday morning as weather was...

Be happy to talk to you about our experience last year. Pm me

If I am back/high country I don't carry as likely to bone out or quarter. On this hunt its relatively flat and likely near a dirt road so it was likely to clean and hang the entire carcass to skin and cool off.

1000-mile Buck Interlude post #5 Hunting Gear Kenetrek Boots Vortex 10 x 50 bino Crooked Horn Outfitters Pack Argali Game Bags Raptor Cleaning kit Old timer Sharpfinger Knife Pelvis saw Cabela’s Rain Gear Boot Gaiters Waterproof case for powder and ammo Barnes Thor 250 grain bullets Speed...

1000-mile Buck The hunt post #4 Saturday 29th Morning Hunt – North of Blue Mountain, Weather Calm and Sunny 39 Deer in total -9 Bucks – (2) 4x4 20” range (1) 3 x 3 20” range,5 smaller bucks 1 mystery buck (only caught a glimpse but looked good) -1 Bobcat Afternoon Hunt – Badger Wells 26...

1000-mile Buck pre-hunt post #3 Kudos to my wife for dealing with my obsession for 4 months leading up to the hunt. I work away from home during the week so every waking moment I spent preparing, researching spending money (lots of it) during this time. On weekends, I would work on my jeep...

Preface – The 1000-mile Buck As my post earlier this year on the forum states, I finally drew a California tag of a lifetime, not in the area I had been applying for, for many years. Growing up in Tehachapi and around ranches, I was afforded the awesome opportunity (some might say luck) to hunt...