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Deerlove · Jul 1, 2022

2022 hunting adventures. Tag schedule August 20 Utah archery elk, Sept 10 Co muzzy deer, Sept 28 Ut muzzy deer tag, Oct 1 Wy elk boy drew two years in a row. Oct 5 Nv deer Oct 8 Ut gen elk, and my niece drew a wasatch elk tag. Oct 10 Idaho deer tag, Oct 15 brothers Co elk tag, Oct 22 boys Ut gen rifle tag, and Utah gen muzzy elk Nov 2. I hate turning tags back in but the best tag is the Wy elk tag my son has.

Deerlove · Jul 17, 2022

Brother drew ID elk to make oct 15 even more busy.

Deerlove · Jul 17, 2022

saw few bulls while working

Deerlove · Jul 17, 2022

getting ready for Ut elk bears have caused havoc so I built a box

Deerlove · Jul 17, 2022

Packed it in 6 miles going to leave it indefinitely

Deerlove · Jul 17, 2022

grass is tall and lush hopefully bulls will fill out on the back ends better this fall

Deerlove · Jul 17, 2022

no elk just moose and a rare buck

Deerlove · Jul 23, 2022

Quick trip to Idaho deer numbers were down saw about 20 bucks nothing special. Phone battery died this am. Saw 3 150 class bucks. Rest were dinks

Deerlove · Jul 23, 2022

One decent moose

Deerlove · Jul 23, 2022

Small bucks

Deerlove · Jul 23, 2022

Most of the bucks looked done growing.

Deerlove · Aug 7, 2022

Few Ut deer

Deerlove · Aug 7, 2022

Son was in bad mtn bike accident got to hope for quick recovery. broken scapula n messed up hip.

Deerlove · Aug 7, 2022

Had one camera before the dead line with only one small buck, but a nice big snake right below it.

Deerlove · Aug 15, 2022

Quick weekend trip to Nv. Great habitat beautiful scenery surprised not to see more critters. Light weight bike set up.

Deerlove · Aug 15, 2022

Great conditions

Deerlove · Aug 15, 2022

few animals

Deerlove · Aug 15, 2022

elk are shedding

Deerlove · Aug 27, 2022

Opening weekend on the Ut elk hunt was miserable rain lighting and thunder over and over. Found out tyvek is NOT water proof.

Deerlove · Aug 27, 2022

Went back up solo mid week and got it done. This better be my last 5pt I can do better. Thank goodness a buddy came up to help pack meat. Bivy camped in a cool overhang with water just feet away. You have to look way to close to see antlers on that pack.?

Deerlove · Aug 27, 2022

One strange thing was is that he bled right over the bones of a bull I arrowed two years ago.

Deerlove · Sep 16, 2022

Back from Co muzzy deer. It's becoming more of a glorified back pack trip. Endless empty bowls saw very few deer. Did see one ok buck in founder's honey hole but I left it for a guy and his daughter.

Deerlove · Sep 16, 2022

more pics

Deerlove · Sep 24, 2022

Been looking for a buck and finally saw a shooter.

Deerlove · Sep 24, 2022

RUTTY BULL IN THE SAME SPOT LAST WEEK.

Deerlove · Oct 8, 2022

Hit Nv and had a good time. Weather was warm, but the bucks were right where I left them in Aug. Shot out to Buckhorn who put me in the zip code.

Deerlove · Oct 21, 2022

Idaho deer was bust, hunted first 3 days saw about a dozen bucks but no shooters. Hunters on every ridge.

Deerlove · Oct 21, 2022

Found a fresh dead 2 pt that a youngster had killed just before dark. Dad was verify gracious that I stubbled it for his sons first deer.

Deerlove · Oct 21, 2022

Then it was off to help my brother in Colorado we drove all through the night on Thursday arriving Friday morning. He had zero boots to the ground scouting so it was a little frustrating to go off a few places he was told to look. We saw one small bowl that morning I was little frustrated so I thought we should go higher in glass above Timberline.

Deerlove · Oct 21, 2022

Found a herd right above Timberline so we marked it with onx to get to it in the morning in the dark which was going to be tricky. We worked our way through the timber 2 hours before light to get to the x sure enough they were right where we left them the night before.

Deerlove · Oct 21, 2022

One well placed shot and are hunt was over in a Flash.

Deerlove · Oct 21, 2022

We left that night in the dark so it was kind of a soulless hunt. We did have a lovely game warding harassing us about not having his blue card and the nuts not teabagging the best choice meat.

Deerlove · Oct 21, 2022

Came back home and headed to Idaho to help other brother who drew an elk tag. Saw a few bulls but nothing fantastic.

Deerlove · Oct 21, 2022

Hot hot and dry in all four Western States this fall soil very dry but fead seemed good.

Deerlove · Oct 21, 2022

After 6 days of grinding it out brother decided to take a meet bull the before a storm came in.

Deerlove · Oct 27, 2022

With that storm I thought I better hit Idaho for the last 2 days of the hunt perfect conditions most of the hunters have gone home but very few deer. Found a buck about 3 Miles away the longest I've ever put a stalk on a deer but with the snow I could see it might be a shooter