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LAST EDITED ON Oct-03-07 AT 02:13PM (MST) by browtine (moderator)[p]Do you guys ever have one of those years? One of those years when you apply for several hunts and hope to get one or two tags? That was what I was hoping and everything come pouring in. Good thing I plan a little so no conflicts occured.
I was lucky to get a tag to hunt antelope this year. I got some help from some fine folks here and was on my way. We did not see the caliber of bucks we wanted for the first few days. We located my buck and set up on him. Just like clock work he came in. We ranged him and one shot later he was eating desert dust. SaddleSore went with me and I put him to work! Ha! No, we had a great tiime as always.
My daughter also drew a great antelope tag. This one was the one I was looking forward to. She is 12 and I was hoping to show her a fun time. We located a great buck the day before the season. She wanted that particular goat so we went back first thing opening morning. We found the buck and on 4 occasions he presented 4 different shots. She could not hit the thing! She later admitted she was nervous. I told her that is how it goes! That night she found a nice buck and made a great one shot kill. Not record book stuff, but still very nice!
Now it was time for Utah elk with my wife. I went down 5 days early to glass up some bulls. SaddleSore and my wife came down the day before. We were in for a tough hunt. The elk were quiet and scattered. We found a few satellite bulls opening day, but nothing very good. Sunday we found a great bull, but he was smarter than us. We looked for him Monday and never seen an elk. Tuesday I had another plan so we tried that. We cow called him to 150 yards or so and she pounded him in the shoulder and he went down fairly quick. SaddleSore got a work out after this one!
Now it is halftime. I do not have to hunt for a month or so. I need some time off. We do have a couple of deer tags with some serious potential. I hope the second half of this season is even a shadow of the first half!
I asked Browtine to post up some pics so we will have to wait on him now.;-)
I was lucky to get a tag to hunt antelope this year. I got some help from some fine folks here and was on my way. We did not see the caliber of bucks we wanted for the first few days. We located my buck and set up on him. Just like clock work he came in. We ranged him and one shot later he was eating desert dust. SaddleSore went with me and I put him to work! Ha! No, we had a great tiime as always.
My daughter also drew a great antelope tag. This one was the one I was looking forward to. She is 12 and I was hoping to show her a fun time. We located a great buck the day before the season. She wanted that particular goat so we went back first thing opening morning. We found the buck and on 4 occasions he presented 4 different shots. She could not hit the thing! She later admitted she was nervous. I told her that is how it goes! That night she found a nice buck and made a great one shot kill. Not record book stuff, but still very nice!
Now it was time for Utah elk with my wife. I went down 5 days early to glass up some bulls. SaddleSore and my wife came down the day before. We were in for a tough hunt. The elk were quiet and scattered. We found a few satellite bulls opening day, but nothing very good. Sunday we found a great bull, but he was smarter than us. We looked for him Monday and never seen an elk. Tuesday I had another plan so we tried that. We cow called him to 150 yards or so and she pounded him in the shoulder and he went down fairly quick. SaddleSore got a work out after this one!
Now it is halftime. I do not have to hunt for a month or so. I need some time off. We do have a couple of deer tags with some serious potential. I hope the second half of this season is even a shadow of the first half!
I asked Browtine to post up some pics so we will have to wait on him now.;-)
