NorthernUtahGreyGhost
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I'm a little bit late getting started with my 2016 adventure posts but I guess it's better late than never. This will be my first time posting to this forum but I thought it would be fun to track my adventures and give updates to other hunters each week.
This year the only tag I drew was the general season muzzleloader tag in one of the northern Utah units. I will also purchase an over the counter archery spike/cow elk tag to fill my freezer and keep my bow skills honed in. I am excited for the muzzleloader hunt again this year though because we had a blast doing the same hunt last year and my hunting buddy was able to lay the smack-down on a stud 190 (non typical) buck we watched for 8 weeks (I'll post a photo of the back and the end of this post). The buck is super deceiving because he isn't very wide but when you put the tape to him, he has so much length and mass all the way up that he scores super well, especially when you add in his inline and two cheaters off of his right side G2 and G3.
I've had a slow start to this year for scouting because I have had a broken foot for the last several months so I have been in a walking boot. I actually broke my foot last fall during the hunting season and didn't know it. It is just a stress fracture on my 5th metatarsal bone so I didn't know I actually broke it until I went to the doctor in March...and here I am still in a walking boot. I go back to the doctor this week to find out how it is healing and what the next step will be. It has been super frustrating because it has put a huge damper on my scouting season! I am about 6 weeks behind on getting my trail cameras set and one or two overnight scouting trips short of where I usually am. I did finally decide to brave the horse ride last week and get a trail cam put up none-the-less....that's probably part of the reason my foot is taking so long to heal. I also went on another horse ride this past weekend and was able to glass up 4 bucks, one being a decent 25-26" typical four point, but I wasn't able to get any pictures because the angle of the sun made the pictures nearly impossible to see.
The other thing I am really excited for this is my father-in-law's Henry Mountain rifle deer tag he drew with just ONE point! I don't know how he can be so lucky to draw that tag with one point but I don't know if I am more excited or him. I can't seem to get him to pin down a scouting trip date but I am chomping at the bit to get down there and get to know the area while the bucks are in their summer patterns!
I'll keep my adventures updated each week as I scout more and more and hopefully find another couple toad bucks to add to the hit list this year.
[IMG]http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos_2016/65073img0873.jpg
I'm a little bit late getting started with my 2016 adventure posts but I guess it's better late than never. This will be my first time posting to this forum but I thought it would be fun to track my adventures and give updates to other hunters each week.
This year the only tag I drew was the general season muzzleloader tag in one of the northern Utah units. I will also purchase an over the counter archery spike/cow elk tag to fill my freezer and keep my bow skills honed in. I am excited for the muzzleloader hunt again this year though because we had a blast doing the same hunt last year and my hunting buddy was able to lay the smack-down on a stud 190 (non typical) buck we watched for 8 weeks (I'll post a photo of the back and the end of this post). The buck is super deceiving because he isn't very wide but when you put the tape to him, he has so much length and mass all the way up that he scores super well, especially when you add in his inline and two cheaters off of his right side G2 and G3.
I've had a slow start to this year for scouting because I have had a broken foot for the last several months so I have been in a walking boot. I actually broke my foot last fall during the hunting season and didn't know it. It is just a stress fracture on my 5th metatarsal bone so I didn't know I actually broke it until I went to the doctor in March...and here I am still in a walking boot. I go back to the doctor this week to find out how it is healing and what the next step will be. It has been super frustrating because it has put a huge damper on my scouting season! I am about 6 weeks behind on getting my trail cameras set and one or two overnight scouting trips short of where I usually am. I did finally decide to brave the horse ride last week and get a trail cam put up none-the-less....that's probably part of the reason my foot is taking so long to heal. I also went on another horse ride this past weekend and was able to glass up 4 bucks, one being a decent 25-26" typical four point, but I wasn't able to get any pictures because the angle of the sun made the pictures nearly impossible to see.
The other thing I am really excited for this is my father-in-law's Henry Mountain rifle deer tag he drew with just ONE point! I don't know how he can be so lucky to draw that tag with one point but I don't know if I am more excited or him. I can't seem to get him to pin down a scouting trip date but I am chomping at the bit to get down there and get to know the area while the bucks are in their summer patterns!
I'll keep my adventures updated each week as I scout more and more and hopefully find another couple toad bucks to add to the hit list this year.
[IMG]http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos_2016/65073img0873.jpg