Late Season Whitetail

[nfh]

Finally filled my late season whitetail tag. It has been a super tough year....... Not just tough for me but a lot of the hardcore whitetail hunters have been struggling..

I have been seeing some super nice whitetys at work on the ranches I pass through to get to the oil field and the rut is on.. The bucks I watch are pretty high up so the EHD didn't have an affect on them....

With EHD hitting the area super hard the amount of deer was low. Last year I passed so many bucks I lost count and the does were out of control. This year I can count on one hand on the number of bucks I seen. Found some nice dead bucks and a few does.

I was hunting a walk in area and I was little down after not seeing much. I talked to a couple of landowners and they stated they been finding dead deer also... I was able to hunt the private land that hasn't been touched by any other hunter with still didn't see any bucks...So I went back to a walk-in-area.

I know he isn't huge but I decided this buck was pretty cool looking. He was with another buck chasing a doe and the other buck was much wider but all busted up.....



Now just to fill my Montana deer tag and my late season bull tag.. I have seen some good bulls this year.... Looking for a bull over 350. My buddy who also has the same tag as I do has been hunting with me and he has never shot a nice bull so I told him he can shoot first. IT was tough trying to get him to pass on bulls up 330 class but we finally got on a solid 360 bull and it was a clean miss.. But heading back up soon

 

[mightyhunter]

Looks like a good whitetail to me. I like the horn color. I haven't seen near as many whitetails in this end of Park County. I big whitetail buck I watched last year during the rut has yet to show himself. It may well be that he died after last year's hunting season.

 

[RocklinHunter]

Nice buck, especially for a hard year of hunting.

Terry

 

[Zeke]

Nice stuff right there Mr nfh!
Well done,
Zeke

 

[sjhgraysage]

Good buck, congrats!
Now get out there and get another big bull elk

 

[nontypical]

Sweet buck, Mike! Congrats.

 

[nfh]

>Sweet buck, Mike! Congrats.


Just so you know went out the next day with my buddies. We got on a solid 140ish buck. He had some solid 6" brow tines.

A guy I know his buddy got a high 160 class buck. I wouldn't be surprised if it hit a low 170. The G'2s were almost 15 inches. I know of a few other bucks taken in 120-140 range.

I been super busy lately so I decided to have pro boil out my head. They were saying this year is rough. The last 2 weeks they have gotten 80 whitetail heads. Last few years they got over couple hundred in that short time.. I know its not a true STAT but it shows it was a tough year with EHD

 

[MnMike]

Nice deer....Congrats!

 

[WapitiBob]

awesome, great job.

 

[MnMike]

nfh, sent you a PM.

 

[PleaseDear]

Looks cold along the river!

Nothing wrong with that buck Mike.

congrats

Robb

 

[Hiker]

Good looking Buck. Congrats.

Hiker

Proverbs 3:5-6

 

[Gator]

Nice buck, the Comeback will take a few years for sure, But they will come back, great area for good bucks.

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