Year in Review

[LuckyShot]

I thought I'd just post up some pics from this past year. I hope you guys enjoy the pics and keep posting your own! Thanks! Kip

Whitetail Archery success in Illinois

My Archery Whitetail

Going in after a wounded bear in Arizona

Nice non-typical muley in the high country of Colorado

Utah Non-typical I was chasing during the bowhunt

Bivy tent camp where I hunted a high mountain pass in Colorado

Building a blind in a Colorado pass for the upcoming Archery deer hunt

View from my blind while archery hunting muleys in Colorado

Matt and Brad, my two good hunting buddies during Colorado Archery hunt

Buck I almost connected on in the high country of Colorado

My Colorado Archery buck where he went down

Hauling him out

My buddy Brad on a scouting trip in the peaks of Colorado

My two boys filling up their canteens while backpacking and scouting with me in Colorado in July

My son taking a rest after a long day of hiking and scouting

My boys hiking along a spine during a Colorado scouting trip

Boys taking a rest during a hunting trip for bears in Arizona

Trail Cam pic of a bear on my bait during the Utah Spring hunt

Same chocolate bear again

Utah Archery Bear I took on the last night of the hunt

One of my sons during a scouting trip in Southern Utah holding an unexpected treat!!

Same scouting trip. Almost stepped on this one!

My buddy Matt during the Archery hunt in Utah

Matt's Utah Archery Buck. Matt's buck scored 170 P&Y

Some nice bulls from a summer scouting trip

More high country bulls from a scouting trip

My Utah Archery Muley

 

[Bullelk1]

Wow, what a year! Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[appleman]

I sure enjoyed your year!

 

[HunterHarry]

Super Photos!

Makes all the off season BS bearable.

 

[eldorado]

Love those high country pics. Good to see your boys enjoying the great outdoors.
BTW, great looking bucks and that bear is a stud. Thanks for sharing.

Eldorado

 

[theox]

wow looks like an amazing year

 

[TOPGUN]

Ditto elderado! Those high country shots are awesome and the kids in on the action is fantastic!!!

 

[hunt4130]

Love the pics! thanks for posting. great memories im sure you have!

 

[tnuge23]

great pics! looks like you had a great year up in the high country, keep it up thanks for sharing.

 

[never_satisfied]

It looks like it went about as good as a year could go
Great PICS and thanks for sharing

 

[gb22]

Great pictures! Your boys were there, too!


Within the shadows, go quietly.

 

[PleaseDear]

Pretty dang cool.

Thanks for sharing 'em up.

Robb

 

[Midnight]

Looking good like you need to change your MM name.... Luck doesn't seem to be a part of your hunting vocabulary.

DEADSHOT
MULTIPLEKILLSHOT...etc.


Midnight

 

[wstrntines]

Man Kip your a freakin animal. Those are some awesome pics maybe this year you can send me some luck on one of those huge utah muleys. Thanks for sharin those awesome photos.

 

[Hardway]

Great pics.....I remember when I used to be able to pass out asleep on a rockpile.

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

 

[velvettines]

Great pics! Good for you to get the kids out. I see that buck grew out his g-4 last year. Was his buddy around?

 

[LuckyShot]

Nope, once we finally found him, he was flying solo. And he was the only good buck in the area which made it tough to hunt because he was hard to find and when I couldnt find him.....there was nothing else to go after either. Made for a long hunt....

 

[swbuckmaster]

great year! Thanks for posting

 

[Knockmdead]

Kip,

Awesome year. When you going to start dragging me along with you. Looks like our boys or about the same age, we need to get them together. PM me I have a question for you.


Jeff

 

[LuckyShot]

A couple of guys here on MM have asked me the same question (pm) regarding areas in Utah that hold nice bucks. In answer to that question, I've found great bucks on both ends of the state and I have had pretty good opportunities at them when I pack in off the road and get away from other hunters. In my experience, it hasnt served too productive to scout in the summer and locate a good buck that is evenly remotely close to a road. Chances are, if I've seen him, so has someone else and come opening morning the circus will start. So, I try to get off the road and get into areas that are more challenging. If a good buck is found, there's less of a chance someone else will be chasing him too....Anyway, I hope that helps. Like most of you, I'm watching the snow-line, counting the days when the high-country becomes accessible!! Kip