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We Got Tags
Again went as fast as we could go. We dropped in to the cut and I stopped and took a peek. It looked like we made it OK. We moved up a few hundred and I checked on them again - they were still there. Go again. We moved further down and decided to peek over for a shot. We were definitely... -
We Got Tags
Here we go again. We dropped back a bit to get below the ridgeline and took off. We were headed back to the tree covered hill he had just left as they were likely to pass within a few hundred yards of where we just were. The question was, do we follow them, beat them around the hill from the... -
We Got Tags
After a while we got antsy and decided to move across the saddle to the adjacent tree covered hill. We felt it gave us more options given the cover it provided. As we worked our way through the trees, a cottontail popped out. Four rabbits feet - what luck. We took up a position about half... -
We Got Tags
We ironed out what we could have done differently or better. We talked about how we could have prepared better for the opportunity. We talked about what to do next. What to do next was pretty obvious. Once they fed over the hill we were going to pick up and high tail it to the top of the... -
We Got Tags
Ideally, I wanted a shot that was 250 or less so it was a dead hold for my son. Option one was to sit tight on the edge of this lip behind some sage and hope the herd would crest the hill and cover the 150 yards before the two blobs in the bushes made them nervous. Option two was to move... -
We Got Tags
The Stalk We got back to the hotel and organized gear and turned in for the night. I was up getting ready for 15 minutes before the 4:30 am alarm. My dad and son were just a bit slow to get out of bed. We got our stuff together and began the 55 minute drive to our intended spot. We arrived a... -
We Got Tags
This guy and his does messed around up on the hills at 3-400 yards for an hour or so. They didn’t seem real interested in watering. Maybe it was all the traffic. After they left it had been closer to three hours in the culvert and we decided to call it a day in there. We emerged and hiked... -
We Got Tags
The plan for day 3 was to check out more of the unit, try something a bit goofy and formulate a plan for day 4. We found a couple of more concentrations of antelope, and one pretty good looking buck (again). Learned some stuff. We had an area we called “the culvert” for reasons that will be... -
We Got Tags
We closed out the day by going for what turned out to be a very long UTV ride in yet another part of the unit. The map showed a two track but it was a lot rougher than anticipated and rated pretty high on the pucker scale in a few places. Admittedly, our threshold is lower than most due to my... -
We Got Tags
We found more cool stuff. And later we found a pretty good looking buck in a WIHA pasture. After that we attempted a futile stalk with the crossbow on yet another buck. -
We Got Tags
We decided to check out a different part of the unit. After driving for a bit I spotted a herd up on a hillside. We pulled over and I pulled out the 12x Leopolds. WOW - he was big . . . but something wasn’t right. He had one horn! Seriously? Wait. Nope. The left side kinda runs down... -
We Got Tags
I decided to use this situation as a teaching opportunity for my son. Even though the previous 48 hours were a challenge we went down to address the situation with the manager. I started off by asking for help with our situation. I explained the issues, that a handicap room was not a nice to... -
We Got Tags
So @seeth07 this is where that first real problem of the trip popped up I referenced in post #24. You were kinda right in that the tag was punched too quickly. However, we get to the hotel and somebody’s car is blocking the entrance making it a pain in the @ss to get my Dad unloaded and in to... -
We Got Tags
A look from the UTV. He was on the other side of the waterhole at the shot. I could tell my Dad wished the buck was bigger. I had indicated initially that it might be a good sized buck and that it might be nice if the two of them got one together. I know my son was anxious to see one hit the... -
We Got Tags
I thought about that buck some more and the more I thought, the more I thought my Dad should reconsider based on what we had seen thus far. We went back and found him again and again my Dad declined. By this point we had driven around for several hours and looked at quite a few bucks... -
We Got Tags
We drove around some and spotted a nice buck in the adjacent unit. He was moving his does up in to our unit so my son and I quickly hopped out and hoped to get lucky with the crossbow. Unfortunately we weren’t fast enough and he crossed the road before we could get set. He kept going and... -
We Got Tags
We finally got to our unit around 4:30 am. We filled up on gas, switched drivers, and I got the phone set to go. We still had a good hour to hit my planned starting spot, so down the road we went. We got to the area right as light was breaking and saw our first antelope. He was a young buck... -
We Got Tags
So we got back on the road after the tire change and made our porch pick up in Rochester. We still had a long ways to go though. They slept a bunch and I drove. We had a Culver’s stop for lunch in there before we left Wisconsin and then McDonald’s for dinner somewhere in Minnesota. Throw... -
We Got Tags
Well just got to the hotel and hit the first real problem of the trip. Going to turn a semi live thread into a post hunt recap. -
We Got Tags
Hit the road a little after 8:30 am. However, during my preflights I noticed problem number two of the trip. See if you can see it. Driver side rear tire is on backwards. Well, it had been that way for quite some time, so I decided a little longer wouldn’t hurt. Stopped for a break just...
