We finished up his elk over the weekend. He was super excited to have him hung up. His room is filling up quickly he will be adding a bear rug shortly.
This hunt was a welcome get away. My mom had been battling cancer for the past 4 years and it finally got the best of her on August 16th. During the summer I am lucky enough to work for a ranch in Colorado that is part of Ranching for Wildlife the owner in gracious enough to allow my brother...
After a break and lunch I decided that we would go look on the other side of the road where the buck may have gone. I know that antelope bucks will make a big loop and return to where they started, so I am hoping we would catch him in this loop. In the first draw we came to was a buck watching...
After a couple of days filled with a cross country meet and a cousin's birthday we were able to have a full day to try our luck again. During a couple of our scouting trips we found the buck coming back from watering right after first light, so that was going to be our plan try and catch him...
As opening day approaches I am trying to figure out how we can get on this buck. Every time we saw him scouting it was from quite a distance, 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile, and he was very jumpy. He lives on top of a hill that is very rolling you can only see the top from a distance or when you get...
After the draw results came out it was time to start scouting. During our scouting trips he learned how use a spotting scope. I left it completely up to him on what he liked. In the last spot we check on our first scouting trip he said, "Dad that one looks really big." I took a look and said...
Over the Winter him and I worked on getting a load that would shoot well out of his new rifle.
Helping reload
After a few attempts we settled on a load that shot 140 grain Nosler Ballistic tips well.
Once we got it sighted in we had to find out how fast we were shooting so we could get the...
My youngest son turned 12 this year. He has been able to hunt our farm land in Nebraska the past couple of years and last year when we went out to hunt he was given his first hunting rifle which is a Remington Model 700 long range 7mm.
His new hunting rifle.
My brother, nephew, son and I made our way to Nebraska for what now has come an annual hunting trip. We arrived at my grandma's house late Friday night after the 7 hour drive east made a quick plan for opening morning and went to bed.
Saturday Morning
Our plan was to hunt a farm that we have...
Sorry, just saw this post I absolutely love hunting out of a suburban, mine is much older. With a family everyone and everything stays inside and dry. I like the balance a suburban has, pick-ups lighter in the rear end, goes really well in the snow and mud. Mine was built for off road use and...