Another pack full

[TBinKodiak]

Well I have over 60 hours of comp time so I figured I'd burn a day yesterday and go deer hunting. I went to my normal area, but instead of going up the mt I usually do I went up the far mt. I had seen a few bucks in this area while hunting so I figured I'd run into one. I told my wife when I left that I was going to fill the freezer with the first buck I saw (duck hunting opens Monday). Well that's what I did, and of course while I was working my way down to this guy I jumped a bigger one. Oh well, he wasn't that much bigger so it wasn't that big of a deal. Made a pretty nice 300 yard shot on him though, figured I'd stretch the barrel on the 300 wsm to see what it could do. He went about 50 yards and I didn't ruin a bit of meat on him other than a couple ribs. The pics don't show it but we had gusts to 50mph, pretty windy. I'd also climbed a mt and drug a deer straight uphill 50 yards to get him out of the alders before these pictures were taken. I still have 2 tags for off the roadsystem so hopefully I'll nail a big one over on Raspberry or Afognak later this fall.
Like I said, it was a meat hunt

My hunting buddy got a little warm too.

The timer died on my camera so the only pictures I have of me are holding the camera out as far as I could and smiling like an idiot.

 

[Ovis]

Appears the distant mountain made you sweat a little bit.

 

[TBinKodiak]

Appears the distant mountain made you sweat a little bit.

I tell you what, I've worked a heck of a lot less for far bigger bucks... |oo

 

[MarvB]

Gongrats to you & the pal...nice one for the freezer!

 

[WFGinNM]

Good deal TB, 34 more days 'til I'm in Kodiak (weather permitting). I'm starting to wonder what I'm going to forget. Have you ever encountered any bear when your dog was with you? Any early warning with the power of his nose?

--Bill

 

[elk_hunter]

Hell, he's a fat little bastage! Nice job! I'm hoping for the same this year -- just something to get the freezer stocked for the winter!

 

[TBinKodiak]

Good deal TB, 34 more days 'til I'm in Kodiak (weather permitting). I'm starting to wonder what I'm going to forget. Have you ever encountered any bear when your dog was with you? Any early warning with the power of his nose?

--Bill

I've never had a "bad" bear encounter with the dog along. I did jump one once while hunting at about 50 yards while the dog was along. He definetly smelled it before I knew it was there. Also come across plenty of fresh sign and the dog usually sniffs it pretty good. Usually if its a deer he'll follow the trail for a little bit sniffing around not too excited. If its a rabbit or ptarmigan he'll investigate a little and get a little excited. If its a bear he sniffs a little looks around and sticks pretty close to heal. I guess that's his way of saying hey guy there's a big brown one around so we better stick close incase we have to throw-down....
I love hunting deer and getting up in the alpine, but with duck season opening Monday and the rut kicking in at the end of the month it was time to take a buck. These are the best eating deer I've had, but the meat quality declines as the season progresses.

 

[Daniel in Ak]

Nice going.Its always nice to put meat in the freezer.Must be nice also to be down there in a tee shirt,man we have snow up here on the ground already and Saturday the roads where so iced over they was nasty.We even about rolled the truck that morning.Anyhow wtg! and how do you like that .300 WSM?
I just bought one myself a year ago for a deer hunt for a deer hunt down that way,but everyone backed out and I just broke it out 3 weeks ago on a Grizz and am real happy with its performance.Again nice going.Daniel

 

[SPOTTED OWL]

Trevor,

Nice work!

You are wacking em and stacking em this year!

 

[Moosie]

Awesome man !!! And don't worry, I have goofier pictures of you then the one you posted .. Great photo of the deer and background. Congrats on another one !

 

[TBinKodiak]

Anyhow wtg! and how do you like that .300 WSM?

I like mine, it seems to have the right balance of knockdown, accuracy, weight and recoil. I did have some problems with it feeding the first shell, but as long as I bed the top shell in the middle of the magazine it feeds it every time.

 

[sreekers]

Congrats, hope the deer season goes well, and nail a few ducks on Monday!