deer_shooter
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My wife and I got home yesterday from another terrific trip to Wyoming. Weather was great the whole way out but turned the day we got there. It rained hard the first night and pretty much every night we were there with a little sleet and freezing rain to boot. During the day it was sunny for the most part and windy which dried the roads enough to be passable, though still interesting at times.
This was the best unit we have hunted and will save points to go back. We saw dozens or bucks everyday and never saw another hunter in our unit, though I did see a couple guys glassing in the neighboring unit.
First day, we were going to check out an area that looked promising on the way in and spotted a couple does in a stalkable spot so we pulled over. Since I had the only two doe tags, I circled around till I could get a good shot and dropped a nice doe at 185 yards. We got her back to the truck and in the cooler and spent the rest of the day looking over bucks and generally poking around the area.
Next day Kathy wasn't feeling well so I explored behind camp alone and there were antelope everywhere! I saw a nice buck with a doe in some broken terrain and worked my way over that way. After about 45 minutes of playing cat and mouse with him, I got to within 125 yards and made a good shot.
The rest of the day was spent getting him back to camp and vacuum sealing quarters. I bring a basic food saver and run it of an outlet in my truck bed. It makes for transporting meat easy. Its cathartic to package wild game on the tailgate, enjoying a local brew and watch the weather build in the distance.
After a day of rest, Kathy was able to get back in the game so we went back to the same general area I was the day before and I spotted a nice buck in what looked to be a good spot. After crab walking a few hundred yards and another couple hundred yards of belly crawling, we were in position but the wind was howling so much she wasn't comfortable shooting. We watched the buck bed down and a few others drift in and bed down too. After a half hour or so, they stood up and start to feed. I had told her to be ready to shoot and try waiting for the wind to drop even if only for a second or two. It played out just right and she made a perfect 175 yard shot with her 6.5 Creed.
With one more tag to fill, I switched to my back up rifle, a 7mm08 I've not taken an animal with and went out searching for a doe. The number of bucks in the area made this more difficult than it should have been! After working in on a few different groups that turned out to be all bucks, I was able to find and drop another nice doe.
Here, after a long sneak and laying in wait for them to stand, it turned out all six were bucks. They are bedded about 150 yards off and to the right of my barrel though hard to see.
It is such a blessing to be able to drive out, set up camp and do this. We are both very happy with the bucks we got as well as the does. Before we pulled out, I took the spotter out behind camp and turned up this guy...
Not the best image but he was pretty nice.
This was the best unit we have hunted and will save points to go back. We saw dozens or bucks everyday and never saw another hunter in our unit, though I did see a couple guys glassing in the neighboring unit.
First day, we were going to check out an area that looked promising on the way in and spotted a couple does in a stalkable spot so we pulled over. Since I had the only two doe tags, I circled around till I could get a good shot and dropped a nice doe at 185 yards. We got her back to the truck and in the cooler and spent the rest of the day looking over bucks and generally poking around the area.
Next day Kathy wasn't feeling well so I explored behind camp alone and there were antelope everywhere! I saw a nice buck with a doe in some broken terrain and worked my way over that way. After about 45 minutes of playing cat and mouse with him, I got to within 125 yards and made a good shot.
The rest of the day was spent getting him back to camp and vacuum sealing quarters. I bring a basic food saver and run it of an outlet in my truck bed. It makes for transporting meat easy. Its cathartic to package wild game on the tailgate, enjoying a local brew and watch the weather build in the distance.
After a day of rest, Kathy was able to get back in the game so we went back to the same general area I was the day before and I spotted a nice buck in what looked to be a good spot. After crab walking a few hundred yards and another couple hundred yards of belly crawling, we were in position but the wind was howling so much she wasn't comfortable shooting. We watched the buck bed down and a few others drift in and bed down too. After a half hour or so, they stood up and start to feed. I had told her to be ready to shoot and try waiting for the wind to drop even if only for a second or two. It played out just right and she made a perfect 175 yard shot with her 6.5 Creed.
With one more tag to fill, I switched to my back up rifle, a 7mm08 I've not taken an animal with and went out searching for a doe. The number of bucks in the area made this more difficult than it should have been! After working in on a few different groups that turned out to be all bucks, I was able to find and drop another nice doe.
Here, after a long sneak and laying in wait for them to stand, it turned out all six were bucks. They are bedded about 150 yards off and to the right of my barrel though hard to see.
It is such a blessing to be able to drive out, set up camp and do this. We are both very happy with the bucks we got as well as the does. Before we pulled out, I took the spotter out behind camp and turned up this guy...
Not the best image but he was pretty nice.
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