Big Ones (OTC, Pic Heavy)

[grademan1]

OTC Colorado 2018, my first elk.[/ATTACH]

 

[The Hedgehog]

Couple MT cats. Public land. Friends w/ dogs were huge part of one, I got the other alone while hunting deer.

 

[Husker hunter]

Holy smokes Greenhorn! You have had some amazing hunts.

 

[huronmtns]

The cat in the second photo is very impressive. Wow, the front legs and body size!

 

[antlerradar]

Better picture of the buck in the Backpack. BLM in 97. Wish I would have got him in 96 as he was quite a bit better. Never could find the sheds and it wasn't from lack of looking.

 

[antlerradar]

A few more from when the Custer was pretty great

 

[The Hedgehog]

Antlerradar - awesome old pics and deer! Here’s my 1st and last from your neck of the woods. BLM and Custer. Odds are my last will be my last. 20 year span.

 

[antlerradar]

Here is the buck dad got on BLM in 1987. thirty four inch 7 by 9 that is well over 200. The number of big deer the eighty's was incredible, but 87 was the best. I can think of several others taken that year that were as good or better than dads.

The sad thing is I can remember back in the 80's day dreaming about Dad's stories of hunting in the 60's and early 70's. I didn't know how good I had it. It has been almost ten years since I have had a chance at a buck on public like to the ones I posted up.

 

[rustneversleeps]

Man those are some awesome bucks - with all the stories I hear and old pics, it makes me sad to think that I never was able to experience the good ol' Custer days

 

[squirrel]

W/T Public Lands
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[The Hedgehog]

2 MT opening day archery elk, general license, national forest.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

2013 MT archery, national forest, 2nd choice elk permit.

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That might be my favorite animal from this thread.

 

[MTGomer]

BLACKFACE!!! Waaaaacist

 

[MTGomer]

Not high scoring, but a 22.5” wide whitetail. Western Montana at 6500+ feet.

 

[Mica Man]

BLACKFACE!!! Waaaaacist

Thought the same thing!

 

[The Hedgehog]

A couple general season MT national forest elk.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Bottom picture above was about the worst night of packing elk ever for me. Hypothermia would have got me had it not been for a smart friend of mine, Peter. He doesn’t hunt but liked to tag along on the more adventurous outings. Here’s Peter with an elk I shot in 2005 in MT, general season national forest.

 

[hardscrabble]

I have this tag every season.

 

[hardscrabble]

Here is another from the year prior. Both bucks died 100 yards apart.

 

[Fire_9]

This is me with a wilderness buck my dad killed in ‘90 or ‘91 on an unlimited draw hunt