deer_shooter
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After about 28 hours on the road I got into Casper last Thursday night. Drove to my hunting area next morning and started to set up my tent. Wasn't long before I saw my first road hunters. Haha. Got my gear together and waited for them to clear and started glassing. In a couple minutes I found a small group of lopes about a mile away. It took about an hour to get in position and then I waited till they fed closer. I picked out a doe at 150 yards and hit her good. She only went about 20 yards and piled up.
Since I drew a general mule deer tag I also bought a doe tag and picked up a few lope tags too. I've seen a nice 4 pt here the last two years so I figured I'd poke around for a day or so and see if I could find him. I did a lot of glassing and only turned up a bunch of does and a forky. I never saw anyone else on foot. With that I moved camp to Buffalo.
Day 2
I found a draw that I wanted to check out and hadn't gone more than a half mile before catching a glimpse of a deer. It didn't take to long to find and a quick shot had a muley doe down - my first mule deer. I got her broke down and was happy to find I could get the whole deer in my icon pro 3200. After dropping it off at the truck I hunted till late afternoon without seeing anything but a few more does. I moved to another spot about halfway between Buffalo and Gillette with the plan of glassing till dark. I found a good spot and settled in. Soon a few does appeared and I watched them till it was almost time to pack it in. Then I hear something behind me and it took me a minute to figure out it was something running down the little gully behind me. Sure enough a buck popped out about 100 yards away and stopped broadside. I was able to get on him quick and took a shot. He spun and went about 30 yards before tipping over. He's not the biggest out there but for my first mule deer buck I'm very happy with him. It's a little hard to see in the pic but he's a 3x2.
Day 3
After putting in about 11 miles and packing out 2 deer yesterday, I slept in and did some camp chores then went out this afternoon. I'm down to antelope buck and doe now. I decided to check out a piece of state land and found a small group of lopes a mile or so out. Try as I might, I could not find them again. Several miles later I found another group of about 12. By now I was getting short on daylight so I plan to try getting on them at first light.
Sorry about the picture quality but all l have with me is my phone.
More to come ( I hope!)
Since I drew a general mule deer tag I also bought a doe tag and picked up a few lope tags too. I've seen a nice 4 pt here the last two years so I figured I'd poke around for a day or so and see if I could find him. I did a lot of glassing and only turned up a bunch of does and a forky. I never saw anyone else on foot. With that I moved camp to Buffalo.
Day 2
I found a draw that I wanted to check out and hadn't gone more than a half mile before catching a glimpse of a deer. It didn't take to long to find and a quick shot had a muley doe down - my first mule deer. I got her broke down and was happy to find I could get the whole deer in my icon pro 3200. After dropping it off at the truck I hunted till late afternoon without seeing anything but a few more does. I moved to another spot about halfway between Buffalo and Gillette with the plan of glassing till dark. I found a good spot and settled in. Soon a few does appeared and I watched them till it was almost time to pack it in. Then I hear something behind me and it took me a minute to figure out it was something running down the little gully behind me. Sure enough a buck popped out about 100 yards away and stopped broadside. I was able to get on him quick and took a shot. He spun and went about 30 yards before tipping over. He's not the biggest out there but for my first mule deer buck I'm very happy with him. It's a little hard to see in the pic but he's a 3x2.
Day 3
After putting in about 11 miles and packing out 2 deer yesterday, I slept in and did some camp chores then went out this afternoon. I'm down to antelope buck and doe now. I decided to check out a piece of state land and found a small group of lopes a mile or so out. Try as I might, I could not find them again. Several miles later I found another group of about 12. By now I was getting short on daylight so I plan to try getting on them at first light.
Sorry about the picture quality but all l have with me is my phone.
More to come ( I hope!)
