Jamen
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I got asked to go with a long time family friend to help him fill his once in a lifetime ND elk tag. Without hesitation i said yes. The badlands will always be one of my favorite places. Having my own tag out there and helping a cousin get one a few years back we had a sort of a game plan. Outside the weather sucking and highs in the 90s it was an amazing trip. Saturday morning, we turned up 13 elk on private land and i found 4 that evening on the public we were hunting. Not much light left in the evening and the tag holders' knee not doing well we couldn't make a play. I should have taken pictures of the elk but didnt. The one bull was a mile away and gone in 15 seconds and into a drainage.
Sunday and Monday we saw nothing, i had to venture home Monday to get back to work. Tuesday i get the text of bull down. I was excited to receive the text and pictures to follow. He shot a nice 5x6. The bull was bedded 50 yards beneath them when they were glassing. I don't like posting pictures of others online without their permission so you will only get to see some mule deer pictures. Now i knew if i took my bow with i wouldn't see any deer, and if i left it at home id see some nice deer. And that held true. Some really nice public land mule deer. But i didn't want to be selfish and try and hunt them on this trip, wasn't my hunt. I wanted to put forth my best effort for him as i could and didn't need to be chasing some of the deer. I will post a picture of the elk if he wants me to at a later date. There was 3 more mule deer i didnt get pictures of that were really nice as well. I just love being out there and seeing the critters even if i do not have a weapon with.
It was an awesome trip with some great memories made. I am glad it all worked out for him and he filled his tag!
Sunday and Monday we saw nothing, i had to venture home Monday to get back to work. Tuesday i get the text of bull down. I was excited to receive the text and pictures to follow. He shot a nice 5x6. The bull was bedded 50 yards beneath them when they were glassing. I don't like posting pictures of others online without their permission so you will only get to see some mule deer pictures. Now i knew if i took my bow with i wouldn't see any deer, and if i left it at home id see some nice deer. And that held true. Some really nice public land mule deer. But i didn't want to be selfish and try and hunt them on this trip, wasn't my hunt. I wanted to put forth my best effort for him as i could and didn't need to be chasing some of the deer. I will post a picture of the elk if he wants me to at a later date. There was 3 more mule deer i didnt get pictures of that were really nice as well. I just love being out there and seeing the critters even if i do not have a weapon with.
It was an awesome trip with some great memories made. I am glad it all worked out for him and he filled his tag!
