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Been back for just shy of a week now but as you can imagine workin at a gun store it gets a little busy this time of year and this the only computer i got right now. So to get the story started Fri sept 28 we headed out at 9:00am from the shop here. We loaded up dads ford diesel and hooked on to our 16' trailer and pointed her north. About 2hrs later we were in Woodward OK and we stopped at the wal mart to grab a couple of things and BJ has a revelation, he realizes that he probably didnt bring our maps for the BLM land. So we drag everything out of the trailer and truck and sure enough, no maps but also there is no 338 Edge ammo. After some discussion and alot of cussin we head back to El Reno cause BJ thinks his ammo is at my house. 2hrs later we have dug through my house, his house, and finally find the ammo back at the shop where we started. SO LETS START AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!
Its now 4:00 and we point the truck north, again, and we headed out, again, and 2hrs later we drive through Woodward OK, again!!!! At this time we decided that if we had left any more ammo we would just have to throw rocks at the deer cause we aint turning around again. Now lets fast forward through alot of driving to about 2:30 am saturday morning in northern colorado. I have been asleep for about an hour and a half and its BJ's turn to drive. I wake up to find BJ has chugged and GIANT energy drink and a GIANT mountain dew and now possess freakin cat like reflexes, i'm serious the dude looked like he was ready to get out and run beside the truck he was so wired. We ended up stopping in cheyenne at 4:30am and were up and on the road at 8 the next morning.
Well later that day after a 3hr desperate hunt for a ATV BLM permit we finally leave rawlins and head into the BLM land. After a 45 minute drive we reach McCarty Canyon Rd and head on in. We passed several campers and horse trailers on the way in but nothin that really got us worried. We crossed the continental devide and neared Rendell Butte and found us a little aspen grove about 50 yds off the main road to camp by for the nite. Our original plan was to pack out a lot and really try to get way off the roads, (Len we need a smiley that is beating himself in the head with a brick cause it would fit great here)
After setting up the tent we broke out the swaro spotter and did a little glassing. Deer everywhere, and we saw a decent 4x4 and a nice bull elk. SO our spirits were high and after eating a nice mountain house meal i wormed into my sleepin bag with my 45 1911 at my side. Now here i will tell you that we werent really in bear country but to a 26yr old red neck kid from OK ALL THAT LAND UP THERE LOOKS LIKE BEAR COUNTRY!!!! I had decided long ago that if a bear gets me i may die but your gonna find him layin next me dead as well. So now you see why i got the 45 next to my bed. Well unknown to us that nite it started snowing, ALOT. About 3am i am layin on my back and i guess i kicked my long legs out against the side of the tent and 30lbs of snow smashes down on my feet. Now all i know is something heavy has just hit my legs and is on them and wont move, take a wild guess what goes through my simple mind, BEAR ATTACK!!!!
I do a quick sit up and grab the 45 and prepare to unleash 230grs of SXT hell on the side of our tent, but just as quickly i realized it was snow and went back to sleep. yea im only mildly handicapped
This is what we woke up to the next day, this is camp and our ATV
Here are a few shots from around camp
And here is the big draw dierectly in front of our camp, you see a small rise in the middle of the picture. it is a area we hunted on a few times and the scene of some upcoming excitment!!!
Well spent all of sunday scouting and noticing several more people driving in. We selected the ridge we were gonna hunt on monday morning and went to bed early full of excitiment for the upcoming day. About 4am we awoke to find out that we had actually camped next to a interstate highway at rush hour!!!!! there was a constant line of cars and trucks driving into our area. At dawn we made our way up to the ridge fighting the constant 25mph wind and set up the spotter and our equipment. As the sun broke the horizon it made for a beautiful sunrise on the partially snow covered hills and aspens. Unfortunantly that was broken by the wail of 3 sets of ATV's bearing down on 5 deer running for their lives across the top of one plateau. This pretty much went on the whole morning though we did see lots of deer and some elk, bad news is that all of them were in 5th gear and headed for cover.
That nite we hunted the ridge in the last pic above. We sat up on the little saddle about 75yds off the road. Normally we wouldnt ever be this close to the road but from this spot we could cover 4 different aspen groves so we liked the spot. About 1hr after we set up i noticed a truck driving the top of the ridge and im thinking SOB!!! about 2 min later the truck guy starts honking his horn and then BLAMM!!!! 9 shots later that had just killed a nice 4x4 700yds from us. So by now we are getting a little frustrated if you can imagine. Well darkeness comes and we load up the gunslinger packs and start back to camp. I heard some ATV's farther back in the canyon coming our way but didnt think much about it. Im leading the way with my APS 270AM in my pack on my back, mid step, left foot coming back down into the sage brush and WWHHHZZZZZZZZZZZZ past my left ear!!!!!!!!!!! Before the sound of the gun shot had made it to us me and BJ were both in mid air diving to the ground. Now i aint used to being shot at so i dont know how far away it was but i heard the bullet cutting the air just off my left side, the sonic crack, the bullet hit the aspens we are camped in, and then the gun shot!! ANyway we both hit the ground, me on the back of my pack on my rifle, and were screaming at these guys on the ATV and then WWHZZZZZ WHZZZZZZZ over us again!!!!! By this time i have my orange hat waving in the air and i yelled to the guys "if you shoot one more time im gonna return fire and i wont f----ing miss!!!!!!" the atv's came around the bend and i jumped up and ran down towards them with my arms in the air. Im asked the guy what the hell he was shooting at and says some deer. I wont get into all the language but i guarantee you i would have made Eddie Murphy blush!!!
Part two in a minute.................................
Its now 4:00 and we point the truck north, again, and we headed out, again, and 2hrs later we drive through Woodward OK, again!!!! At this time we decided that if we had left any more ammo we would just have to throw rocks at the deer cause we aint turning around again. Now lets fast forward through alot of driving to about 2:30 am saturday morning in northern colorado. I have been asleep for about an hour and a half and its BJ's turn to drive. I wake up to find BJ has chugged and GIANT energy drink and a GIANT mountain dew and now possess freakin cat like reflexes, i'm serious the dude looked like he was ready to get out and run beside the truck he was so wired. We ended up stopping in cheyenne at 4:30am and were up and on the road at 8 the next morning.
Well later that day after a 3hr desperate hunt for a ATV BLM permit we finally leave rawlins and head into the BLM land. After a 45 minute drive we reach McCarty Canyon Rd and head on in. We passed several campers and horse trailers on the way in but nothin that really got us worried. We crossed the continental devide and neared Rendell Butte and found us a little aspen grove about 50 yds off the main road to camp by for the nite. Our original plan was to pack out a lot and really try to get way off the roads, (Len we need a smiley that is beating himself in the head with a brick cause it would fit great here)
After setting up the tent we broke out the swaro spotter and did a little glassing. Deer everywhere, and we saw a decent 4x4 and a nice bull elk. SO our spirits were high and after eating a nice mountain house meal i wormed into my sleepin bag with my 45 1911 at my side. Now here i will tell you that we werent really in bear country but to a 26yr old red neck kid from OK ALL THAT LAND UP THERE LOOKS LIKE BEAR COUNTRY!!!! I had decided long ago that if a bear gets me i may die but your gonna find him layin next me dead as well. So now you see why i got the 45 next to my bed. Well unknown to us that nite it started snowing, ALOT. About 3am i am layin on my back and i guess i kicked my long legs out against the side of the tent and 30lbs of snow smashes down on my feet. Now all i know is something heavy has just hit my legs and is on them and wont move, take a wild guess what goes through my simple mind, BEAR ATTACK!!!!
I do a quick sit up and grab the 45 and prepare to unleash 230grs of SXT hell on the side of our tent, but just as quickly i realized it was snow and went back to sleep. yea im only mildly handicappedThis is what we woke up to the next day, this is camp and our ATV
Here are a few shots from around camp
And here is the big draw dierectly in front of our camp, you see a small rise in the middle of the picture. it is a area we hunted on a few times and the scene of some upcoming excitment!!!
Well spent all of sunday scouting and noticing several more people driving in. We selected the ridge we were gonna hunt on monday morning and went to bed early full of excitiment for the upcoming day. About 4am we awoke to find out that we had actually camped next to a interstate highway at rush hour!!!!! there was a constant line of cars and trucks driving into our area. At dawn we made our way up to the ridge fighting the constant 25mph wind and set up the spotter and our equipment. As the sun broke the horizon it made for a beautiful sunrise on the partially snow covered hills and aspens. Unfortunantly that was broken by the wail of 3 sets of ATV's bearing down on 5 deer running for their lives across the top of one plateau. This pretty much went on the whole morning though we did see lots of deer and some elk, bad news is that all of them were in 5th gear and headed for cover.
That nite we hunted the ridge in the last pic above. We sat up on the little saddle about 75yds off the road. Normally we wouldnt ever be this close to the road but from this spot we could cover 4 different aspen groves so we liked the spot. About 1hr after we set up i noticed a truck driving the top of the ridge and im thinking SOB!!! about 2 min later the truck guy starts honking his horn and then BLAMM!!!! 9 shots later that had just killed a nice 4x4 700yds from us. So by now we are getting a little frustrated if you can imagine. Well darkeness comes and we load up the gunslinger packs and start back to camp. I heard some ATV's farther back in the canyon coming our way but didnt think much about it. Im leading the way with my APS 270AM in my pack on my back, mid step, left foot coming back down into the sage brush and WWHHHZZZZZZZZZZZZ
past my left ear!!!!!!!!!!! Before the sound of the gun shot had made it to us me and BJ were both in mid air diving to the ground. Now i aint used to being shot at so i dont know how far away it was but i heard the bullet cutting the air just off my left side, the sonic crack, the bullet hit the aspens we are camped in, and then the gun shot!! ANyway we both hit the ground, me on the back of my pack on my rifle, and were screaming at these guys on the ATV and then WWHZZZZZ WHZZZZZZZ over us again!!!!! By this time i have my orange hat waving in the air and i yelled to the guys "if you shoot one more time im gonna return fire and i wont f----ing miss!!!!!!" the atv's came around the bend and i jumped up and ran down towards them with my arms in the air. Im asked the guy what the hell he was shooting at and says some deer. I wont get into all the language but i guarantee you i would have made Eddie Murphy blush!!!Part two in a minute.................................
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