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<blockquote data-quote="*WyoWhisper*" data-source="post: 3130"><p>Well.. Long season for me.. Not much Hunting due to the Outfitter who leases our Ranch is well.... lets just say he ain't gonna be here next year... anyway here's how things went....</p><p></p><p></p><p>The alarm soundfs like a giant bumble bee in my ear... ugghhh 3:30 a.m. already.... ok ..ok coffee coffee....</p><p></p><p>I stumble around the lodge trying to focus on my intent.. I have one day to find a buck that will tickle my fancy.. I have shot hundreds of rounds this year and anything inside of 750 is in my trophy book....</p><p></p><p>Ok off to the mountain behind my house.. gonna be a long walk today.... walking through the foothills I see movement all around me on my long walk.. hmmmm.. deer moving from the fields already.. seems almost like they waited for me this year...</p><p></p><p>I start the climb to my setup... takes a while and sometimes I wonder why I climb as high up these cliffs as I do... but my questions are answered as soon asn the sun begins to pour here life giving rays over the mountians and canyons... WOW what a view... ( see pics under other post )</p><p></p><p>It doesn't take long for me to see movement on the hills.. I quick check my temps, bar. pressure, winds, altitude, Humidity levels and enter all the data in to the handspring visor A1trag.... I start to quckly laser objects in the areas I usually see bucks in and commit them to memory .. once I see him I'll get specific distances... I set up the Nighthawk fill her full of the loads I practiced with all year... ( same loads that dusted PD's out to 1200 yards ) </p><p></p><p>As I scan the hills I see alot of does in the morning light... no bucks yet but I didn't expect to see the bucks this morning...seems as this year they travel under the blanket of darkness.....</p><p>It then hits me.... this day has already been successful.. just look at the view.. look where I am... The morning passes and I see about 50 or so deer mostly does and small bucks 2 points (4 point eastern ) and som e small 3 points ( 6 point eastern ) </p><p></p><p>I take about an hour nap and arise about 12:30 p.m. I'm greeted by a band of Bighorn Sheep... I watch them nibble on play on the East slope... kind of amuzing how easily they handle the steep cliffs...</p><p></p><p> OK now back to the Mule deer thngs.. I glass the hills and see that several of the does are now out feeding again and the move ment begins to pick up as time passes more and more deer are now headed back to the foothills and pastures.. it's about 3:30 p.m. the bucks should start to move soon.. I re-check all my data an find the humidity levels and Bar. pressure have changed some... I re-enter the data into the A1trag software....</p><p>there he is a nice buck slipping thtought the timber .. **** not what I want only about 26-27 inches...big heavy bodied though.. several smaller bucks follow his route and dissapear in the canyon....</p><p>I have about an hour till dark now.. its 5:00 pm.. I catch some movement across the canyon and pick up the bino's for a closer look .. I see 3 does slip in to a patch of timber.. and.. OH Man there he is.. hot on their trail.. I only got a glimps but he was big... I wait patiently for them to exit the timber.. the does quietly slipped out the east side.. where's the big boy.... with about 20 min. of light left I see him moving out the back side of the timber.. MAN is he huge... after about 10. min of glassing him .. I estimate he's about 29- 31 inches.. deffinitly what I want. He has dark heavy horns with alot of mass.. he's about 22-24" high too.... he's starts to feed along the back slope.. my rig is already set up so I range him.... to make the final calculations.. 856 yards.. ****... he's father than what I have paracticed at... he's also farther than my ballistic performance will quickly kill a deer of his size... all I can do is watch and hope he wanders inside of 750 yards... with the light quickly fading .. things look dim....</p><p></p><p></p><p>for then next 15 min. I watched the majestic monster feed along the ridge.... he then dissapeared into the balnket darkness of called night...</p><p></p><p>maybe next year.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="*WyoWhisper*, post: 3130"] Well.. Long season for me.. Not much Hunting due to the Outfitter who leases our Ranch is well.... lets just say he ain't gonna be here next year... anyway here's how things went.... The alarm soundfs like a giant bumble bee in my ear... ugghhh 3:30 a.m. already.... ok ..ok coffee coffee.... I stumble around the lodge trying to focus on my intent.. I have one day to find a buck that will tickle my fancy.. I have shot hundreds of rounds this year and anything inside of 750 is in my trophy book.... Ok off to the mountain behind my house.. gonna be a long walk today.... walking through the foothills I see movement all around me on my long walk.. hmmmm.. deer moving from the fields already.. seems almost like they waited for me this year... I start the climb to my setup... takes a while and sometimes I wonder why I climb as high up these cliffs as I do... but my questions are answered as soon asn the sun begins to pour here life giving rays over the mountians and canyons... WOW what a view... ( see pics under other post ) It doesn't take long for me to see movement on the hills.. I quick check my temps, bar. pressure, winds, altitude, Humidity levels and enter all the data in to the handspring visor A1trag.... I start to quckly laser objects in the areas I usually see bucks in and commit them to memory .. once I see him I'll get specific distances... I set up the Nighthawk fill her full of the loads I practiced with all year... ( same loads that dusted PD's out to 1200 yards ) As I scan the hills I see alot of does in the morning light... no bucks yet but I didn't expect to see the bucks this morning...seems as this year they travel under the blanket of darkness..... It then hits me.... this day has already been successful.. just look at the view.. look where I am... The morning passes and I see about 50 or so deer mostly does and small bucks 2 points (4 point eastern ) and som e small 3 points ( 6 point eastern ) I take about an hour nap and arise about 12:30 p.m. I'm greeted by a band of Bighorn Sheep... I watch them nibble on play on the East slope... kind of amuzing how easily they handle the steep cliffs... OK now back to the Mule deer thngs.. I glass the hills and see that several of the does are now out feeding again and the move ment begins to pick up as time passes more and more deer are now headed back to the foothills and pastures.. it's about 3:30 p.m. the bucks should start to move soon.. I re-check all my data an find the humidity levels and Bar. pressure have changed some... I re-enter the data into the A1trag software.... there he is a nice buck slipping thtought the timber .. **** not what I want only about 26-27 inches...big heavy bodied though.. several smaller bucks follow his route and dissapear in the canyon.... I have about an hour till dark now.. its 5:00 pm.. I catch some movement across the canyon and pick up the bino's for a closer look .. I see 3 does slip in to a patch of timber.. and.. OH Man there he is.. hot on their trail.. I only got a glimps but he was big... I wait patiently for them to exit the timber.. the does quietly slipped out the east side.. where's the big boy.... with about 20 min. of light left I see him moving out the back side of the timber.. MAN is he huge... after about 10. min of glassing him .. I estimate he's about 29- 31 inches.. deffinitly what I want. He has dark heavy horns with alot of mass.. he's about 22-24" high too.... he's starts to feed along the back slope.. my rig is already set up so I range him.... to make the final calculations.. 856 yards.. ****... he's father than what I have paracticed at... he's also farther than my ballistic performance will quickly kill a deer of his size... all I can do is watch and hope he wanders inside of 750 yards... with the light quickly fading .. things look dim.... for then next 15 min. I watched the majestic monster feed along the ridge.... he then dissapeared into the balnket darkness of called night... maybe next year..... [/QUOTE]
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