AJBert
12-05-2024, 02:36 PM
for this year at least.
I didn't have a tag for anything, but my wife and cousin had tags both for cow elk and mulie bucks. My cousin's tags were for 3rd rifle season and my wife's elk tag was for 3rd rifle season and buck tag for 4th rifle season here at the house for private land. My cousin got his buck on the second evening hunt, a big bodied with average 4 point antlers. Out west, mulies are counted by the points on one side only. Some count brow tines, some don't. For those that do, it would be a 5 point with a spread of 20 inches. He didn't want to take a pic with it, so no pic.
No elk were taken, though my cousin and myself did find them opening morning. Too far for him to shoot (a little over 400 yards away on the side of a ridge above us) as he is much more comfortable shoot under 25 yards. No, not 250 yards, 25 yards. I told him to get closer by keeping trees between him and the elk. Of course, he walked where he could keep an eye on the elk, and they could keep an eye on him, too. He got about 100 yards closer when the elk decided to top the ridge. I told him if he wants to follow, we will. He said no and I was very glad, as there was 12 to 16 inches off snow on the ground, and that ridge was tall and steep. Woke up the next morning, he didn't want to hunt. A few hours later he said he was done hunting. Not a surprise as he has done the more often than not over the years.
My wife passed on elk hunting as she was under the weather a bit. I could understand that.
However, on opening morning of her deer hunt, she was recovered. A really nice buck came out of the trees on the backside of the house down the slope a little ways. One shot later, off the back deck, the buck was down and the work started for me. She did let me take a pic of with the buck, but she had problems holding the head and antlers up for a good pic. This was bigger than my cousin's buck in every way. Much larger body, 4 point with a 26 inch spread. It is the biggest buck for her, and the biggest we've seen on the property during hunting season. Until...the next morning when a BIGGER buck showed up.
I might have to rethink where I hunt deer in the future. I get a buck tag every third years hunting on public land and she draws every year here at the house. Both deer are in the freezers, bagged, tagged, and ready to eat. The dog has meat left over from last year's deer, and no has enough to where he can eat it probably every other day. He only eats a 1/4 lb a day, but I might bump that up to 1/2 lb a day, breakfast and dinner for him.
Anyways, here's the pic. My guess is he weighs in the 275 lb range, on the hoof. Not counting the scraps we ground up for the dog, we somewhere around 65-70 lbs of meat. My cousin's buck came to around 45-50 lbs. The dog, from both bucks, over 100 lbs. We process them here at the house.
Ok, I can not upload a picture on here for some reason. I've done it before with no problems, even tried a couple of days ago. I need to find a 12 year old to do it for me now.
The wife's buck is getting the Euro treatment right now and we should be picking it up this week or next. It'll be hanging on the front of the garage when the snow is no longer coming and is gone on the snow. So, sometime late May/early June. I'll keep trying to get the pic up, but I am at my wits end.
I didn't have a tag for anything, but my wife and cousin had tags both for cow elk and mulie bucks. My cousin's tags were for 3rd rifle season and my wife's elk tag was for 3rd rifle season and buck tag for 4th rifle season here at the house for private land. My cousin got his buck on the second evening hunt, a big bodied with average 4 point antlers. Out west, mulies are counted by the points on one side only. Some count brow tines, some don't. For those that do, it would be a 5 point with a spread of 20 inches. He didn't want to take a pic with it, so no pic.
No elk were taken, though my cousin and myself did find them opening morning. Too far for him to shoot (a little over 400 yards away on the side of a ridge above us) as he is much more comfortable shoot under 25 yards. No, not 250 yards, 25 yards. I told him to get closer by keeping trees between him and the elk. Of course, he walked where he could keep an eye on the elk, and they could keep an eye on him, too. He got about 100 yards closer when the elk decided to top the ridge. I told him if he wants to follow, we will. He said no and I was very glad, as there was 12 to 16 inches off snow on the ground, and that ridge was tall and steep. Woke up the next morning, he didn't want to hunt. A few hours later he said he was done hunting. Not a surprise as he has done the more often than not over the years.
My wife passed on elk hunting as she was under the weather a bit. I could understand that.
However, on opening morning of her deer hunt, she was recovered. A really nice buck came out of the trees on the backside of the house down the slope a little ways. One shot later, off the back deck, the buck was down and the work started for me. She did let me take a pic of with the buck, but she had problems holding the head and antlers up for a good pic. This was bigger than my cousin's buck in every way. Much larger body, 4 point with a 26 inch spread. It is the biggest buck for her, and the biggest we've seen on the property during hunting season. Until...the next morning when a BIGGER buck showed up.
I might have to rethink where I hunt deer in the future. I get a buck tag every third years hunting on public land and she draws every year here at the house. Both deer are in the freezers, bagged, tagged, and ready to eat. The dog has meat left over from last year's deer, and no has enough to where he can eat it probably every other day. He only eats a 1/4 lb a day, but I might bump that up to 1/2 lb a day, breakfast and dinner for him.
Anyways, here's the pic. My guess is he weighs in the 275 lb range, on the hoof. Not counting the scraps we ground up for the dog, we somewhere around 65-70 lbs of meat. My cousin's buck came to around 45-50 lbs. The dog, from both bucks, over 100 lbs. We process them here at the house.
Ok, I can not upload a picture on here for some reason. I've done it before with no problems, even tried a couple of days ago. I need to find a 12 year old to do it for me now.
The wife's buck is getting the Euro treatment right now and we should be picking it up this week or next. It'll be hanging on the front of the garage when the snow is no longer coming and is gone on the snow. So, sometime late May/early June. I'll keep trying to get the pic up, but I am at my wits end.