Chris Hagenlocher
Active member
Sorry to delete and repost this, but thanks to y'alls help I have the picture thing down. This'll work just fine now...
It was the first day of hunting in the mountains of Colorado. I got a non-resident deer tag for a zone that I had been scouting all summer, while working at a youth summer camp in Colorado. I knew some big bucks were in the area, as well as a ton of elk. Well, the scouting paid off, and I saw this guy my first day out... except he was with a bunch of does and a younger 4x4- on private land. So, I admired him through my binoculars, and told myself I would take him if I ever saw him again, on the property I was hunting on. Well, later that evening, after talking to another hunter, who said there were no deer around- I saw this buck stand up at 115 yards through the trees and scrub. He hadn't noticed me yet, so I crept closer about 15 feet. The shot was there, and I dropped him dead in his tracks with a .30-.06 I had my first deer! He was much bigger up close. We estimated his live weight at about 300 pounds, and the taxidermist told me his rack would score around 180. My friend took a buck too, and we had a good elk hunt also. Now I want to go duck hunting! But I don't expect to shoot a banded bird... =)
It was the first day of hunting in the mountains of Colorado. I got a non-resident deer tag for a zone that I had been scouting all summer, while working at a youth summer camp in Colorado. I knew some big bucks were in the area, as well as a ton of elk. Well, the scouting paid off, and I saw this guy my first day out... except he was with a bunch of does and a younger 4x4- on private land. So, I admired him through my binoculars, and told myself I would take him if I ever saw him again, on the property I was hunting on. Well, later that evening, after talking to another hunter, who said there were no deer around- I saw this buck stand up at 115 yards through the trees and scrub. He hadn't noticed me yet, so I crept closer about 15 feet. The shot was there, and I dropped him dead in his tracks with a .30-.06 I had my first deer! He was much bigger up close. We estimated his live weight at about 300 pounds, and the taxidermist told me his rack would score around 180. My friend took a buck too, and we had a good elk hunt also. Now I want to go duck hunting! But I don't expect to shoot a banded bird... =)
