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This year I'm mainly shooting Bergs and not NBT's. Maybe the reason I shoot the NBT 2nds so much is I can sort out the zip lock they come in..... Dober Ain't it the truth...grin...
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GregW and Ingwe are always welcome at my camp as well.
Lots of good guys @ the Fire and I suspect that in person people would get along mo betta.
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Hell yes we would. I'd tag out opening day on a dink and be camp bitch for the rest of the hunt. Hard to hate that guy! (damn I washed a lot of dishes in camp this year!)
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I've got some ideas on how to go about the camp/kill/pack/bag strategy that has worked for me on warm season hunts if you're interested. Send me a PM. How about a thread? I would sure read it.
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Yes!! Also a Desolation bull elk tag in a couple weeks here. I've been there. Nice unit. Congrats on your mulie
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First thing to do when you spot(at distance) a small/medium size deer is start looking for a bigger one. Depending on, he might be right there.
As for leaving hide on, of course temps/time make all the difference. I have left deer overnight gutted/hide on and was more worried about coyotes than anything. One time they did clean up the gut pile but didn't chew on the deer.
And I'm no backpack expert but on a day hunt bone out the meat and make 1 trip. I learned that here. Only done it 4-5 times with deer/antelope but it makes perfect sense.
Easier in the daylight when you don't know where you're going.
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Jeff- Since you've killed bigger bucks in much easier places for recovery, was this buck mostly about wanting to get into the "long range hunting" club? Would you shoot the same buck in the same place on opening day if it showed up at 75 yards?
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Never mind. You answered the question when you started a thread called "Is 520 yards enough?"
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Telling, is it not?
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Jeff- Since you've killed bigger bucks in much easier places for recovery, was this buck mostly about wanting to get into the "long range hunting" club? Would you shoot the same buck in the same place on opening day if it showed up at 75 yards? I wanted to get my first mule deer. I would have preferred he was closer. GFY.
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Lots of footprints in the dirt leading up to that view by the roadway, I'd say.
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If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.
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Jeff, I imagine temps were in the 40's at night? I have killed a lot of deer in similar conditions, and stayed out for a week with no ice. What I have done is skin them right away, and covered with a game bag and hang them in the shade, uncovered at night. During the daytime put a sleeping bag on them to keep the nights cool in the meat, and the heat out. Never lost any meat that way. Congratulations on a hunt done your way, for your enjoyment. For sure.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.
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The part I don't understand is burning 15 points to shoot a baby mule deer on a backpack hunt. Why go through all the trouble of packing out not only your camp, but a deer that was probably so dumb you could have shot it from 30 yards easily??? The meat care issue is a whole nother story, that I sadly see fairly often. What I don't see very often is guys shooting 2-3 year old mule deer in places that they can't get a pickup to.
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What, is this a one-year anniversary resurrection?
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THIS was the best photo in the thread. Supposedly he hiked all the way back to his truck to photograph his bloody knife but somehow never got a photo of his deer......... BTW, it's a Buck "Bucklite" to answer someone's question.
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Hey there strangers! Pulled the tag again against all odds. Packed into the same spot. Killed this guy opening morning at 602 yards. Had my phone (camera) on me this time. He's no wall hanger but met my criteria. I think we've established that my criteria are not super high. He's a much more mature deer than 2012's 3x3. Boom. I used a rifle I built this spring. Essentially, a short-action Sendero SF. I did all the work. It specs as follows: Rem700 WSM short action, donor was a .270 WSM stainless laminate thingie; Pac-Nor stainless fluted Sendero-profile 7mm barrel twisted for the heavies and finishing at 24"; Timney Calvin Elite trigger (really like this); Action milled for extended Wyatt's box, this fixes the God-awful feeding of a WSM Remington as well as giving extra COAL; HS Precision stock; Decelerator pad; Zeiss Conquest 6.5-20 in Burris offsets (for now). Chambered 7 WSM to under .0001" runout at the lands/chamber interface. Load was 162 Amax over 7828 SSC (thanks goes to Dober for the 7828 heads-up!). The rifle is incredibly accurate. Unbelievable. Pretty pumped about that. My gear was generally the same except I upgraded to a REI Quarter Dome tent, and used a UV pen for water. Also, carried my big Minox binocs instead of my 8x Swaro's. Buck was killed at ~ 8800 ft a [bleep] long ways from anywhere. Brutal pack-out. Good times. Hope all is well in your camps and lives! I'm doing great. Feel free to PM me, friends! I miss you guys. Later gators-- -jeff
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Appears it didn't over penetrate.
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You didn't post your load.
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Something is missing here. Where's the blue tape?
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