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WY Backpack Deer #12398752 11/15/17
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,058 Western WY S SnowyMountaineer OP Campfire Regular
OP SnowyMountaineer Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,058 Western WY	It's been a crazy fall, finally got a minute to toss this up here. Apologies if you've seen elsewhere. I got to spend a few days doing my very favorite type of hunt this September, a backpack trip up high for mule deer. With lots of meat left in the freezer I had a chance to be picky. I hiked in to a general unit I'd been in a couple of years ago and set up shop. For the first couple days the weather was kind of like this. I glassed when I could but didn't see much; listened to a lot of music and drank a lot of tea. I saw a few smaller bucks like this one and one decent framed deer missing a back fork. When the weather broke I carried on with my plan working some high basins. After finding a smaller buck bedded, this one and two others appeared. Aside from pretty heavy wind the shot was straightforward at 250; I held as needed and that was that. I wound up camp the next morning and made it home in time for a late supper on my final day. It's about my favorite type of mule deer frame, and I'll sure enjoy looking at it over the years.

GB1

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398763 11/15/17
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,058 Western WY S SnowyMountaineer OP Campfire Regular
OP SnowyMountaineer Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,058 Western WY	I followed the advice of this forum and looked real hard for a yeti, all I found was this old bison skull. Safe to assume it was a yeti kill from several hundred years ago.

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398772 11/15/17
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,646 Coues Country G GregW Campfire Ranger
GregW Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,646 Coues Country	Great buck.... Thanks for posting... - Greg Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398809 11/15/17
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,902 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,902 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	the buff skull was a great bonus

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398829 11/15/17
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner Campfire Outfitter
Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado	Awesome man. I agree that backpack Mulie hunting is the absolute best hunt around. Also, good to see I'm not the only one that carries 2 Hilleberg shelters Tanner

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Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398834 11/15/17
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,748 P prm Campfire Outfitter
prm Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,748	That is fantastic! Congrats!

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398837 11/15/17
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,832 Smoky Mountains, TN bwinters Campfire Outfitter
bwinters Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,832 Smoky Mountains, TN	Good post and better buck! Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398875 11/15/17
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,194 Phoenix MikeS Campfire Regular
MikeS Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,194 Phoenix	Outstanding, thanks for posting. Mike Too close for irons, switching to scope...

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398900 11/15/17
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 998 West of the Mississippi S shootsacreed Campfire Regular
shootsacreed Campfire Regular S Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 998 West of the Mississippi	Was looking forward to a report from you, nice deer, now onto elk! Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want!

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398905 11/15/17
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,878 Bozeman, MT C Carl_Ross Campfire Regular
Carl_Ross Campfire Regular C Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,878 Bozeman, MT	That's still such a great buck. Did you get him cleaned up yet? Just swapped Phil a clean elk head for a bloody deer head. Empirical results rule!

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Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398911 11/15/17
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,058 Western WY S SnowyMountaineer OP Campfire Regular
OP SnowyMountaineer Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,058 Western WY	Loving the Hille tarp 5, the cut is just perfect. I'm whitening it up a bit more, otherwise done.

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398918 11/15/17
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 714 Gillette, Wy M magnum44270 Campfire Regular
magnum44270 Campfire Regular M Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 714 Gillette, Wy	beautiful buck!

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398953 11/15/17
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State roundoak Campfire Outfitter
roundoak Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State	Nice one, congrats. You're Welcome At My Fire Anytime

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12398974 11/15/17
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,627 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger
SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,627 Midwest	Well done! That's an awfully nice deer. WWP53D

Re: WY Backpack Deer Tanner #12399576 11/15/17
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45,993 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana
smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45,993 Colorado	Originally Posted by Tanner Awesome man. I agree that backpack Mulie hunting is the absolute best hunt around. Also, good to see I'm not the only one that carries 2 Hilleberg shelters I carry three. Seriously though, great buck, congratulations! A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12400536 11/16/17
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,871 Wyoming Oldslowdog Campfire Regular
Oldslowdog Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,871 Wyoming	Awesome hunt Glen. That's a great buck and a cool find with the skull. Looking at that loaded pack makes my back hurt. You are quite the man to make it out in one trip. Well done!

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12400550 11/16/17
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,257 Brad Campfire 'Bwana
Brad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,257	Hunting at its highest and best. “Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12401001 11/16/17
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,252 HUNTS Campfire Regular
HUNTS Campfire Regular Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,252	Very nice! You did a fine job.

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12401048 11/16/17
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 6,969 Colorado Springs, Colorado USA KC Campfire Tracker
KC Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 6,969 Colorado Springs, Colorado USA	Terrific. A great adventure. Congratulations. Thanks for sharing. KC Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.

Re: WY Backpack Deer SnowyMountaineer #12401483 11/16/17
Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 9,022 T TimberRunner Campfire Outfitter
TimberRunner Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Aug 2017 Posts: 9,022	Great story, better buck. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

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