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Went looking for wolves and/or elk earlier this week in sw Montana. No bueno.
Came home Friday night with a plan to take the boy hunting Saturday and Sunday to get him a deer andor elk. Slowly as I drove across Montana Friday evening, all my options for the weekend hunt fell apart. The boy was really disappointed Friday night when I got home.
I got up at 3:30 Saturday morning and started looking through block management areas available to us. Scoped out a few. Took off Saturday morning for the gumbo. Got to a bma around noon and it was windy as hell. Nothing out. Didn't look good.
After traveling a rim for about 1 1/2 miles glassing everything below and to the east, we were about to quit and move on. Saw nothing out except for about 50 antelope. Went to one last spot to glass and I spotted a buck about 600 yards away bedded halfway up the hill leading to the rim we had been glassing from.
Boy and I stalked to a point above where he was bedded. Couldn't see him. Moved to another spot, couldn't see him. Finally on the third try I see the buck below me following a doe. Get the boy up to the edge and set up the shooting sticks. Watched the buck breed the doe. We are civilized. Let him finish his job and then I told the boy to take a shot when he felt comfortable.
Couple shots later, the buck is down and the work begins. Had to drag the buck up about 125 up the hill to the top of the bench.
Nice tall 4 point buck. Was on state lands in the bma. Pretty nice deer. Dropped the head off to get cleaned and bleached. They said it would be done by Wednesday.
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Good on ya for letting him finish his bidness.
Congrats to "the boy".
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Two thumbs up, Matthew. Congrats to that lad.
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Thanks guys.
I can't post pics or I'd share one with you.
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Eat Fish, Wear Grundens, Drink Alaskan.
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Excellent, congrats to both of you!
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
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Good job Dad and son both.
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Congratulations to the hunter and others involved in the hunt!
Some spelling errors can be corrected by a vowel movement.
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Good job.....Congratulations to the young man! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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Thanks guys.
I can't post pics or I'd share one with you.
Let's see this buck!
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
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https://postimages.org/It so simple, I can do it. You want to click on the 3rd from the bottom to post directly here. Hotlink for forums ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/HxCS7Wsr/8-B7-A5-E86-17-BE-42-E9-B987-FF87-ED0-FA0-A3.jpg)
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Does ""boy "" have a name
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Does ""boy "" have a name He does and it depends on how temperamental he is being, which one we call him. Great kid but the hormones cause him to flash a bit occasionally. That must be from his mother.
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Congrats Good Stuff here
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Congrats on keeping at it and making it happen that’s awesome!
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Posting pics for Tarkio- His boy and their buddy- ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/mJD8HiZ.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/kERJSBa.jpg)
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Tarkios boy from a few years ago with his first deer ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/xhhxN5I.jpg)
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