There was no manure spread, no farming done, no wood cut, no islands, or canoes used, no sumacs harmed, no magazine covers made and no bigass horns hereabouts. Late Plains rifle started here today. Seen a couple does this morning while feeding the steers. They was headed towards the north place, on my way back to the barn. I spooked a few out of the creek bend below a bluff last week on the north place, so gathered up my stuff and took off thattaway, thinking that's about where they'd be. Peaked over the top of the bluff and didn't glass anything down there. I backed out and went a few hundred yards further before I peeked over again. Still nothing. So I made the mistake of standing up and skylining myself. A little forky was bedded below me, looking towards the hill. When he seen me he stood up, so I crouched down behind some yucca. He didn't booger, so I figgered there were more I couldn't see. Sure enuff there was a bigger one (not Wisconsin sized,) bedded there, facing the bottom. He got nervous when his little buddy made me, and stood up and turned broadside to look back up the hill. When I crouched down, i loaded, flipped my covers, and dropped down on a set of sticks. I could only see a portion of his ribs between the trees, so popped him there. I was able to see him crash after maybe a 70 yard run. I went back to the truck and drove around the fringe of the trees till I was close. Let the dogs out and circled over to where I shot him. Finn hit the blood trail first, but the pup passed him and was first to the deer. It wasn't much of a test, but I was proud of how she worked....

Nice deer anyway!

Awesomeness!

Well done!

Nice buck Hunts.

Nicely done. Nothing wrong with that buck!

Nice buck!

You musta wiped the milk off it’s lips. Congrats

That's a nice one there! Congrats.

pretty one

Nice buck!!

Dandy buck, Don! 💪🏼💪🏼

Congrats!

Excellent!

👍🏿

That’s fantastic! Dogs that find deer! Good girl.

Nice buck! Nice rifle. Nice dogs. You got it goin' on.

Nice!

Great buck!

Good looking rifle. Oh and the bucks looks good too!

Great buck deer. Thanks for sharing.

Nicely done! Too bad you weren’t driving a tractor when you spotted him though

Just think of the toad you would have bagged .... if you spread some manure....

If only you had left the PTO engaged....

That will do good shooting

I was, when I seen his girlfriends

Nice Buck Don! Congrads

Nice job Don! Glad to hear the pups worked the trail for you too.

I'd shoot that deer in a heartbeat. Very nice!

NICE. That's a good one.

Nice buck. Congrats.

Cool deal Don. Congrats on another nice one. 147's again?

140 Amax outta Polly Creed (Apollo's little sister)

Well done Hunts!

I always enjoy seeing country others are hunting.

Nother nice one huntsman22, you have a habit of turning up nice deer out on the flats!

Congrats!

roundoak don't like copy cats, lol good deer hunts

Nice! Congrats Sir!

Nice one Don, and good on you for letting the dogs get in on the act. That'll pay big dividends down the road.

Cool! Nice deer

LOL, nice buck Don, you're livin large.

Nice buck, huntsman!

Nice deer and good on you!

Nice one, congrats

Nicely done sir. Congrats.

Nice.

👍👍👍

I'd would have shot him too! Good writeup. I like the blood on the leaves pics. Good job all the way around!

I need to spend more time on the tractor.

Nice buck!

Come on over.......bwahaha

Nice, congrats.

Sweet buck sir!

here's a few pics of some of other whitetails we took off the ranch. Nothing huge, but some nice deer for the area....

I haven't been to CO in a long time. 2001, Feb but I need to get back out there. Pretty country. I'd love to go find the old place where we lived in Craig. I'm sure it's long gone...

I lived in Craig for 11 years. When, and where were you up there?

Nice buck! Nice bucks!

Todd

I was there for a short while 78-79. Talking toddler. Little brother was born there. My dad was the dental tech for your dentist - John Ilko (spelling? He's dead now I believe, his son was a dentist too - I think from what my dad said).

I vaguely remember the trailer and the inside of it. Super cold place, windy indoors type of joint. We were what most call "poor".

I've not been back since we moved back to the midwest in 79/80. Just thought it neat to go back someday - maybe see what's become of the old place.

Some good looking bucks there Hunts, Nice job.

A few mulies off the place. Again, nothing huge, but some nice prairie bucks...

and a couple I didn't shoot....

If it would ever rain again, think they'd be even better. Some great pics Don.

As my dad used to say “ain’t no flies on that one”, nice deer.

Nice looking bucks on the ranch. Neat place! Thanks for sharing the pics.

Dandy, Don. Do you still use the gut zipper thingy?

Nathan is not going to appreciate all you guys giving kudos.

Yeah, I use the hell outta it....

Nice work don👊🏻

Some fantastic bucks!

Great critters and pics!

Good deal

Good work there, Pard! Glad to hear the dog's got in on the fun!

Frog---OUT!

Nice bucks!

What’s the AVG weight of those bucks on the hoof?

Huge bodies compared to our pwhite tails.

Here a 180# buck is a big one.

Nice bucks Huntsman I believe those are yours, and those bucks are very good ones especially the mulies. The woman that got a buck , is that your ex or a new girlfriend??? Nice to see the girls out there . Also, I think Roundoak will be the laughing stock for a decade around here.

bosses wife

Thanks for sharing those pictures Don. I recognize a lot of the places where the deer were taken. I look forward to visiting the ranch again. Merry Christmas, in advance.

Nice bucks Don! What a neat place you live at. And you obviously make good use of it.

^^^This^^^

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great buck! Congrats

Nice!

So the story could be, you were throwing the cows over the fence some hay, the chores were all done it was opening day.

uhh, pretty much covers it...

Holy hell.

Nice bucks.👍

Some Very nice Bucks! Couple of them mule deer are huge bone and body!

Been a goodun next year.

Nice buck ! Enjoyed the write up and pics too.

Thanks for all the comments, guys. I just want to update y'all. I'm glad I got my buck on opening morning as I had to go in the hospital last week for another heart deal. Heart ablation surgery on wednesday. They go in thru the groin and you are pretty damn sore for awhile. It would have been tough getting around hunting, if I hadn't of filled before the surgery. My heart feels great now, and I'm completely out of AFIB and my heart rate is steady and back to normal.. Been 4 days and I'm still a sore puppy. I just know all you guys are wanting to see pics of my purple crotch/groin. enjoy!....grin

Get well soon Don. You stay laid up long and the varmints are likely to take over the place with nobody shooting them.

Glad you're on the mend....but the pics??

Damn, Don.
Glad you got fixed up.

Purple Haze.

Stay upright, my friend.

Vinny

P.S. I'm praying the nurse who manscaped your "region" was a knockout.

P.S.S. and by knockout I mean, not gay.

Good buck, but sounds too easy. Great pics except for the follow up. I could do without those.

Nice buck(s) Huntsman!

All great deer for sure.

But the last pics....Don, you just won the Campfire's 'Things that can't be unseen' award.

You can say that again!

LOL. don't ever share a hotel room with him, the man has no couth!!!

Nice hunt and good buck pictures.



Can't help but notice that Gold Ring Scopes seems to get the bigger bucks?

A bit of an overshare later in the thread but hope you heal up soon.

Congrats on the buck. He’s a dandy WT.

Damn, Don. Hope you feel better and can get back out and about soon.

I’d of thought twice before showing Father V card those pics. His needs are a bit different than normal folks. He also gets purple heads confused with anything else that is purple. It is just how he’s wired.

Dam, hope you heal up quick.

Are you trying to convince us you don’t wax?
The selfies you keep sending suggest otherwise…..

V

P.S. The chicken gets purple if you choke it……..eventually.

30338 came out yesterday to shoot. He brought the skull with him. Kurt sure does a nice job on them....

He does great work!

Cool buck.