04-11-2007, 05:00 AM
Well. Good bucks on the General hunt? My dad, brother, and myself have been pretty lucky. We hunt a primo mountain with excellent genetics, and best of all, little to no hunting presure.
Every year it goes about the same. We wake up, drive to the western part of Central, hike into our mountains. One of us usually kill a biggie the in the first 45 minutes to 2 hours of light. After that it's putting in 15 to 25 mile days in rocky shale terrain, popping different ridges looking for a decent buck. Most times your looking over 5 to 10 24-27" 4 points waiting for the magic 30". I've settled for 28" bucks some years.
The hard work pays off. This is what I come home to every night.
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A couple of my best.
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A couple of my dad's more unique deer. He's killed a lot of nice bucks.
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If you scout, hike, get away from the crowds and hunt an area year after year after year, chances are you'll learn where the bigger bucks are, too. Just keep your finger off the trigger, and when you finally jump him, sit down and take your time. You'll start killing deer like these, too. Or just get lucky. It's all good.
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Every year it goes about the same. We wake up, drive to the western part of Central, hike into our mountains. One of us usually kill a biggie the in the first 45 minutes to 2 hours of light. After that it's putting in 15 to 25 mile days in rocky shale terrain, popping different ridges looking for a decent buck. Most times your looking over 5 to 10 24-27" 4 points waiting for the magic 30". I've settled for 28" bucks some years.
The hard work pays off. This is what I come home to every night.
[inline "family room.jpg"]
[inline "living room.jpg"]
A couple of my best.
[inline "1st buck.jpg"]
[inline "05 buck.jpg"]
A couple of my dad's more unique deer. He's killed a lot of nice bucks.
[inline "33 4x4.jpg"]
[inline 5x6.jpg]
[inline "220 4x5.jpg"]
If you scout, hike, get away from the crowds and hunt an area year after year after year, chances are you'll learn where the bigger bucks are, too. Just keep your finger off the trigger, and when you finally jump him, sit down and take your time. You'll start killing deer like these, too. Or just get lucky. It's all good.
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