02-19-2008, 06:58 AM
Yep believe it or not it was a general unit, public land, no fences for miles!...northern region to be exact[
]haha. We were about 15 miles in on dirt road, 1.5 miles in on ATV trail, then a 1.75 mile hike almost straight down, which means you pack it out straight up!! I got home from my summer in Alaska 4 days before the hunt and headed straight to this spot to start glassing...i found a group of six bucks...this one being the second from largest. The bigger one was a 5x6 about 29" wide. He never showed himself again but this guy came in right at daybreak on Sept. 1st with a 22" 4x4 that was already rubbed and also a 2pt! Both the 4pts stood shoulder to shoulder for about 2 minutes and finally the smaller one took 2 steps away and cleared her up for a shot. We got all three spikes in the same spot... this buck walked right around gut-piles from 2 spikes we killed on opening day of elk. The 2 spikes were shot less than 10 minutes apart and died less than 20 yards from eachother!
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]haha. We were about 15 miles in on dirt road, 1.5 miles in on ATV trail, then a 1.75 mile hike almost straight down, which means you pack it out straight up!! I got home from my summer in Alaska 4 days before the hunt and headed straight to this spot to start glassing...i found a group of six bucks...this one being the second from largest. The bigger one was a 5x6 about 29" wide. He never showed himself again but this guy came in right at daybreak on Sept. 1st with a 22" 4x4 that was already rubbed and also a 2pt! Both the 4pts stood shoulder to shoulder for about 2 minutes and finally the smaller one took 2 steps away and cleared her up for a shot. We got all three spikes in the same spot... this buck walked right around gut-piles from 2 spikes we killed on opening day of elk. The 2 spikes were shot less than 10 minutes apart and died less than 20 yards from eachother![signature]