Only pics,no deer. But the hunt was well worth it,we drove 2500 miles to hunt a state that is 170 miles from home! LOL The first 3 days(and nites) were recon. Slept in the truck 2 nites,motel 1
Finally set up camp and started hunting,covered a LOT of ground,saw quite a few deer. The trip was well worth it for the one eve with a great non-typ muley.
It had rained off and on,put rain gear on 3 or 4 times. Finally headed to the truck,rain quit,took rain gear off again,stepped over to look in a flat valley with steep sides about 30 ft. tall and there he was. 5x5 with stickers to make him 6x9,feeding to the east.
There was a cedar grove 50 yds east,so since I spotted him,bro told me to go get im! Made an end run around the hill,down a sandy wash into the cedars,bellycrawled 30 ft. ,found a setup and was 50 yds from him! He swapped ends a couple times as he fed,but had 3 hrs til dark and good wind,so I waited. Out of cover anyway,so no choice,12" grass between us.
After 10 min. or so,he threw up his head,and I knew we were done,swirly winds! He took a couple bounds and looked hard around the valley,then a few more and looked some more. Then over the ridge in no big hurry.
Bro watched him from above the whole time and field guessed him at 198",not that the number matters.
Took a LOT of pics,back with some when they load!! Sorry,no pic of the big boy,had other things on my mind!
Topic: Back from NE with pics (Read 718 times)
