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Well my oldest son was drawn 3 yrs ago for 6A bull and couldn’t connect. He said if I were to get drawn again his tag would get filled, well he is a man of his word. Friday was a very slow day. Saw nothing. Saturday morning was different. Had a shot at 20 yds when this bull came in, unfortunately missed as it busted us. He was in awe to see an animal that large that close to him. He was shaking so much, I think I was kind of giggling watching him hold his bow. Chased that herd all morning, but cold never get another shot. Sunday went to the same spot and chased a herd all around, shot at a massive 6x, put his pin on 60 yd and shot over its back, after we ranged the tree it was standing next to it was 50 yds. He was bummed. Monday went to a new spot, were on bulls in the morning but not close enough. That evening got on 2 more bulls and was able to fling an arrow at 30 yds but hit a tree. Tuesday morning walked up to a small ravine and a huge herd was walking up to us, we stopped. He drew his bow back and out walked this spiker, before I could say anything about the 4x behind it he let it rip. It happened so fast I didn’t know what to do except ask, which one did you hit? He said the spike. We found blood immediately and found the bull piled up between 2 trees. High 5’s and hooting and hollering. As we were cleaning he asked I want to I find my arrow, I said how you shot it, it may still be in him, he said no way…..well sure as heck it was lodged right in him in the body cavity completely buried. 1st bull down for him and our whole family. Off to Casey’s and a nice lunch somewhere in Flag.

Being the gunner on a pronghorn hunt is way, way different than being the spotter. Especially after you've waited half your life to pull the tag. Here's a quick recap of my 2024 pronghorn hunt Scouted all summer looking for something to really focus my efforts on. Although we did find a few decent bucks, it took until the beginning of August to find the one that really got my heart rate up. We first spotted him a little over a mile away with heatwaves making it tough to really know what he was. The next morning we walked in before sunup in hopes of at least being close enough to get better pics to review. Found him that morning at about 700yds. Something piqued his curiosity and he made our morning way easier: IMG_5745_2.mov He was probably prettiest speed goat I had ever seen, plus he seemed to like me back, so my mind was made up. We named him Heart for obvious reasons. We continued to scout other areas but always made one more pass through to 1) see if we could relocate him 2) see if there were any archery hunters on him and 3) see how many rifle hunters were scouting in that area. As it turns out, we never saw a single vehicle until day two of the hunt. way less stressful that way. As hot as it is, big props to the archery guys... trying to close to bow range with buzz worms crawling around is a ballsy proposition IMG_5433.MOV Sadly, this one died of lead poisoning not long after this video was taken... Fast forward to the day before the opener: I am fortunate that my brother Curt has the ability to work remote thanks to Elon Musk and Star Link so he was in camp early. I wasn't able to get out of work until about noon. Just as I was pointing the Bronco north I get a message from him. He hasn't moved a half mile from the weekend prior. IMG_5982.mov Opening morning: Here we go!!! I had a lot of help from friends and family on this one. had two sets of spotters with Curt and I on the ground the area we had last seen him. As the sun rises we get a call that the buck is in a pasture. We make the half mile walk to get into shooting position only we missed our mark and the buck spotted us before we spotted him. things got real frantic, real fast and I ended up sending a shot across his bow. I lost a little piece of my soul when he kicked that extra gear and was leaving a dust wake across the prairie. We played hide and seek with him for a little under 5 miles. He finally bed and we were able to get to 450yds before we ran out of cover. Its way easier when they don't know you're there- was able to get a comfortable rest, in the shade, and waited for him get up to stretch. Results below: Helluva thing these pronghorn... Hope everyone gets to experience it at least once. Thanks for looking Dave

Killed my biggest archery buck the other day. It had been several years since I got one with a bow. I am sure this is the oldest deer I have got.

Okay - good news - I have heard from them and there was in-fact a printer issue and an upgrade to new paper issue that have been holding up production. We are going to start getting resupplied soon. Thank you to whomever reached out to the Flatline folks and got the communication going again. Communication is good. Have a productive fall season, Mark Healy

We will be back Thursday to Thursday.

Pretty sure I glassed this buck up the week before. He was with 2 other bucks that were bigger. I was able to video the 2 bigger bucks. Wind was bad for a stalk so I didn't push it, I had the last 12 days of the hunt off. Few days ago spoted him with a smaller buck about 1/4 mile from were I saw the bucks the week before. Was able to get to 60 yards. Hit him a little high. Took some time to recover him but the 4 blade broadhead did its job. It was a pretty hot hunt. Had some buddies out camping with me off and on during the hunt and it was a blast!

The kid likes to fish, (I do too) but deer gives you more bang for the buck. So to speak. Doe in the freezer- a good day.

This is good news. They’re my favorite maps by far and was starting to worry…

Memories, and delicious tender meat! Awesome! One of my best memories is watching my dad shake like a leaf when he had a 270" bull ag 15 yards.

Mark two or three with a sharpie, Put them in the tube or magazine and fire a handful of rounds with them in there. Run them in and out of the chamber A few times Fairly hard. Measure coal To see if the bullets moved.

He did, center punched him right between the front legs.

I know one of them and was told their printer was damaged this winter. They were on a temporary shutdown at one point while trying to get a new printer and get it up and running. I should cross paths with them soon and can find out more.

Guess I better get my test levels checked. I’d rather hunt september

What really sucks is us poor schlubs got nothing to look forward to until you guys are back out there....

Probably because you’re gay and the kid has his priorities in order

Why is it im sitting at home thinking of elk but my son who has the tag is chasing asu girls. Be back Thursday for the last 7 days.

It was a very fun hunt. My kids both killed they had 10 days to hunt and passed many bucks and finally decided to shoot on day 8 and day 9. Saw a couple giants but shooting lanes were a problem.

Great tent. Mine went thru a nasty hailstorm a few weeks ago and took it like a champ. This one has the big windows on the end which I wish mine had.

Let's hear the story. Nice buck.

But will also retrieve spoonies when its 25* out. 20240110_094310.mp4

I’m sure she will train up good, for now she’s just cute

TTT $950obo

Reggie had a great hunt in some tough weather and tougher country. Check out the video for the entire hunt: