m1280 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 sorry to see gmm go and I will wish him luck!! went down to the grubsteak on sat to see what the turnout would be and low and behold in the parkin lot was was a used car lot and some halloween party and lotsa people!! did make one lap around and figured the huntin conversations were a little slim based on the clientel. so i walked back outside and met young hunter (christian and his pops randy as well as firstcouecwas 80, casey and his dad. and no packhorse, red rabbit or scotty boy. now in all fairness I did get there right @ 8:00 pm and might have missed them or , i would like to think that they were by the fire capin out the days fare, none the less as the topic states got to meet some more folks afflicted with the same ilness that I have, beein in the hills on a cool mornin w/ glass and gun in hand trien' to make the connection. we were there for an hour or so and shot the bull for awhile and as for myself felt like I was yappin w/ friends that have shared fires and stories with for much much longer than an hour!!! Christian and his dad were scoutin for the nov epic and casey and his pops were part of the oct efforts, caseys dad took a fork on fri am and his dad was inside celebratin and was crackin me up, he come out w/ these bouncin eyeball glasses singin the beer goggles song(had to be there) and told us that he was able to wrangle us up some food amongst the crowd all ready there. any ways christian and his dad decided to roll back down south and I had thrown a few select items in the truck and decided cold turkey to offer another pair of eyes and blew outa tucson and ended up followin casey and his dad back to their camp. unrolled the sleppin bag and set the alarm for 0 dark'thirty and me and casey hit the trail, got to the 'spot', broke out the glass and commenced to pick the area, casey had told me that trophy hardware was scarce the last couple of days and about 10 mins. of glassin found some does and a small fork, got casey and the range finder on the same line and found the fork was 821 and some change light conversation was had,and IT, was on, cut the distance and make the shot, right? not today got busted and they topped the hill. the morning continued much the same w/o bucks though until hunger drove us back to camp for some real food, and lemee tell his pops and the ole dutch oven killed the void and like i said earlier, this was comfortable and felt like we had been doin this all along!! good time was had even with 2 flats that wiped out the rest of the day(fix-a-flat rules) so as the topic says hello to some new huntin chums and we are already talkin bout a trip to wyoming and chase some goats!! hopefully I can get out in nov and help young hunter and expand my constitchuancy( spelling) that means fellow hunters lark! maybe I'll cross paths w/ you some day just from your posts as well as others ya'll a good bucha dudes!! good luck and kindle some new relationships!! -mike- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kilimanjaro Report post Posted November 1, 2005 M1280, sorry we were absent on the dinner. We had a nice buck on the ground right at dark and we didn't make it out of the hills and back to the truck till 10:00. There was me, RedRabbit, and my buddy Kevin, and Rich. I know Casey and his Dad, but I would have liked to have met everyone else. Maybe we can get a Nov. dinner together. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az4life Report post Posted November 1, 2005 Cool story. I can just picture Caseys dad bein so happy he had his buck in the bag! The "meet and eat" idea sounds like it has opened a few more doors! thanks for the colorful updates. I hope to do the same in 24B this Dec. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted November 1, 2005 Mike it was great to meet you. Also Casey it was great to meet you and your dad. Sorry to hear about the flat tires but its all part of the experience. Mike just shoot me an email if you will be able to make a run down there. We will be heading down Thursday midday and will be leaving Sunday night or morning depending on if we tag out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m1280 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 will do! -m- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted November 1, 2005 Alright Mike sounds good we have Plan A Plan B and Plan C all figured out and we have seen buck at all 3 place but plan A has the biggest bucks yet. So all of the eyes out there will help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m1280 Report post Posted November 1, 2005 you just need to make sure that smokepole of yours is lighten matches out to 500 yds and I'm sure we'll be eatin some backstrap w/,,, you guessed, it potatoes!!! and frosty cold vitamin packed adult beverages!!! err, ck that your dad and I will as soon as you getter cooked and clean the dishes!!! lol -m- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted November 1, 2005 Right now I wont shoot over 400 unless everything is perfect. Where we want to camp you will need 4wd and you can glass from camp. There is 3 nice canyons a bowl and a mountainside to the south and to the north there are a bunch of little fingers and a then a hug e bowl. That is Plan A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted November 1, 2005 I am really happy you guys were able to meet up!! I am sure RR and scottyboy and crew would have loved to have been there also. But I guess if you are gonna miss something like that it has to be because you are packing out a buck! Congrats to everyone. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted November 1, 2005 SOunds like alot of fun, I'll be hanging around with a couple of guys in Nov. hopefully we will meet up with some of you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted November 3, 2005 yeah my dad has his beer goggles on for sure!!!! haha it was a crack up! i figured there was a reason scott and doug werent there. the buck that mike and i glassed up was the ONLY buck that we saw during the hunt that didnt hit the ground! i had a good time there even though it was only a few of us. like mike said, we talked like we were old friends, and in a way, we were. we have some mutual friends and one great big thing in common.... WE LOVE TO HUNT!!!! i sure hope that the wyoming trip comes together i really wana go! i tried callin ya last night to tell ya all about the buck i killed but it went straight to voice mail. im out!!! lates boys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
