Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted January 6, 2015 After years of putting in for this tag we finally got lucky and landed four tags, three of my boys an myself. As a dad I always feel pressured to make sure I put my boys in a successful situation. Two of my boys had to hunt earlier and we didn't get to hunt together at all and this year Cole wanted to do his own thing so our first day out he went the direction he wanted and me, I just wanted a nice high spot where I could glass in the sun, be out of the wind, get comfortable and listen for a possible shot from Cole. As I am sitting there lazily glassing the bowl in front of me all the sudden I see movement. What the heck it is a deer......and it from a distance appears to have at least one antler!!! Yep, sure enough that little buck is walking straight down the mountain right towards me. I have alot of time to think this through because he is in the wide open part of that bowl....a little too far away for my shooting skills and I gotta decide. Am I going to pass on this little guy in hopes of a bigger buck or am I going to take this gift given to me and be happy to hunt the rest of the hunt with my boys. Duh....no brainer, been waiting for this late December hunt for years where all the big bucks come out looking for some action right!!! Wrong......I can't let this little guy get away with flaunting it right in front of me like that. Buck is about to hit the bottom of the drainage and head into some thicker stuff but still very visible. I am way up high, I could a been doing jumping jacks up there and he probably never would have seen me, he is just a forkie after all. I get my pack set up on the ledge I have been glassing from, get my .270 laying across it. Pull the deer up in my 10 X 42 Swarovskis, he has bottomed out and angling away from me now just slightly. Put the little buck in my scope.....what the heck I can't even find him. Back to the binos, yep he is just right there......back to the scope......ahhhhh yeah there he is the little bugger. He is working his way up just about to get to some thick right at the top of the saddle, if I am going to shoot I better settle in and get it done. I aim right at the top of his shoulder broad side standing. Boom................what???? How in the heal did I miss....he is still just standing there. I shoot again...............now I have his attention, brother I missed again but he did start moving again but I have a good clean shot still right at his shoulders, I put the cross hairs right in the middle and let it fly. Dang..........where did he go? I can't see him, crap did I really miss again? I glass for 15 minutes looking for movement, nothing. Now I am worried that I can't remember exactly where he was when I shot!!! I start looking for landmarks........ahhh there is some flat rock and that big dead tree.....I think he is right there if he went down. Nobody there to be my guide I take off down to the saddle hoping I can recognize that flat rock area and dead tree when I get down there in the cedars. Doing a real slow walk in case I missed him and he is still hanging around, thick cedars with very little visibility. I look over my right shoulder towards the basin he had come through and out of the corner of my eye.....there it is.....little fork antler sticking up. Buck down......... Got him all cleaned out, packed him out, wishing I had my brothers mules. Caught up with Cole and the wave of questions on how it happened. Week and a half later and 3 days of hunting, snow storms, iced roads and the help of some friends we get some deer located. We are on our last day available to hunt. I send Cole hiking while I sit in the sun again and glass. Unable to close in on the buck we had found it is time to pack it up but wait. There is a little buck under that tree.....yep it is a buck............Cole successfully puts the little guy down. From the looks of it could be a twin to the buck I killed 20 miles away!!! Two guys that couldn't be happier. Cole taking care of his buck!!! My other two boys spent 3 days out there, saw lots of mule deer, put the stalk on several groups of whitetail trying to capitalize on the rut but the white tail didn't seem to be ready for that yet. Thanks to those from this site who helped us get some general information I appreciate the help. Memorable December hunt 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cola Blanca Report post Posted January 6, 2015 Congrats! That is awesome that you were both able to tag a buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottAdams Report post Posted January 6, 2015 Way to go!! Glad you were able to put it together! Your other 2 boys will have other opportunities! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks for your help Scott... hope to bump into you sometime running around out there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha1545 Report post Posted January 7, 2015 Congrats to you both! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesPursuit Report post Posted January 7, 2015 Sounds like great family time, congrats on a couple delicious trophies! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Meyer Report post Posted January 9, 2015 Congrats on the 2 nice deer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
capoeirajosh Report post Posted January 9, 2015 Awesome time there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
randyolson Report post Posted January 9, 2015 Very nice!! Congrats!! Enjoyed the story and pics!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted January 11, 2015 Very nice, congratulations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ernesto C Report post Posted January 12, 2015 Man that is so sweet. I wish I still could hunt with my dad. Hope you and your kids keep doing for long time Congratulations great memories right there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
