it didn't take long to spot the first nice buck of the trip we quickly sized
up the situation and begin the stalk
we've got two big bucks over here feeding below those salsburys in the deep
sage we've got the wind right it's coming this way so I'm hoping we can just edge along this look
on them get 50 yards from kind of underneath a crown on the mountain on
the hills so hopefully they can't see us until we get close one of them's a really good buck
I slowly crept over the ridge and began to really close the distance on the 2
bucks
I finally ran out of cover just as the buck picks me off
yeah
I had him at 45 but the brush was so deep I didn't really have a good shot
just one of those deals he saw us before we saw him
I locate another pair of bucks in a thick draw
see his horns?
Caught our wind just took too long 32 yards then 42 right there they were at 50 the
smaller buck did get open a shot for a second but he didn't stop long enough
for me to get my bow drawn back and I wanted that velvet buck never stepped
out into one of the openings to expose his shoulder
with nothing to lose and time on my side I decide to take a bit of a gamble on a
tough stalk after a bachelor group of sizeable mature bucks
as you can tell by the way the grass is blowing the bucks soon winded me and the
gig was up before it even started
wind was bad it just gave a little gust down the ridge a little in that that buck
smelled me the first buck was 68 yards the bigger buck was 75 too far that's the way
it goes they bedded in the perfect spot wind at their back looking over this little canyon this is the final
this is the final
day of the hunt and we've managed to find a group of velvet bucks feeding on
a sagebrush ridge
as the bucks move over the ridge I take the opportunity to
quickly cut the distance before they bed down for the day
in my excitement I let the tension off my shoulders for just a second and that's
all it took for my finger to bump the trigger release a real rookie mistake
luckily the situation took the buck by surprise as well
we're able to sneak up fifty yards from him just saw his antlers
waited him out for two hours eventually stood up whack
well we've waited 30 minutes a long half-hour now we're gonna go blood-trail the buck and
see if we can find him
well here's where we hit him looks like pretty good head
look at this buck
look at the velvet he didn't make it far about 50 yards
just an awesome trophy southern Wyoming mule deer we had a great time out here
you know bow hunting these bucks at the 8th the September and most of them have
shed the velvet but this guy still in so I'm gonna hope to save the velvet
preserve it just like it is just a really nice trophy buck couldn't ask for
anything more I'm guy Eastman and remember fair chase
the only way to hunt and take trophy big game we'll see you next week right here
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