RyanML
FNG
As an adult onset hunter after 3 years of trying I was able to get my first bucks on the ground this year. The smaller buck I got in my home state of California. Got him at roughly 9300ft on a 4 day backcountry hunt with a buddy. Glassed him at 600 yards and put a stalk on to 260 yards where I took my shot from my bipod. It was a tough quartering toward shot and I hit him a little far back. Next shot I had to rest from a sapling tree and completely missed high. Third shot he was now quartering away. With the wind blowing the small tree I decided I needed to shoot off hand before he went over the ride. Lined it up and took the shot. Hit him perfectly and he went down after 20 yards. It being my first attempt at a euro mount I left the nose resting on the bottom of the pot and it broke. Still very happy.
The bigger buck was taken in Colorado 3 weeks later on a trip I was invited to by a mentor who was tired of me coming home empty handed. Little different trip than I'm used where we stayed in a hotel and hunted the morning and evenings. While sitting on a ridge this buck walked out at 265 yards. I set up and took my time. He was slightly quartering toward and I lined up my shot. Hit him and he went down after 3 wobbly steps.
While the Colorado trip was amazing there is nothing like backcountry hunting. I look forward to chasing these elusive ghosts.
The bigger buck was taken in Colorado 3 weeks later on a trip I was invited to by a mentor who was tired of me coming home empty handed. Little different trip than I'm used where we stayed in a hotel and hunted the morning and evenings. While sitting on a ridge this buck walked out at 265 yards. I set up and took my time. He was slightly quartering toward and I lined up my shot. Hit him and he went down after 3 wobbly steps.
While the Colorado trip was amazing there is nothing like backcountry hunting. I look forward to chasing these elusive ghosts.
