In The Land of My People

Brandon Guitierez

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Feb 1, 2016
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Susanville, California
I'm not a seasoned or professional Bowhunter. However, I will say bowhunting the mountains of Northeastern California is in my DNA. The men in my family have been harvesting animals here for over 10,000 years. I guess you could say the Bowhunter in me has been awakened. After this past season, my life will never be what it was before I loosed the arrow that killed my first Blacktail Buck.

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Spending hours in the C-Zone scouting. I was excited to find a bachelor group, a first for me. I had lots of great experiences up there. On opening day I had a young doe come within a foot of me. I was out Still Hunting. She followed me for about 45 mintes as I moved along a timbered ridge. Awesome!

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Mintues before my Buck showed up we had a Black Bear at 60 yards. With no tag, we scared him back into the trees. It had to have been that Bear that sent the buck up to the same spot.

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One of the happiest days of my life. I worked hard for this opportunity. Scouted for months, shot every chance I got. This Buck showed himself at 63 yards between two trees. I had to thread the needle, and hit exactly where I was aiming. Probably all luck!

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He wasnt a toad, but he's still a trophy to me. I cant wait to get back up there. Bowhunting has become my life. This year I hope to get an X-Zone and chase Muleys. No matter what, this year I'll be back in the mountains of the old ones.
 

bbc26

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Over 10,000 years? What tribe? I'm from the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians down here in Southern California.
 

bbc26

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One of our guys is married to a girl from Hoopa. "Beanies" daughter if that rings a bell. He tells me it's beautiful up there and the fishing is good. He's been up there to help out when the salmon are running.
 
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Brandon Guitierez

Brandon Guitierez

Lil-Rokslider
Joined
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Location
Susanville, California
One of our guys is married to a girl from Hoopa. "Beanies" daughter if that rings a bell. He tells me it's beautiful up there and the fishing is good. He's been up there to help out when the salmon are running.
Have not been in that country since I was a kid. I grew up on the Susanville Indian Rancheria. Still live here.
 
Joined
Aug 24, 2012
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Western OR.
There is some pretty cool mulie country in that area, those mtns south of susanville look promising every time I drove by there headed to off road races in Nevada.
I really liked that area north of Eagle Lake on the Lookout/Hwy 39 cut off road west of Alturas. I cannot remember the name of the creek but man that area I always saw deer during the late nights I drove through there.
 

akaodie

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Feb 4, 2013
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Location
Old Harbor Alaska
Congrats from a fellow Indigenous American I am just a few miles north of you on Kodiak Island in Alaska. Sugpiaq (Russian Aleut) with a little Norwegian from my Dad.
 
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