Nevada Mule Deer Hunt 2013

[population control]

Great Buck!!! Awesome story!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
-PC

 

[Tuffy]

Great write-up and photos. Helluva shot in that wind.
Thanks for taking us along Doug!

 

[RosinBag]

Hey Tuffy, on a side not I got some CBH scoring forms from Ed for you.

 

[Tuffy]

Thanks Doug, He sent me some but I used a couple on Zack's deer the other day.

 

[RosinBag]

let me know if you need more as I have a pretty good supply now...

 

[Bughalli]

Fantastic. Well done,

 

[bowuntr]

Oh yeah, I got to use the Phone Scope I won in last years Rokslide mule deer photo contest... worked great. Here are a couple of pics... passed on these bucks. Ed F

 

[Califhuntn]

Congrats guys on two nice bucks.

 

[velvetfvr]

Even with a late night, Day 8 had us glassing a basin we had glassed before. We didn't turn up any shooters for Ed, many of the same bucks and a lonesome billie goat, but that was it.

We headed back to our bivy camp, packed up and trekked back to our base camp. We had spent 9 nights in the wilderness and had yet to stay in base camp.

Once in base camp and with an unlimited supply of water, it was time to clean up a little. That creek was cold, but sure felt good. We ate some real food that Brent and Ed had brought and that was even better. We glassed a little that night trying to find Ed a buck worthy, but turned up nothing in that category.

We were headed out tomorrow morning, so our hunt had come to an end. Sort of. Ed and Brent polished off a entire bottle of Crown Black and we were up telling lies until about 1am. They were both pretty drunk by the time the fire burned out.

Morning came, packed up and had about a two and half hour horse ride out. Once out, it was a long drive home for all us.

Overall it was a great trip with two of three tags filled. Easily could have filled all our tags with the amount of deer we had seen, but the quality was just not there. This area is getting hammered by hunters and this is leading to smaller and smaller deer every year. I am probably not going back next year and will be looking for other alternatives.

Thanks for all the comments as it is a pleasure to share with fellow Roksliders....Doug.

Look into area 17. Easy to draw and has some big ones if you backpack far enough in. Hard hunt but has the big boys.

 

[RosinBag]

Thanks for the top velvtfvr

 

[dirtytough]

Congrats on a good hunt

 

[Zackman]

Excellent thread guys! I enjoyed it from start to finish. It is really cool to be able to get semi-live updates, complete with photos, during your hunt. What the hell did we do before smart phones and the Internet? I'm not sure how we were entertained...

 

[Muledeerhunter]

Awesome, congrats.

 

[Muledeerhunter]

Nice country, Ed F. See you have the Crown Royal Black, good as rocket fuel as well.

 

[justin davis]

Sweet!! Great story and awesome buck. Sure looks like a great time!!

 

[Doc]

Epic trip Doug!!!!

 

[Nick Muche]

Very nice! Enjoyed the photos and the video.

 

[bowuntr]

One more pic... I killed a few of these at the Star before our hunt. Good stuff... and kinda cool because I have an Amber fetish... Ed F

 

[JasonWi]

Congrats on the great hunt! The write-up was fun to read.

 

[TEmbry]

Awesome hunt and write ups guys! Great bucks taken and passed on (you are crazy Ed ha).

Hopefully get to schedule my first mule deer hunt for next fall 2014.