Well so far it's looking alot less crowded to road hunt because when you ask people to post their high country bucks there's 40 posts. So far it looks like a 40:1 ratio on high country hunters to road hunters ??
I might have to book a hunt with you!!!
So cool, good for you!
Id still consider this advanced road hunting ?. Usually the farthest away I am from my truck is 30 yards to glass and most of the time I can just set up and shoot from there.
looks like every road outta bozeman….
I used to kill tons of whitetails back east doing this. Key is to exit vehicle on opposite side from deer and immediately draw your bow.
my grandpas last few years of hunting used this strategy, the deer counting cars. took his biggest spread deer 20 yards off the road.
Awesome buck! Love the mass
That’s a cool buck! Congrats.
Yeah, I loaned my rifle to a couple Mexican buddies a couple days before. Their hunter killed a deer, and they brought it right back. What they didn’t tell me is they had adjusted the turrets. Both my elevation and windage were off quite a bit, and it got pretty western for a moment. My fault for not double checking.
Nice dark buck! Do you have any normal photos of him? Could be 140 or 180 from that pic ?
I will add to this thought process. I really don’t like hunting with other people watching other people in areas you cross paths continually. Having said that, I do believe some of the biggest and oldest bucks live within 2 miles of commonly traveled roads. Is this because many roads are located in lower country that due to the lay of the land, are thicker and less accessible to the wandering eye or two mile high glasser with 10k in optics? They are there for a reason, we won’t dive down that rabbit hole but I’ll just go with out of sight, out of mind.
Probably one of my dream bucks right there, heavy boxy typical with big eye guards mmmmh ?
That country looks familiar!
How wide is that rascal nontypical.
Funny story about that, Zeke. My dad (I’m sure you knew him) was right handed but shot left handed all his life. Said he learned by shooting rabbits out the truck window with a .22, riding with his dad as a young kid in the early 40’s. I believe him, he was a crack shot and always shot freehand with open sights. Just a few months before he died, I watched him shoot a cow elk in the back of the head with his .270 at 450 yards from the passenger seat of my truck?Is there extra credit awarded if someone shot while hanging out of the driver's window on the interstate?(No, I've never done that but just wondering)
Nothing wrong with a little road spotting/hunting.
Zeke
For about 50% of the bucks that have been posted in this threat, I’d shoot the wind shield out and drive it home in a pouring rain.
Don’t forget to shut the truck off and pull the keys out of the ignition before you jump out to take a shot. When you’re busting shoulders at 800 yards off the hood or mirror you want to be as steady as possible!
With the curve that’s a 200” deer! Nice!
No extra inches. It’s expected if you’re road hunting you’re drinking.
I used to kill the hell out of them that way (mostly from the passenger window) and a lot of the time it was while driving truck pulling doubles with a buddyIs there extra credit awarded if someone shot while hanging out of the driver's window on the interstate?
Nothing wrong with a little road spotting/hunting.
Zeke
. They were almost always black bucks standing in a field of yellow. I've actually shot whitetails in Utah using this method. Never had time to stop and put a tag on 'em though.
What state was that fine buck from?
Wow, great looking buck.
Yep, Kansas Milo
