My Daughter's J-12

LIK2HNT · Dec 31, 2010

Had a great time scouting and taking my Daughter on her junior hunt. The warm weather and the snow level high up on the Sierra Mountains made it a tough hunt to find large bucks during the second week. It would of been nice to have made it for the first week of season but due to her school finals we could not make it. The storm and cold spell prior to the first week brought down the larger deer. But once season started and the weather warmed up the deer scattered with a lot going back up high.

Here are a few we seen

She wanted to get the wide 3x3 in the above photo. But as we were going after it we saw a 4x4 she wanted instead (because it had more points). After about a 200 yard crawl through the rocks and moving a couple of times to get a clear shot she dropped this buck at 130 yards.

My friend Kevin (left) came along to help with the hunt & scouting

ANDO · Dec 31, 2010

That's AWESOME!!!!!!! Congratulations!!! Totally jealous. That 3 WIDE 3 point is pretty tempting.

kilowatt · Dec 31, 2010

Congrats to Karen and nice job there Dad....if your going to be home on Sunday 2nd I will stop by and see you.

Brian
http://i25.tinypic.com/fxbjgy.jpg[/IMG]

buckspotter7 · Dec 31, 2010

Nice job to you and the young lady! Had a similar experience in J12 last year with my daughter. Might have even passed on the same wide 3x3.(No pics though) Congrats to all involved!

eldorado · Dec 31, 2010

Beautiful buck. Congratulations to the young lady
on a great looking trophy.

ELDORADO

Gator · Jan 1, 2011

Congrats on a nice Buck and Job well done.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".

larrbo · Jan 1, 2011

Very nice young lady, way to go.

tylercreek2 · Jan 1, 2011

what a good looking buck,,,,,,, wtg young lady

FIREHAWK · Jan 1, 2011

Very nice, you go girl! My daughter is only 9 and I have no boy. I can only imagine how your dad and you must feel in this photo. Again, Congrats on a fine buck.

eelgrass · Jan 1, 2011

Outstanding trophy! Thanks.

Eel

Model_70_Guy · Jan 1, 2011

Nice buck! Congrats to your daughter and you.. Good job.

oneaway · Jan 2, 2011

What an awesome buck! Congrats!!

Paul_Crawford · Jan 3, 2011

Great buck. Congrats to the young lady. Looks like the Owens Valley...pc

NickW · Jan 3, 2011

What great memories! Congrats!

Cahunter805 · Jan 3, 2011

Congrats on a great buck and hunt! Looks like you guys had a great time! Always remember this hunt im sure! Just curious what rifle is that she is using?

nickman · Jan 3, 2011

I KNEW you guys were gonna get it done.....Great job!

"....you'll shoot your eye out kid!"

LIK2HNT · Jan 4, 2011

Thanks everyone. We had a great time. I hope my son can draw the tag when he is old enough. Paul it is the Round Valley area a little North and West of Bishop. Cahunter, she shot my 7mm Rem. Mag. a little big for her size wise. But at 10.5 lbs without the tripod it is rock steady and kicks less than the .243 she usually shots.

Thanks
Bill

mod700 · Jan 5, 2011

Great pics, and looks like a good one, nice to see a guy spending time with his daughter outdoors.Tell her congrats.
Mike

FordFender · Jan 5, 2011

Way to go, Bill and daughter! Great buck!

flyingspearnv · Jan 13, 2011

Congratulations to your daughter! I've heard that tag can be a great hunt!

upsthunder · Feb 27, 2011

Your daughter shot a nice buck my son Seth drew the same hunt and harvested a really good 5x3 Really only a main frame 3 point but at 15 years old he is truly blessed. I'm just trying to convince him that this being his second deer ever. They wont always keep getting bigger. Im trying to figure out how to post a couple pics for you. 'Congrats to your daughter!

kilowatt · Feb 27, 2011

Congrats to your son on a nice heavy rack Buck.

Brian
http://i25.tinypic.com/fxbjgy.jpg[/IMG]

buckspotter7 · Feb 27, 2011

Woohoo! That is a pretty buck! Congrats

D13er · Feb 27, 2011

jeezus Marcus....that is that heavy SOB I saw pictures of....post some more pictures please...

JB

NickW · Feb 28, 2011

Who would count points on a buck like that?

sageadvice · Feb 28, 2011

Ya notice how nice a cape he has on him? Big ol eye guards! That's a Pig of a Kali buck right there. Score well or not, true trophy buck!!

Joey

LIK2HNT · Mar 5, 2011

Marcus, your son got an excellent buck. I think these kids got spoiled. After this they are going to find out what hunting in California is all about.

huntindad4 · Mar 6, 2011

Both great CA bucks for sure!

I LOVE that 5x3 that is serious mass and the cape is GORGEOUS! Score means next to nothing to me when determining a trophy buck and that IS A TRUE TROPHY!!

Bill

upsthunder · Mar 10, 2011

My son drew the hunt 2 years in a row and the officers verifying told him after his first year Son dont get used to this it aint gonna happen very often in your lifetime. he spreads his fingers and says this is more like it. I laughed and said he is right son!

DGROVE · Nov 27, 2012

Hey guys, A buddys son drew J-12 this year. They are heading down to Bishop in a couple of days and I am going to help them out. With the coming weather it looks like it could be great! My friend has spoke with the Biologist and probably has enough info to get us started. I was wondering if anyone else has hunted it and has any pointers.

SlinginLead · Nov 27, 2012

DGROVE, Your buddy's son will have a blast and will have no problem harvesting a buck. I will send a PM.

SlinginLead · Nov 27, 2012

PM sent.

GeorgeE · Nov 27, 2012

2010 Bowtech Destroyer 340...

Atta girl...!

nickman · Nov 28, 2012

IF.....hopefully, some snow is in the works this weekend.....take the road thru the Horton Creek campground, go beyond it half a mile in the dark and find a place to set up and see what shows.

Get in there before first light and GLASS!!!!

You will have plenty of time, so don't rush your choice. Very frustrating to take a nice 4x4, only to have his daddy walk within 80 yards while you are doing the photo thing.

There are potentially, MANY monster bucks in the area staging for the rut and one good storm is going to spread them all over that basin.

If you spot a shooter on Friday, odds are good that he will be inside a 200yd circle of that same spot on Saturday........unless something bigger ran him off.

There are MANY does there now and several 3x and 4x....but few shooters.

IF it does not snow, you are going to have to move closer to the base of the mountains and GLASS hard.

Good luck.....and have fun!

"I could agree with you, but then we would both be
wrong......and stupid"

CAelknuts · Nov 28, 2012

Nick, I can't imagine that you guys won't get snow with this storm system that is coming in now. We've got 5 straight days of storms headed our way, and they're talking about 15-20" of rain in the Sierras at lower elevations on the west side, so there's gotta be plenty of snow for the east side, even as far south as you are.

Congratulations to the young lady on a fantastic buck! Well done.