SMOKEPOLE SMACKDOWN!!!

[elkassassin]

LAST EDITED ON Oct-05-16 AT 07:54PM (MST)[p]Don't Know where they all came From?

But JFP!!!

They SMACKED Quite a few PISSCUTTERS!

And the SmokePoles!

They Ain't Nothin but 300+ Yard Rifles Now!

I'm Still Runnin a JUNK 1X Scope!

Un-Like Anybody else on the Mountain!

Seen & Heard alot of BS this Year!

Seen alot of JUNK Genetics this year!

Several Other Hunters Claiming they've Hunted the Area for 14-15 Years!

I Hadn't ever seen them & I've Hunted it since 1977!

Guess it makes them Feel Macho!

Whatever!

What'd You Guys & Gals Experience this Muzz Season?













[font color="blue"]She put a Big F.U. in My Future,Ya She's got a
way with Words[/font]

 

[rockymtnhunter]

Here's what I saw/experienced on Monroe...
***About 150 deer, but only 7 bucks-largest was 18" 3x3.
***ATVs, ATVs and more ATVs.
***My .50 cal Hawken w/open sites is still my weapon of choice.
***Elk, elk and more elk-very distracting but neat to see/hear.
***No other hunter further than 10' from nearest road/truck/ATV.
***Great camp w/my sweetheart.
***Cougar walking though camp-oh my!

 

[Shadow]

>Here's what I saw/experienced on Monroe...
>
>***About 150 deer, but only 7
>bucks-largest was 18" 3x3.
>***ATVs, ATVs and more ATVs.
>***My .50 cal Hawken w/open sites
>is still my weapon of
>choice.
>***Elk, elk and more elk-very distracting
>but neat to see/hear.
>***No other hunter further than 10'
>from nearest road/truck/ATV.
>***Great camp w/my sweetheart.
>***Cougar walking though camp-oh my!


It sounds like you were in my front pocket all week. Everything you said was my week to a tee except I use an inline with iron sights and the cat I saw ran across the trail in front of me. And, I had to stop to scrape my shorts when he hissed as he jetted past at 30 yards.

 

[elkassassin]

I Didn't Mention the Constant 'BUZZ' of ATV's,UTV's,SIDE X SIDE'S We could Hear Below in the Canyons/Mountains!

I Figured I'd let a few other Guy's Post that first so I didn't get the QUAD QUEERS Fired up!

Some JACK-ASS with some kind of Automatic Capping Rounds off every so often!

I Guess He's Quicker at Reloading than Me & My Smokepole!

He Can Cap 3 Rounds off within 5 Seconds!

Another JOKER SpotLighting the Main Canyon!













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[ELKOHOLIC]

Average Joe Hunter isn't killing deer at 300 yards, but I get what your saying.

 

[desertpointbrian]

I seen muzzy guys out in full force. People everywhere but not alot of harvested animals. I think the cold weather scared some of the light footed hunters. as every morning while I was making my way up the hill to do some rifle scouting I seen camps with hunters sleeping in. Panzies

 

[Deerlove]

I saw people trying to reach out further, but to no avail.

 

[theox]

One of the worst and crowded muzz hunts I've seen. I normally turn up quite a few nice bucks but couldn't find anything good this year.
Lousy time!

 

[deadibob]

I saw fewer hunters and more bucks than I've seen in years on the muzzy hunt. Had a blast and my daughter got her first buck.

 

[Broadside_Shot]

Variable Power Scopes seem to make a big difference...

Heard of a few taken at over 400 yards...

If it had Horns it was being shot at, distance wasn't an issue...

A herd that was starting to improve out here on the South Slope took a big hit...

Lot of bucks hitting the dirt...

 

[fatrooster]

Here in Nevada during my archery hunt it took me 4.5 hours to hike to my hunting spot. I saw no hunters just a pair of hikers. It was kinda lonely.
In Colorado during my muzzleloader hunt it took 3 hours to hike to my hunting spot. Had a lot of rain and snow. Saw no other hunters. Just a hiker with her dog.
Muzzleloaders have definitely gotten out of hand. I think that when muzzleloader seasons were invented they were intended to be for a gun that basically shot out to 100 yards and the hunts were meant to be for a primitive weapon. Now people are shooting at deer with bows at a 100 yards. Fatrooster

 

[desertpointbrian]

If you think the smoke pole was a slaughter. The pumpkin patch hunt is going to be an absolute blood bath. Still a lot of good bucks running the hills. And this year seams to be a very good year for 2-3 year old bucks.