Califelkslayer
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Plans were to blast off at 4:45, rocket through Kali and start hunting chukar in Nevada EARLY. Beat the heat, and hit Kali on the way back if I got em early BUT
After a double shift yesterday, the alarm didn't sound so good at 4:15, slept until 5:30 and said to myself, "Just take your time today and relax,. Enjoy it instead of rushing it."
So on the way in to unload my quad (in X5B) I saw 27 deer, all does and fawns. Just after I got into Nevada I saw 3 bobcats. Have never seen 3 at one time before. Got my first honor and point from my pup. After I got em in Nevada, I went to a Kali spot I'd never hunted before but an old timer had told me about and i'd found in the dead of winter last year. On the way there I jump a coyote at 50 yards. When I get there, Darn, 2 quads parked there, but no dog crates on em????
I figured they were hunting the right hand ridge because it looked lots better so I hunted the 2 short ridges on the left. Scat and tracks but no birds in an hour and a half, dogs are done. I got pictures of 4 different groups of horses, including 4 at 50 yards. So on the way out I see 6 deer, at least 2 bucks, best is 20" few miles later I almost run over a forked horn. Couple of miles later it's 10 antelope (didn't see a buck). After I load my quad, I see a deer skylined at 500 yards. Glasses up and damn, it's another buck. A few miles later I see some deer up the hill and stop to glass. As i'm sitting there the 2 quads come by and they have the head of a very respectible 4X4 tied on the rack. I'm thinking, "Poachers." or "Did they reinstate the muzzy hunt in X5B?" Not sure. I pull in the campground behind them (Oilcan, they were camped EXACTLY where I talked to you) and talk to them. The guy that killed the buck and his dad talk to me quite a while. It was a muzzy kill, and the hunter is a game warden.
On the way home I thought, "I saw almost 40 deer today, 4 bucks, got my first point off of the pup, saw 3 bobcats, a coyote closer than usual, the normal antelope and horses plus I'm coming home with another limit of chukar. What a day!"
After a double shift yesterday, the alarm didn't sound so good at 4:15, slept until 5:30 and said to myself, "Just take your time today and relax,. Enjoy it instead of rushing it."
So on the way in to unload my quad (in X5B) I saw 27 deer, all does and fawns. Just after I got into Nevada I saw 3 bobcats. Have never seen 3 at one time before. Got my first honor and point from my pup. After I got em in Nevada, I went to a Kali spot I'd never hunted before but an old timer had told me about and i'd found in the dead of winter last year. On the way there I jump a coyote at 50 yards. When I get there, Darn, 2 quads parked there, but no dog crates on em????
I figured they were hunting the right hand ridge because it looked lots better so I hunted the 2 short ridges on the left. Scat and tracks but no birds in an hour and a half, dogs are done. I got pictures of 4 different groups of horses, including 4 at 50 yards. So on the way out I see 6 deer, at least 2 bucks, best is 20" few miles later I almost run over a forked horn. Couple of miles later it's 10 antelope (didn't see a buck). After I load my quad, I see a deer skylined at 500 yards. Glasses up and damn, it's another buck. A few miles later I see some deer up the hill and stop to glass. As i'm sitting there the 2 quads come by and they have the head of a very respectible 4X4 tied on the rack. I'm thinking, "Poachers." or "Did they reinstate the muzzy hunt in X5B?" Not sure. I pull in the campground behind them (Oilcan, they were camped EXACTLY where I talked to you) and talk to them. The guy that killed the buck and his dad talk to me quite a while. It was a muzzy kill, and the hunter is a game warden.
On the way home I thought, "I saw almost 40 deer today, 4 bucks, got my first point off of the pup, saw 3 bobcats, a coyote closer than usual, the normal antelope and horses plus I'm coming home with another limit of chukar. What a day!"
