Would you target a buck you HAD to still-hunt?

[Bookhead]

So you didn't still hunt him. Very good

 

[Huntnful]

So you didn't still hunt him. Very good

I did not. Glassed him at first light and shot him from that same spot. I thought I'd be able to see up into where he was living from this little knob, even though I'd never been there before. Hiked in this morning in the dark and the vantage was legit and he was out.

 

[Rie bread]

to answer your question still hunting is defiantly my favorite but i’ll be the first to admit the success/failure ratio is on the failure side for me atm. wind rules them all. the windiest days are my favorite.

but i hunt areas that’s are thicker drainages and your just using your binos looking for horns, legs or tails no more then 100 yards in front of you. it’s pretty fun to be damn close but not close enough watching the deer do their deer thing so close. sometimes spending a few hours to get a few yards, excruciating. got close but hit close enough again this evening!

congrats on your beastly deer and i tip the hat to your dedication. they say that it must be west of I-5 to be a black tail but i think you need to be well over the coastal range crest to be sure.

 

[willfrye027]

Stud California buck! Congrats

 

[Vanilla]

Absolutely awesome buck! Congrats.

 

[Bookhead]

I did not. Glassed him at first light and shot him from that same spot. I thought I'd be able to see up into where he was living from this little knob, even though I'd never been there before. Hiked in this morning in the dark and the vantage was legit and he was out.

Sounds like you figured him out them congrats. That's mule deer hunting

 

[Snoopdogg]

I ended up finding a vantage I thought I could shoot him from when I was in the area during archery season. I was right ????. He was out with a few buddies on opening morning not 100 yards from where I found him in July.

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Throw a few more pics up! Great looking buck.

 

[BrianID]

Congratulations! It is nice when it works out. It seems like the guys that put in the work, tend to have things work out for them more often.

 

[Cahunter805]

Atta boy!!! Congrats on another stud animal in 2022!!

 

[Huntnful]

Sorry for the delay. No service while I’ve been been out hunting more Muleys ??

 

[Huntnful]

 

[Huntnful]

A and I did just get another nice buck on a super tough hunt also. Saw 4 decent bucks in 5 days.

 

[Snoopdogg]

Damn, Huntful--you are knocking the sh!t out of them. Congrats!. That a Cali buck as well or were you in another state? Regardless, well done!

 

[HIcountryman]

congrats! great buck , i'm glad it worked out for you