Montana..The Good Life

[kamori]

Here's this years take...My 12yr old daughter got this 23 3/4" wide 3 x 4 Mule deer Saturday..Mine is The 4 x 4 whitetail taken Friday..Enjoy

[oakranger]

Good shots.  What will you do with the hides.  I can used them for reenactment.

[Yenny]

poor bambi and its mom. good shots

[kamori]

Hides go to the recyclers  for a few pair of gloves..

Kam

[oakranger]

poor bambi and its mom. good shots

ummm yenny, these are bucks (males).

[Curlew]

 

[mtnman]

Couple nice bucks! 

Was the whitetail in the lower areas? River bottom or valley maybe?  Or up with the mulies?

Whereabouts in Montana?  I went to school in Missoula.  I'm hoping to hunt deer in Montana in 2010.

[SFCHONDO]

All I can say is..I'm Calling PETA......






Nice job Kamori 

[Regular]

I step on bugs for the hell of it. Does that count as hunting too?

[gpwurzel]

Nice Kamori, good job by your daughter as well


 

Wurzel (mmmmmm Venison)

[kamori]

Couple nice bucks! 

Was the whitetail in the lower areas? River bottom or valley maybe?  Or up with the mulies?

Whereabouts in Montana?  I went to school in Missoula.  I'm hoping to hunt deer in Montana in 2010.

mtnman...Yeah the Whitetail was in lower elevation around 5,700' elev. The Mulie was in very steep terrain at around 6,800' elev.
I have 40 acres SW of Lincoln, Mt. I live in Kalispell.

Kamori

[Hornet33]

Nice bucks. What did you both take them with and what was the range? Ground hunting or tree stands? Details.....need details.

[warhed]

OK you have removed the "deer threat."  Job well done, now get back in the game!

[Yenny]

Then I ran accross this when I was surfing liveleak site today:

"SEDALIA, Mo. — A Sedalia hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain.

Forty-nine-year-old Randy Goodman said he thought two well-placed shots with his .270-caliber rifle had killed the buck on Nov. 19. Goodman said the deer looked dead to him, but seconds later the nine-point, 240-pound animal came to life.

The buck rose up, knocked Goodman down and attacked him with his antlers in what the veteran hunter called "15 seconds of hell." The deer ran a short distance and went down, and died after Goodman fired two more shots.

Soon Goodman started feeling dizzy and noticed his vest was soaked in blood.

So he reached his truck and drove to a hospital, where he received seven staples in his scalp and was treated for a slight concussion and bruises.
"

[Hornet33]

Then I ran accross this when I was surfing liveleak site today:

"SEDALIA, Mo. — A Sedalia hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain.

Forty-nine-year-old Randy Goodman said he thought two well-placed shots with his .270-caliber rifle had killed the buck on Nov. 19. Goodman said the deer looked dead to him, but seconds later the nine-point, 240-pound animal came to life.

The buck rose up, knocked Goodman down and attacked him with his antlers in what the veteran hunter called "15 seconds of hell." The deer ran a short distance and went down, and died after Goodman fired two more shots.

Soon Goodman started feeling dizzy and noticed his vest was soaked in blood.

So he reached his truck and drove to a hospital, where he received seven staples in his scalp and was treated for a slight concussion and bruises.
"

My uncle Roy (Rest his soul) had that happen to him about 18-20 years ago. He went out with his brand new Marlin 30-30 rifle opening day of deer season and had his son along with him. Took a nice 10 point down. Walked up to the deer and grabbed it by the antlers, placed his new rifle in the rack, and had my cousin take a picture. Soon as the flash on the camera went off, so did the deer with my uncles new rifle tangled up in the antlers by the sling. They tried to track that deer for 4 hours but never found it.

My uncle in typical Roy fashion, had the picture blown up poster size, frammed it in a nice solid oak frame, with a big brass plauqe on the bottom that said "The one that got away"

Hearing his story taught me to never assume an animal I shot is dead. First thing I do when I get to a deer I've shot is gut it with my knife right then and there to make sure it's dead.