Deer Hunt

Deer hunt this year we went up to the cabin

Left Tuesday after Chris got off work

Came back on Sunday

Dad came up Tuesday-Friday

Hunter came up Thursday-Sunday

and Grandpa Todd came up Sat-Sun

Opening morning we saw 2 NICE 4 points, about 4 2x2s, 2x3, 1x2 and half a million doe and fawns

Didnt take any shots opening morning

A lot of them weren't very close or able to get a good shot at

Some of them I passed up because, well, its opening day!!!

The next day the only bucks we saw was ONE small 2x2

That was it

I took a shot at a decent 2x2.. it was kind of a long shot for a muzzle loader.. 240 yards.. I missed

Hiked out this thick brush area and dad kicked up a big 2x2 and a 2x3.. 

One was running up the hill through the trees about 300 yards... I missed

And a few other shots that were a LONG ways out there

I know its a long shot for a muzz..but when you're watching the deer run off and over the ridge and know theres no chance of getting on him any closer I figured what the hell

Might as well aim high and take a shot instead of just watching it run away

Hail Mary's can happen

Dad left and no deer were bagged then

We did get some amazing sunsets/sunrises and wonderful scenery!!

We spent a good amount of time on four wheelers

The funny thing was the deer paid no mind to you if you were on a four wheeler or in a truck

But the second they saw a person standing there they were gone

Did some shooting

Some grouse hunting

Dad and Chris each got one

Lots and lots of glassing hills and looking around

We saw cow and bull elk, turkeys, antelope, a beaver, cow moose, bull moose, sat and listened to the elk bugle in the morning 

We ate and ate and ate

Consumed and entire large bowl of muddy buddies

And had some great family moments together!

Oh yeah and got a deer :)

Saturday night we were hunting and had kicked up a few deer

Nothing close at all

All long ways away

It was getting dark

Only about 45 minutes left to hunt

Kennedy and I were on one wheeler and Chris and Hunter were on another

There was one road we passed by several times but had never gone down

I asked Chris what was down there

He said nothing really just a few camp places

All the deer we kept seeing were moving DOWN and going low instead of higher where they should have been

I figured it would be an adventure and it looped around to another area I wanted to be just before dark

We headed down the trail

Chris and Hunter were a ways behind Kennedy and I 

I think he thought I was nuts for wanting to go down there 

Kennedy and I hadnt gone very far when there was something in the middle of the road at the crest of the hill

I asked Kennedy what is that?

She was silent

She knew

I thought it was just a doe but then it turned its head a tiny bit and I caught a glimmer of an antler

I stopped the four wheeler

Jumped off

Got my gun out of the scabber on the bike and kneeled down to shoot

Chris and Hunter are stopped a ways behind us at this point

I look back at them and then shoot

The deer ran about 30 yards and dropped

Kennedy was ecstatic!!

She was so so happy

Jumping up and down

Kept saying over and over you got one mom!! you shot him!

Chris was pretty happy too he gave me a big hug and was excited

The antlers arent super big but thats ok

It had a good size body so plenty of meat!

Chris gutted it and Kennedy and I helped

We came down hung the deer, spent the night and went back up on Saturday to spend the rest of the weekend until Sunday when we went home