2021 Big Game Hunts

[Hummer]

Today was the season opener and shortly after dawn I watched a 7 or 8 bucks parry over a group of does. One big bodied buck chased the younger bucks to keep them away from the does but the group began to break up and big buck kept getting distracted by certain does nearly but not quite ready to mate. What a show it was! And it was one of several shows throughout the day. By 9 a.m. I lost count but had seen 35-40 buck deer among countless does.

I have never hunted the mule deer rut before, and clearly I've missed out. What fun it was to watch this incredible mating behavior all within a hundred yards with the deer completely careless of my presence. By the end of the day I had watched over 50 buck deer. Still exploring the area looking for that special one....

[encorehunter]

I had to work opening day. While on the way to a call, we saw a very large buck in a yard. I would take a guess he was atlwast 180-190", one of the largest I have seen in years.
After the call, I called my captain and asked if I had to get a drug test for hitting a deer with the engine. He told me no. When I mentioned the homeowners weren't going to be to happy about their fence and yard, he just went silent. I think my superiors hate me.

[Hummer]

Got this image through the spotting scope at 350 yards with the cell phone. 3x3 buck not including brow tines, and somewhat bigger than the typical I've been seeing. I'm thinking he's about the best I will find.

I have 3 days left....

[whitewalrus]

Got this image through the spotting scope at 350 yards with the cell phone. 3x3 buck not including brow tines, and somewhat bigger than the typical I've been seeing. I'm thinking he's about the best I will find.

I have 3 days left....

Good looking buck from that angle. Not a monster if you are on a high preference point tag, but a good size.


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[Sawin]

Wow Hummer that sounds insane and incredible!!! I have never in my life seen that many bucks in a single day! I hope you get a good one!

[TRnCO]

If it were me..........Ka Pow!!!!!

[Sawin]

If it were me..........Ka Pow!!!!!

100% agree. That guy's a tad bigger than the one I took 2 weeks ago.

[brutal]

Our 4 man group took two cow elk today. Mother and 2 year old (est).

We still have 2 Bull, 2 cow, and 2 Buck to try to fill...

Don't freak out about meat in the sun. They were already cool and just hung to dry a bit in 35F after getting cleaned up.

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[brutal]

I had a nice Buck in my sights Sunday morning just waiting a moment for him to clear a thick groove of small trees and some dbag that parked himself about 60 yards from me spooked him before I could squeeze the trigger.



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[Hummer]

Thanks for the reality check, guys. When I got the pic it verified what I saw with binoculars and I decided to set up to see if I could make a good shot. Then, my cell phone rang and I told Mrs. Hummer that I was watching six does and four bucks. In a few moments of distraction they all disappeared. (I was concealed 350 yards up the mountain).

This evening I returned to relive the moments but nary a deer was to be found.

Almost dark on the drive back to camp a buck suddenly appeared crossing the road and nearly collided into the side of my truck. He and antlers were at arms length from my driver side window when he rotated off. It would have been an ugly collision for all including the truck body. I rolled the window down and suggested he needed to be more careful when crossing the road. He trotted off oblivious but the does were paying attention. Rutting bucks. He was an impressive 2x2 fork horn with 14" tines.

Fwiw, road kill is not a legal method of take no matter how it played out.

Two days left....