Later that evening, I found out my good friend Pat Peltier had stuck a decent buck around the same time I shot the coyote. Little did we know, the buck turned out to be the deer he had dubbed the "Big Show" from early velvet trail camera pictures. He had no post velvet pictures and wasn't sure if the buck was still in the area. I was fortunate enough to trail the deer with Pat and his wife Katy and lots of high fives and pictures were taken upon walking up on the deer!
Minnesota Rifle Hunting
The Bent Horn buck is down! Old Guy (Dave Rud) was able to harvest this behemoth of a deer on opening morning! The buck weighed 225lbs field dressed! Congrats Dad! (more pictures to come once the European Style mount is done)
(if you were wondering, the deer was taken by rifle...)
Montana Mule Deer Hunting 2013
The annual Montana Mule Deer Hunting trip was again the highlight of my Fall! We went 6 for 7 on filling our buck tags and I was lucky again to shoot my second coyote of the year!
Below is a picture of a nice 2x4 mule deer buck we debated shooting mid way through the hunt. We decided to pass on him. The picture was taken through my binoculars with my phone using a special phone case that connects to the binocs! At the time the picture was taken, the deer was around 500-600yds away.
We arrived home from our Montana trip the day before Thanksgiving. Not that five straight days of mule deer hunting was enough for me, I decided to hit up the bow stand on Thanksgiving night. Sitting in the same stand of which the coyote was shot, I harvested a mature doe pictured below.
Just days ago, one of my fellow Montana hunting party members, Erik Tumberg, scored on this nice Mn Muzzle loader buck!
Below are some random pictures I've acquired via text, email and facebook from local hunters and friends who've harvested deer in ND and Montana as well. Enjoy!
