kirkl

Counting eyeguards hes a 4x6, heres the story and pics to follow.

I got to my spot early in the morning and didnt see anything so I walked through a clear cut in the next finger and here thump thump of a deer bouncing away, I only saw him for about half second but he was nice so I think he was legal, so after hunting that area for a while, I get back to my truck and start driving down the mountain about 1pm. I turn off onto a skidder road off the main gravel road to go check down a hill that looked good but as I got closer it was real thick so I changed my mind so I start heading back to my truck, as I was walking I was looking for tracks in the dirt and low and behold I found some big ol buck tracks that was coming from the thick stuff crossed in front of my truck then down another hill so I follow them and walk down the hill. It was a sage brush hill with timber all around it and you could see the road about 400 yards down on the bottom. So im sitting there in the sun just looking and glassing and see a guy go in the timber below me so im thinking he might kick something up. After awhile of not seeing anything I start heading back up to my truck. As im walking back up to my truck I happen to look to my left through some trees and see antlers sticking out of the sage brush. All I could see was his antlers. He was just bedded in the sage brush on the hill side. So I get down on a knee and got my rifle on him just waiting for him to stand. After a couple minutes he stands up and BOOM I punch him in the shoulder with my 300 mag I just bought 3 weeks ago (something is wrong with my 270). He takes off down hill toward the area the guy went to so I shoot two more times as he running and miss then he gets to the bottom and I neck shoot him and hes done. He ran to within 20 yards of the bottom road. Hes a muley/blacktail crossbreed, his rack looks like a whitetail. Counting his eyeguards hes a 4x6 and 17 ½ inches wide.

ManiDK

Sweet!! Nice pics and great story! Was this in the Colockum or were you in the Umtaneum or even Naneum area? Congratulations!

kirkl

Yakima, cowiche unit.

wamuledeer

I have been following this site for a while but have not posted. I hunt a lot in the Winthrop area and was over there for opening weekend which was very slow with a ton of people. I am heading over there tomorrow for the remainder of the season.
I read on previous posts that you also hunt that area and you were over there on opening weekend also. Did you see much? Did anyone have much luck?
Next week should be better with the lower temperatures and the snow level dropping it should be good.

wamuledeer

Also, congratulations. That is a neat look buck, are you having it mounted? I can't tell if you saved the cape or not by the pictures.

Allen Denton

Congrats! Nice story and a god buck.

kirkl

Wamuledeer, no im not having him mounted, ya i was over in winthrop till monday, I saw a total of 5 does in 3 days hunting. Seen some in the dark driving to spots but it was slow. The place we usually go opening day that we usullay pull one or two off we never even seen a deer. theres usually does, spikes and two points running all over the place. This next week should be good over there with the weather like you said.

wamuledeer

Sounds like you had about as much luck as we did opening weekend. Normally I see 20-30 deer a day with at least some small bucks in them. I only saw 8 does all day long on Saturday. I usually have pretty good luck over there, hopefully this upcoming week. Last year the second week I missed a large 26"+ muley with a kicker and then connected on a 19" 3 point the last morning. I still think about that missed shot.

kirkl

I want to hunt the second week over there sometime. Do the bucks start moving around that second week more as more people leave.
Do you hunt in winthrop or twisp.

OUfan

HEY KIRKL. i hunted in winthrop on opening day and i seen 23 bucks on opening mornin and there were deer everywhere. i hunted up on Rendevous rd. i shot a really tall 3x2 muley, and i know of at least 4 or 5 more killled before noon . hope u have better luck hunting. i cannot wait for the cleman elkhunt that i got drawn for on the 9th of December.