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Re: Quest for the bigger one....

Post by MuleyMadness » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:51 am

Love those trail cam pics Ridge, some sweet shots. Your have a banner scouting summer for sure. :thumb

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Re: Quest for the bigger one....

Post by ridgetop » Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:51 pm

killerbee wrote:AWESOME post ridgetop!

looks like a couple dandy bucks- are you archery hunting them? or do you have the dedicated tag where you get to hunt them all 3 seasons?

pretty sweet, I'm looking forward to watching it play out!
I'm in my second year of the Ded. hunter program but this will be the first time I've hunted archery since 2006. I won't take a shot unless it's closer than 30 yards.
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Re: Quest for the bigger one....

Post by a_bow_nut » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:03 pm

ridgetop wrote:I'm in my second year of the Ded. hunter program but this will be the first time I've hunted archery since 2006. I won't take a shot unless it's closer than 30 yards.
Or unless there is a wheelbarrow behind it. LOL
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Re: Quest for the bigger one....

Post by killerbee » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:39 pm

ridgetop wrote:
killerbee wrote:AWESOME post ridgetop!

looks like a couple dandy bucks- are you archery hunting them? or do you have the dedicated tag where you get to hunt them all 3 seasons?

pretty sweet, I'm looking forward to watching it play out!
I'm in my second year of the Ded. hunter program but this will be the first time I've hunted archery since 2006. I won't take a shot unless it's closer than 30 yards.
I'm not completly up on it all, but can you fill BOTH of your 2 out of 3 years deer tags in 1 year? I'm going to start watching this one play out!

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Re: Quest for the bigger one....

Post by ridgetop » Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:00 pm

killerbee, you can only take one deer per year or 2 out of 3 years that you've signed up for.
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Re: Quest for the bigger one....

Post by ridgetop » Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:12 pm

July 21st,

I only had a couple hours to look around this morning before I met up with the sheep tag holder, so I went out at first light and just hiked up above a road where I always thought a certain area could hold a good buck or two. Although I really wasn't in country the sheep had been seen in before, I was hoping to turn one up. I had heard they were moving further South on the mountain, so maybe there was a chance. Well no sheep but I did turn up another nice buck.
Here's the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDjP8FaxbVA

Later in the morning I met up with the sheep tag holder and his son and I showed them around a little. Then I decided to check on my trail cam on another mountain in the afternoon. So we parted ways and off I went to check on the cam.
When I got to the camera, there was over 3,000 pictures taken in the week it was there. HOLY CRAP. (???) Come to find out, the strap that held the camera to a tree was blowing in front of the sensor. #-o
I did get one good picture of the tall buck that I got a picture of bedded.
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Re: Quest for the bigger one....

Post by Jessedr » Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:51 am

Nice pictures and good luck on your hunts.
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Re: Quest for the bigger one....

Post by sagehunter » Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:57 am

Nice critters good luck this year

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Re: Quest for the bigger one....

Post by ridgetop » Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:51 pm

I had to work a lot of overtime this week and did a camping/fishing trip out to Vernon, which I didn't even take my binos or camera out ther with me. Talk about self control. :)) This was going to be about the family, not out looking for deer I can't even hunt.
Anyway, July 29th,
there was a big wildfire burning to close for my liking near one of my trail cams. So I went out and pulled it before something happened to it. I did get a few more bucks coming in but nothing huge. This area may become a "plan b" area if "plan a" doesn't pan out.
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Re: Quest for the bigger one....

Post by Turokman123 » Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:58 pm

Looks like your back up is pretty good too :thumb
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