gillettehunter
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So I got home from Africa on Sept 19. My wife had a double knee replacement while I was gone. (Yes she planned it this way). So between catching up at work and taking care of my wife I had no time to crossbow hunt or even scout the ranch where I normally hunt. Sept 30th I finally headed out to see what I could and talk to the landowner. I had called him, but like normal no return call. I got to the ranch around 5 and no one around. So I went out to see what might be around. At my first stop I can drive up on a small bluff and see about 100 acres of meadow with timber around it. This all sits just below some higher tougher country. This ranch has mule deer as well as whitetails. I normally try to shoot a whitetail as they "taste" better to me. Diet is different.
At the first stop I saw a very nice mulie. He was a 4X4 perhaps 27 inches wide and had decent depth in his forks. I thought to myself I'd shoot that one given a chance. All told I saw 9 mulies there. I looked at a couple more areas and saw a few more deer just not anything that I wanted. This ranch is over 70,000 acres. So over 100 sq miles. Its a big place.
At dark I was back to the landowners place. He and I chatted for 30 min. During our conversation he explained that his daughter was wanting to hunt the big mulie I had seen. So I made plans to hunt elsewhere. I headed home and made my plans for opening day Oct 1. My regular hunting buddy was up elk hunting with some other friend so I was on my own. The weather forecast was for snow. 1-2 inches in Gillette. So I prepared for the worst....
I was up at 3:45 and out the door by 4:30. It was snowing and got worse I drove to the ranch. The road I wanted was a little hard to find in the dark, but I got there. The snow had started as rain and it was wet.... The road was muddy and slippery. More later. Gotta help the wife
At the first stop I saw a very nice mulie. He was a 4X4 perhaps 27 inches wide and had decent depth in his forks. I thought to myself I'd shoot that one given a chance. All told I saw 9 mulies there. I looked at a couple more areas and saw a few more deer just not anything that I wanted. This ranch is over 70,000 acres. So over 100 sq miles. Its a big place.
At dark I was back to the landowners place. He and I chatted for 30 min. During our conversation he explained that his daughter was wanting to hunt the big mulie I had seen. So I made plans to hunt elsewhere. I headed home and made my plans for opening day Oct 1. My regular hunting buddy was up elk hunting with some other friend so I was on my own. The weather forecast was for snow. 1-2 inches in Gillette. So I prepared for the worst....
I was up at 3:45 and out the door by 4:30. It was snowing and got worse I drove to the ranch. The road I wanted was a little hard to find in the dark, but I got there. The snow had started as rain and it was wet.... The road was muddy and slippery. More later. Gotta help the wife
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