November 2010

Chris Sherretts of Texas took this WHOOPER 32″ wide mule deer on the second morning of his hunt!

Chris was in an elevated stand on the edge of a wheat field just before daybreak.  We use these stands to spot deer and then we make a stalk on them.  Being just a few feet above the mesquite makes it a lot easier to spot deer and see where they’re traveling to.

There were numerous bucks and does leaving the field at daylight.  They were slowly making their way towards their favorite bedding areas.  This enormous buck was the last deer to leave the wheat and he took his sweet time working his way towards the mesquite beyond Chris’s stand.  This buck was on a path to come right by the stand and Chris sat tight.

Chris later said, “I had to look at something else for a while.   Between the cold and buck fever I had to focus on something else!  I was shaking like a leaf!”

After waiting a long long half hour, Chris took this buck a short distance from his stand.

Great job and congratulations on a magnificent trophy!!

October 2010

Dale Guthrie, Gary Webb

Jim Sides

Jim Sides of North Carolina took this nice 4×4 buck on the second morning of our muzzleloader mule deer hunt. The bachelor group of 3 bucks fed to within 150 yards of us shortly before daylight.  Jim had plenty of time to choose which one he wanted.  Jim has also taken a Tom mountain lion with us on a previous hunt.  Congratulations on your nice mule deer Jim!

Dale Guthrie of North Carolina, Jim’s hunting partner, took his buck on the third evening.  We had spotted several bucks that morning working towards a shady hillside about 1/2 mile away.  We circled way around and found a good vantage point in the general area we had last seen 2 really nice bucks. As soon as we started glassing, we were spotting deer.  We saw numerous does and 10 or 12 bucks, but not the 2 we were looking for.  We stayed in the same spot glassing for hours and finally spotted one of the bucks bedded down about 350 yards.  I think he’d probably moved a little as the shade moved and we were finally able to spot him.

It was getting late and 350 yards was way out of muzzleloader range.  We decided to try a stalk.  Dale and I slipped up a draw staying out of sight and when we raised up about 150 yards from where he’d been laying, he was gone.  It was getting close to sunset, so we decided to walk over where he’d been bedded down and take a look.  The buck was up feeding and Dale took his trophy at 30 yards!  Dale has also taken a 6×6 bull elk with us.  Congratulations on your mule deer Dale!

Julie and I want to thank both Jim and Dale for hunting with us and look forward to hunting with them again in the future.

November 2010

Tom Ogle, Chad White

Tom Ogle of South Carolina and Chad White of Kansas took these bucks on the first afternoon of our second rifle mule deer hunt.

While glassing the first afternoon, we spotted 2 bachelor groups of 4 bucks each.  Both groups were about a 1/2 mile away and in opposite directions.  We moved to within 500 yards of one of the groups to take a closer look.  There were actually 6 bucks bedded across a ravine.  We circled way around and closed the gap to 275 yards on these two bucks.  It took all afternoon to spot and stalk these bucks.  It was a very fun stalk and Tom and Chad collected their first mule deer!

Congratulations!  Thanks to both Chad and Tom!

November 2009

Frank Sullivan of Oklahoma, took this nice mulie on the 3rd evening of his hunt. Not to far away from where his hunting partner, Robert St. Pierre, took his buck.

Frank was sitting in an elevated blind about 1/4 mile from some irriagated alfalfa fields.  These blinds make it easier to see over the mesquite brush while glassing.

A little before dark, Frank spotted a group of bucks working their way towards one of the fields.  These bucks were a long ways off and Frank was running out of time since it was getting close to sunset.

He got out of his blind and took off trying to intercept the deer.  By the time Frank made it to the field, the deer were already out in the middle.  Frank made an outstanding 450 yard shot to collect his trophy mule deer.

Great shot Frank!

November 2009

Robert St. Pierre of Oklahoma, took this nice mule deer on the first day of his hunt.  We were sitting on the edge of an alfalfa field that was being heavily used by deer.

About 30 minutes before sunset, 20 does poured out of the mesquite brush into the field.   We could see a couple of bucks come right up to the edge of the brush line, but were reluctant to go into the field.  They were just out of range and stayed back in the brush, so Robert eased up towards them and waited.  One of the bucks finally jumped the fence and trotted into the field right at sunset.  He was 300 yards when Robert put him down.