Deer hunting today, beautiful day. Actaully to warm. Sunrise was spectacular and seen a few muleys. I want a whitetail and will wait and see. Here are a few photos.












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And no the one isn't high fenced, he was ouside of an office near their yard. He was chasing does.

he's only about 22-23"s anyway.

Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing.

I admire your willpower, too.

Heck, I'd trade a whitetail for most of those muley bucks. Last year I was sitting on the hillside with a doe tag in my pocket and saw 1 doe and 32 different bucks. They all wanted to chase her at one time or another. Needless to say, I got no shots. I hope my landowner gets out of the hospital so I can go the same place this year. I have a buck tag now.

I can only hunt next weekend, and I will probably regret not pulling the trigger on the buck in the second photo. Very deep forked and about as heavey as they get around here. I watched him bed down in deep sagebrush, along a creek with two whitetail bucks. I waited a bit, then I made a quite stalk into the brush only to see the WT jump and run into some willows. Then this buck stood up maybe 30 yards away. I was walking with the sun to my back, when he stood up, I don't think he could sort me out. He gave me enough time to take about four quick shots. And then away he went into the same willows.

First whitetail spotted.



Another muley.



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Thanksgiving dinner! I wish!





4 pointer, I shot this morning. I did see one bigger but he gave me the slip in the willows.



He had some kind of fat bag under his chin. I cut it open and it was just ahuge deposit of fat.

I think I've got the same thing under my chin.

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That is a weird spot for a fat buildup.. Hmm...

I thought the same thing. I expected a cyst, or injury. But just a big glob of fat!

Congratulations on a nice whitetail, but I'm sitting here drooling over the mulies you passed on.

I had only shot one other whitetail here. There was a time you didn't see any in this area. So it became a goal a couple of years ago. And I think they eat better. Occasionaly you will see a 160" to 170" or bigger WT around here, I never have the right tag or even my camera. The last two years that I had a tag for the area where I shot this deer, I kept passing on muleys and came up blank. But still enjoy being out and about in the fall. I finally got them figured out this year with the help of my Garmin and the WG&F property card.

As I get older I have become a foot, road, and game cart deer hunter!

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He had some kind of fat bag under his chin. I cut it open and it was just ahuge deposit of fat

I have heard that too much Blue Bell Ice Cream will do that exact thing.....

Nice whitetail, kudu.. I'm looking for one down here around Pinedale.. have permission for about 8 miles of river bottom.. Know the ranchers.. no luck yet, but they'll be moveing pretty soon.. Les