Well, I thought this season was going to be a write off after slicing a tendon on the back of my hand while at sea on the 29th of august. Couldn't get to an ER for 5 days and then it was a delay for surgery. 2 weeks after the injury i got fixed up and told 4 months recovery time with the next 2 months with my middle finger immobilized .... fun times eh? And right at the cusp of hunting season. I sat out september 4pt mulie hunting which really bothered me but hoped i would be a bit more able by the time oct rolled around. Luckily I have some really exceptional friends who show up and step up so that I can continue hunting. I'm already a disabled hunter and this season I am a one handed disabled hunter so am feeling really blessed as I unwind from 9 days in the bush and 7 of them were absolute soakers.
Took a female friend of our family out for her first hunt ever. We left on the 26th from 100 mile house and travelled a little over 4 hours to the upper reaches of the Lillooet Valley. I knew we might be a bit on the early side but she only had those dates to hunt so we went. The hunting sucked and it rained non stop but we did see some deer and the experience for her was eye opening and thrilling. She is looking forward to the trip next year. On day 3 she headed for home and I stayed in camp spending the next 24hrs scouting and then drying all my gear LOL Over the course of 3 days we saw 23 does and fawns. Lots of super healthy fawns this season and all he deer we saw were in prime condition for the coming winter. Noticed a lot of buck fawns and more does with twins that i have seen before. Was pretty cool.
Tracy was a lot of fun to hang out with and she has great bush sense and even bush craft skills. My treestand didn;t have a rain roof so we spent and evening making a very crude "roof" with sticks, butcher string , twist ties and 4 garbage bags LOL It worked though and my goodness was it nice to have that primitive creation above our heads.
The next day after Tracy left , MD , who is a long lost CGN member with log in issues he can't be bothered to correct.... LOL , joined me for several days ..... more wet days so was pleased to see him show up with more firewood
We hunted my stand the first day and saw a few deer but no bucks. Second day we split up and both saw a few deer but again all does and fawns. 3rd day the weather finally started to break in our favor but we didn't see a deer the whole day. The next day the weather turned out great and the deer finally started moving in numbers. I lost count of how many deer we saw that morning from the treestand but the last one that came in to the right side of the stand and my shooting lane, was a nice fat 2 point blacktail. I dispatched him at about 30 yards and he only went a few yards and piled up dead. We found the bullet completely shattered the vitals, damaging the liver and the lower 3rd of the heart. I was quite pleased with my shot but MD lamented a little because he wanted the organs hehe. He salvaged what he could and informed me today that the meal of liver, fried apples and kidneys was exceptional
He took all the pics here as my phone refused to charge all trip and was a huge help to me for tasks requiring 2 hands and dragging the deer off the mountain. We take them out whole so as to not leave gut piles around the treestand area...... we are hunting deer , not bears LOL
Unfortunately by the next day he had to go but my brother and nephew had arrived on the 3rd so the hunt continued. The 2pt was harvested on the 4rth at 10:30 am.
Here are the pics from this part of the trip , all from MDs camera. I still have to get Tracy's pics and pics from my brother...... so the second half of the adventure will continue when i have the pics
Took a female friend of our family out for her first hunt ever. We left on the 26th from 100 mile house and travelled a little over 4 hours to the upper reaches of the Lillooet Valley. I knew we might be a bit on the early side but she only had those dates to hunt so we went. The hunting sucked and it rained non stop but we did see some deer and the experience for her was eye opening and thrilling. She is looking forward to the trip next year. On day 3 she headed for home and I stayed in camp spending the next 24hrs scouting and then drying all my gear LOL Over the course of 3 days we saw 23 does and fawns. Lots of super healthy fawns this season and all he deer we saw were in prime condition for the coming winter. Noticed a lot of buck fawns and more does with twins that i have seen before. Was pretty cool.
Tracy was a lot of fun to hang out with and she has great bush sense and even bush craft skills. My treestand didn;t have a rain roof so we spent and evening making a very crude "roof" with sticks, butcher string , twist ties and 4 garbage bags LOL It worked though and my goodness was it nice to have that primitive creation above our heads.
The next day after Tracy left , MD , who is a long lost CGN member with log in issues he can't be bothered to correct.... LOL , joined me for several days ..... more wet days so was pleased to see him show up with more firewood
We hunted my stand the first day and saw a few deer but no bucks. Second day we split up and both saw a few deer but again all does and fawns. 3rd day the weather finally started to break in our favor but we didn't see a deer the whole day. The next day the weather turned out great and the deer finally started moving in numbers. I lost count of how many deer we saw that morning from the treestand but the last one that came in to the right side of the stand and my shooting lane, was a nice fat 2 point blacktail. I dispatched him at about 30 yards and he only went a few yards and piled up dead. We found the bullet completely shattered the vitals, damaging the liver and the lower 3rd of the heart. I was quite pleased with my shot but MD lamented a little because he wanted the organs hehe. He salvaged what he could and informed me today that the meal of liver, fried apples and kidneys was exceptional He took all the pics here as my phone refused to charge all trip and was a huge help to me for tasks requiring 2 hands and dragging the deer off the mountain. We take them out whole so as to not leave gut piles around the treestand area...... we are hunting deer , not bears LOL
Unfortunately by the next day he had to go but my brother and nephew had arrived on the 3rd so the hunt continued. The 2pt was harvested on the 4rth at 10:30 am.
Here are the pics from this part of the trip , all from MDs camera. I still have to get Tracy's pics and pics from my brother...... so the second half of the adventure will continue when i have the pics
