High Buck Hunt (short story with pics)

Quaka Wacka · 09-30-2006, 05:32 PM

Well myself, Chessapeak (rick) and my buddy Aarron backpacked into Glacier Peak Wilderness Area last week. After the snow storm that passed through the first night, it cleared up and really turned out to be a great trip. Fresh blueberries and huckkleberries every morning in our oatmeal. We saw lots of deer (rick shot a 3x3 with double eye guards, and I'll let him tell that story), a couple of bears (including a 300+ chocolate-brown blackie) a mountain goat and quite a few grouse.

I had a 250 yard, quartering toward me shot at the bear but waited for it to turn broadside. After about 30 seconds it decided it didn't want to be there any more and spun real quick and headed for the brush. Rick took a 300+ yard shot at it the next day, but we couldn't find blood nor hair. And after looking for 2+ hours we called it a clean miss. We saw a smaller bear a couple of times as well. And after watching the grouse the first four days and not shooting them for fear of scaring he deer, we had a quick grouse shoot with the rifles right before we left. It was one of the best trips I've had in a long time. Here are some pics.

Old Coot · 09-30-2006, 06:23 PM

Great pix! Thanks for sharing your good time with us.

OC

huntercgr · 09-30-2006, 06:28 PM

Awesome!! Certainly looks like big buck terrain.

motcha · 09-30-2006, 06:49 PM

Awesome setting and scenery pics man!! Thanks for sharing, and congrats on the success!

OuterLimits · 09-30-2006, 06:54 PM

Great Pics and story!

OuterLimits · 09-30-2006, 06:54 PM

Great Pics and story!

duckboy · 09-30-2006, 06:56 PM

Wow! greatphotos and story too.

That Billy goat looks like he was suprised t osee you up on his dinner plate!

Nice buck there and be really happy you didn't have to deal with sloppy wet snow.

waterfowlin101 · 09-30-2006, 09:32 PM

That looks like some great country!!!! Congrats.

Fishstix · 10-01-2006, 09:10 AM

Nice pics. How close did you get to the goat?

RODACTION · 10-01-2006, 09:15 AM

Thats a great trip, super good pictures. Thanks for sharing it

buckhunter · 10-01-2006, 09:23 AM

Sweeeeeet!!!!

Quaka Wacka · 10-01-2006, 09:30 AM

I was as close as 15 yards and spent about ten mins within 30yards. He seemed more annoyed with me than anything.

I was taking pictures through the spotting scope at aboiut 500yards and decided to see how close I could get. As I was trying to get closer I realized he was sidehilling it right toward me so just sat down and waited. He walked to about 15 yards right below me. He was paying so much attetion to my buddy taking pictures below that he didn't even see me until I took my first picture, and my cameras shutter beep gave my position away. After that he just slowly turned around and worked his way back up the hill.

Super Fluke · 10-01-2006, 12:09 PM

Nice pics and buck.

BalouSC · 10-01-2006, 01:52 PM

Sounds like you guys had a good time! Thats what it's all about!!

Hunt'nFish · 10-02-2006, 10:02 AM

Nice pics Alex! My kinda country to. Sounds like a fun trip.
Welcome back to the rat race.
Hunt'nFish

Chesapeake · 10-02-2006, 11:17 AM

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Wow! greatphotos and story too.

That Billy goat looks like he was suprised t osee you up on his dinner plate!

Nice buck there and be really happy you didn't have to deal with sloppy wet snow.

Oh we had some sloppy wet snow! Alex just left that part out. Lets just say putting on frozen solid boots in the morning isnt all its cracked up to be. It was a great hunt and I cant wait to do it again.

Radke · 10-02-2006, 11:20 AM

That buck is one fat puppy!!

bet it will eat great

Chesapeake · 10-02-2006, 12:01 PM

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That buck is one fat puppy!!

bet it will eat great

The pic is a bit decieving. He looks real plump because he is laying accross the base of a small tree. If you look next to my legs you can see the trunk of the tree coming out from under him. He is surprisingly mild tasting, even more so than the dry country bucks from up in Klickitat.