Tall Tales
Kenny & the Mulie
This was a real exciting hunt for Kenny and I. It was the last chance we would get to harvest a mule deer as Kenny’s hunt was coming to an end. It had been fairly warm the earlier days and the larger bucks weren’t moving around. A cold front moved in the night before and laid down a thin layer of snow, which was real fortunate for us. The deer were out in full force and it was just enough to coax this beautiful buck out of hiding. We spotted him at about 8:00 am. on the edge of a small canyon. We knew that we had to close in on him or he would soon disappear into the canyon. We stalked to the canyons rim and we could hear the buck thrashing a small tree below. The buck then moved to within 100 yds. putting Kenny in position for a real good shot. Kenny told me he was a firm believer in the Weatherby name and he backed it up. One round from his 300 and the massive buck was down. Nice trophy Kenny. We hope to see you again soon.
Andy
Andy was among a great group of guys that found themselves in the ranch house admiring and commenting upon the present years shed horn collection. The most admired was a huge Non-Typical. Of course everybody wanted to know where it came from. I told them I found it on the same ranch they will be hunting on in the morning.
The conversation went on as we talked about the opportunity of seeing game in larger numbers. It’s important to be selective and not shoot the first buck you see. Wait for a big buck. It is not uncommon to see up to 26” bucks daily, but on the first day don’t shoot anything under 30” or close to it. The group went to bed, and I’m sure the 4:30 wake up call came early.
