Nice goat he carries his mass well

What started out as a very stressful weekend ended up a successful hunt with my son. My dad and brother in law also joined us so that made it even more memorable. I try to invite my old man every chance I get, he always keeps us entertained and I know when the day comes and he can’t go anymore I will miss his company.

We started out Saturday morning finding a nice buck but passed on him since it was early the first morning and I was confident we would see plenty more. About 2 hours later we ended up getting caught in a flash flood and got my truck stuck for about 4 hours. I was able to get ahold of a friend that grew up near where we were hunting and he sent his dad to pull us out. After 30 minutes of pulling and jerking with another 1 ton Cummins my truck finally came out and we continued our hunt. It rained on us most of the day and we only saw one other buck and no does until about 5 o’clock Saturday eve. We were driving down a county road and about 50 yds off the road was a nice buck laying down. I drove past him a little ways and turned the truck off. We eased out of the truck and just off the road and got my son set up for about 100yd shot. He thumped him the buck jumped up ran about 100yds and piled up. The next morning we got up and went back to where we’d seen the buck the morning before that we passed on. We found him again close to where he was the previous morning and we’re able to get within 300yds. One shot with my 270 Wthby Mag and both tags were filled and we were headed home. Getting stuck was miserable at the time but made it a hunt I will never forget.

That road we were stuck on went from a decent road to a river in about 15 minutes and completely washed out one side of the road. Hard rain in the desert is no joke!

Very nice

Super Bucks

Sounds like a memorable hunt for sure.

Now that is a great hunt. Really makes me smile

I'm envious. Good job men and man cubs. Hunted antelope once and it was a great time. I look forward to one day doing it again in Wyoming or Idaho.

Truck stuck and nothing to winch to is never a good thing.

Great hunts. Thanks for sharing.
Man RMF being stuck like that stinks.

Was it Gumbo?

Great hunt! Great story, although that buck you passed the first day looked pretty nice, lol! Great pics too! I thought I was the only one that could get a truck stuck all the way to the frame, lol! 4x4 does nothing when that happens! You made some awesome memories for all involved! Thanks for sharing!

Archery starts here mid August. I've only ever archery hunted them because it is a guaranteed tag while rifle or muzzleloader is all draw in Idaho. Haven't done it in a few years, but I went three years and killed three goats, two that made P&Y if I would have wanted to enter them. Not that I was hunting for a big one, either sex hunt but my goal was always just to kill a buck and them happened to be the ones I got the drop on. Killed one of the three out of a blind, but the other two spot and stalk, which is a heckuva lot funner. Great eating but it is important to get them cooled off right away. Either throw them into a creek or get them quartered and on ice right away.