leanin' H
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Been guide'n muledeer hunters all last week on the desert. Though ya might like to see some of the sights we saw! Weather was cool and clear and the hunting fine. Started the night before with a last scouting trip on top of the Sheeprock mountains. Looking east toward mount Nebo about 80 miles away as the moon rose.
Opening mornin' looking northwest and across the desert. We start high and then work lower as the hunting pressure moves the deer.
Lion rock from the west side. Had a few little bucks below us that drifted into the cedars before the camera man was ready. :x Musta been camera shy!
Lion rock from the east as i skirted it to check a canyon and some draws. Our big bucks are cliff dwellers and like the rough country. So do I!
A really, really old cedar tree high on the mountain. Maybe 100 years old or better.
We hunt a lot of burns later in the hunt and always start seeing bucks. The grass has blossomed without the trees competing for the rain!
More lookout pics.
Good grass makes great cattle! Here is Indian rice grass on the left and good ol' crested wheat on the right.
Now for the deer shots(pun intended!) A crazy cactus head on a long yearling buck. Normal bucks have shed the velvet a while back. Sometimes deer like this do not shed and continue to grow additional bone each year. We will be watching this guy grow up.
A buck we looked at and decided to pass on. Still was pretty though!
Another young buck that just needs a little time to grow up into a giant. He has great genetics and may become a monster typical if a lion doesnt eat him!
Speaking of lion kills........ We put him on the wheeler to take a picture and then had to leave him as per state law! 28" wide 4 by 4!
I helped this young man get his buck out of a canyon he couldnt find. He shot him a long way from where he started hunting that morning and cached him to get help. I helped him get into the mouth of the canyon as he had come over the top and didnt know the country. Pretty buck!
On day three of my 1st hunters hunt, we got this beauty. He is ready to rut from the look of that neck!
A happy client with his best buck to date!
Success in spite of the guide!
Packing him to a saddle for better pictures. Don't try this at home!
Heading down the canyon. He has the cool stuff like horns and cape. I get the heavy stuff like the rest of him. Loaded the pack and took him out in one trip. Took multiple doses of advil and Pepsi later!
Big bucks aren't very heavy!
Opening mornin' looking northwest and across the desert. We start high and then work lower as the hunting pressure moves the deer.
Lion rock from the west side. Had a few little bucks below us that drifted into the cedars before the camera man was ready. :x Musta been camera shy!
Lion rock from the east as i skirted it to check a canyon and some draws. Our big bucks are cliff dwellers and like the rough country. So do I!
A really, really old cedar tree high on the mountain. Maybe 100 years old or better.
We hunt a lot of burns later in the hunt and always start seeing bucks. The grass has blossomed without the trees competing for the rain!
More lookout pics.
Good grass makes great cattle! Here is Indian rice grass on the left and good ol' crested wheat on the right.
Now for the deer shots(pun intended!) A crazy cactus head on a long yearling buck. Normal bucks have shed the velvet a while back. Sometimes deer like this do not shed and continue to grow additional bone each year. We will be watching this guy grow up.
A buck we looked at and decided to pass on. Still was pretty though!
Another young buck that just needs a little time to grow up into a giant. He has great genetics and may become a monster typical if a lion doesnt eat him!
Speaking of lion kills........ We put him on the wheeler to take a picture and then had to leave him as per state law! 28" wide 4 by 4!
I helped this young man get his buck out of a canyon he couldnt find. He shot him a long way from where he started hunting that morning and cached him to get help. I helped him get into the mouth of the canyon as he had come over the top and didnt know the country. Pretty buck!
On day three of my 1st hunters hunt, we got this beauty. He is ready to rut from the look of that neck!
A happy client with his best buck to date!
Success in spite of the guide!
Packing him to a saddle for better pictures. Don't try this at home!
Heading down the canyon. He has the cool stuff like horns and cape. I get the heavy stuff like the rest of him. Loaded the pack and took him out in one trip. Took multiple doses of advil and Pepsi later!
Big bucks aren't very heavy!
