” Are you Kidding Me “
Posted by Rob on 15 Nov 2007 at 08:18 pm | Tagged as: Mule Deer
Tuesday night, November 13, 2007 - I have a discussion with Richard Atkinson concerning our southern property and I could use his help in keeping an eye on it to make sure we don’t miss out on a potential “Big Buck”. Richard agrees and plans on being there at first light the next morning.
Wednesday morning - “opening day” - November 14, 2007 - I picked up Richard Attenberger at 5:45 am and head out for what I think could be a great day full of good bucks and fun, how right was I ? We start off at first light with seeing a great 4×6 - 165″ grower buck that should be a no-brainer for 2008. The rut is in full swing and things are looking good, we are out of cell range for most of the morning until 8:20 am. The voice mail and text alerts ring thru and they are from Richard and Wes - ”Big Buck down here, better come look” was first from Richard. “Rob, Go kill that Big Buck with my dad”, from Wes. The whole time I’m thinking 170″ frame with some extras. I get to Richard and locate the buck and up the score a little - 170″ to 175″ frame with 15″ of extras - boy was I off - alot of those extras are so in-line with his frame, we completely missed them.
This slob of a deer is a 10 x 8 that gross scores 205 7/8 - He has a 177 5/8″ frame with 28 2/8″ of in-line extras -holy cow, are you kidding me !!! Richard Atkinson came thru for us yesterday and I am still in shock. Richard Attenberger put him down for good with one shot from his 300 short mag. and killed the biggest buck of his hunting career (biggest before was a 2 point - that’s an upgrade - Richard also hunted with us in 2006 and killed a double main beam bull, see 2006 elk trophy room photos).
Many thanks go out to all of our 2007 clients and for making the year such a success. Wes and Rachelle will be in Kansas until mid December and Hal Hudson and I have an eastern colorado deer hunt for December that is shaping up to be a great finish to our big game seasons, I can’t wait Hal.
Chanse has been very busy as well with management hunters and has killed some great bucks. Roger Bell harvested “Agua”, a heavy 3×3 yesterday and Tony Mandile harvested “Fuego” - a wide, heavy 3×3 with 3 extras today (I’ll post those photos tomorrow). Congratulations everyone!
MAN I LOVE HUNTING MULE DEER !!
Best Regards, Robert
