A good friend of mine George Perez and i wanted to put in for the late season blacktail hunt in Monterey County.For California hunters a late season hunt is by draw only.The Monterey hunt is either sex tag.We were suprised to find that we had drawn the Monterey tag.The season for this tag is in Oct.It would be nice to hunt in the cooler weather as our normal deer season opens in July.Morning fog was a nice change in deer camp.
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The country is mostly steep. Finding a area to hang a stand would be a challenge.We both found a somewhat flat area that had some deer sign.The country is also very brushy so the deer seem to hang tight.
On the first evening i filled my tag with a nice button buck.The thought of deer in the freezer was nice.
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George had to wait until our last morning 4 days latter to fill his tag on a nice doe.
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This tag was by no means a give me hunt but we were bleesed to fill our freezer.George is the owner of Rainy Day Bows.So we spent the week talking about bow design and teased over who had the best bow.We shot alot of arrows in camp and had fun trading our bows back and fourth.We both had a great time on this late season tag.Dont know if ill try for it again,but this trip was one im sure i wont soon forget.
The setup i used on this hunt was a Cyclone longbow 51#@31" 64", Surewood fir shaft 580 grns.with a Magnus 2 blade.
congrats guys
Way to go guys! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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way to go.
Sweet , that is a hunt I need to do , good shooten guys........
,,Sam,,
Congratulations!
Congrats!
That's awesome! Congrats on a great hunt! :campfire:
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Like Mike said we had a great time on this hunt were having some sausage made out of our deer.
George
Congrats guys :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
well done!!!
Thanks guys for your comments.
Way to go guys. Good looking deer.Getting a deer here is doing good. :thumbsup:
Looks like a great hunt and a couple of beautiful animals. Them blacktails sure are cool looking deer.
You guys did a great job! Thanks for the story!
Nice camp,and nice blacktail...
Congrats on a great hunt.
Congrats guys! :thumbsup:
Good shooting !!
Looks like a lot of fun..
Nice job fellas! Congrats to you both.
Well done!!!!
I drew the San Luis Obispo equilivant last year but only had a couple of days to hunt. I didn't connect but what a difference in weather :)
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Way to go guys, those black tails are as skittish as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Nice trophies indeed.
Good shootin! Congreatulations to you both.
That's excellent! I've always wanted to try my hand at a black tail. I'm suprised hunting is even legal in California! :)
Nice deer!!!
Cool! A few years ago Mike and I drew this tag and were literally run out of the county by bugs. It was so hot and you couldnt take a step without breathing in about 100 bugs or so. Iam glad the hunt went well for you two. Now, when is my delivery of sausage??????
Congrats to the both of you!
Very nice. Would like to hunt that country someday.
Great job guys!!! :thumbsup:
Congratulations, thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:
Congrats X2
Right on!
Good job :thumbsup:
Nice going Mike! Glad to see you guys connected.
I shot one of Mikes Cyclone longbows I had on loan while he build a set of Mountainbow limbs for me. It's a very nice bow.
Very nice fella's!!!
Beautiful country out there. Sure do miss those NorCal mountains with all the blacktail and mule deer. Hear there is a lone wolf hanging around now. Thanks for rekindling good old memmories. Blessings.
Congrats fellas! :clapper:
Nice job fellas!
congrats on the Calif. the calf. kill. My brother and I live and hunt here in Northern Calif. and and its tough when its in Aug. and a 100 degrees
Congrats to you guys on your Blacktails a couple of beauty's thanks for sharing