Well, general season has finished here in MT on the heels of one of the prettier bow seasons as well. I bought a new camera this year, and took a lot of pics learning to use the thing. I've chosen a few and strung them together in an essay of sorts to highlight and illustrate our season.
A couple things...I know we live in beautiful country - that's why I share these with you guys - not so much to "show-off" our success. Just the same, we share our hunting with others...it's not exclusive properties.
You will recognize my son Kory, whom you've watched "grow up" here on tradgang....he took three deer. His roommate Brian (we call him Cheese...don't know why) also killed two deer this year, one is in the pics. Both boys took deer with selfbows they built.
Another pic shows Tim Roberts of Farr West Leather sitting in his tripod watching antelope.
I also accounted for three deer myself, two with a selfbow and the last with a bamboo backed osage bow I made a few years back.
The antelope beat us this year. So did other critters. That's bowhunting. We didn't get after elk like we would like to...it happens. But there is plenty to see. I hope you enjoy the pics.
It starts in August...
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Very nice , thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:
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All in all, another great season full of awesome encounters and memories.
Thanks Mark, loved the pics.
Boy... You guys are hunting some of my favorite country in Montana. It makes me want to travel east more often. Thanks for sharing, Mark!
Great pictures Mark, thank you for sharing.
Looks like you had a great season Mark. The photos were awsome.
Very nice photos.
Looks like you're getting the hang of that new camera.
Beautiful everything, thanks for sharing.
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PICS!!SOMEDAY i hope to expierience bigsky country
I don`t know if there is a prettier place on earth. Nice pics Mark.
Thank you Mark!!
I was surprised that Montana held that many whitetails.
I fully expected to be looking at mulies in your shots.
Can you elaborate on what your hunting methods were? I have looked at the evidence that whatever it was, it was successful...lol
I didn't see a ton of trees so I just assume that most of the hunting was done from the ground.
Thank you again Mark!!
I love your photo journal-ling.
God bless,Mudd
Nice pics! Thanks for sharing.
There sure are some beauties there. Thanks for sharing Mark.
Great pictures that sure is some pretty country, nice critters too. Thanks for sharing! :thumbsup:
Great pics. Looks like you guys had a great season. That looks like one huge fox.
Man I miss Montana! Awesome stuff, thanks.
Great pictures .... thanks for sharing your season..!
Mark great photography! They tell some great stories on their own but I can't wait for the written stories to go with them.
Wow, a fantastic place for what we love to be.
I'd say you got that camera figured out, Mark!!! Awesome pics! Congrats to you and your family for such a successful year! :thumbsup: :clapper:
As always......."OUTSTANDING"..... :thumbsup: :notworthy:
Thanks for taking us along hunting with you in your pictorial.
What did you get for a new camera?
Great pictures to go with a fantastic season, Well done brother!!
I get butterflies just looking at that country in photos. Congrats on living there and a successful season.
Just gorgeous country! Thanks for sharing these with us "flat landers". While traveling through Livingston a few years ago on a motorcycle what I remember about the Livingston area in addition to the beautiful scenery was the extremely strong wind.
I think you have your new camera figured out! Nice season! :clapper:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
tell us about the side quive
Thanks for taking us along. Good trip. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Excellent photo journalism.
Thank you
Thanks guys...gotta make this quick though, I got snow to shovel.
Kevin, the camera I bought is a Nikon S9500....18 mega pixels, and a 22 power optical zoom. I didn't want a big camera, but this one is a bit bigger than what I had before. It still fits in the pocket, handy to pull out quick and take a pic or two. You'll notice pics of the "big" bucks are few and far between...that's because I can't take pics with my bow in my hands! I'm pleased with the quality of the images, and just enough "zoom" to get things close. It also takes movies....I'm not that good yet!
Mudd....we hunt everyway we can. There are some trees, but ground hunting is in our repertoire. We mostly hunt funnels along the river and close in to bedding areas.
Gotta go to work.....check in later. Thanks again all!
Great Stuff. You and your family sure know how to get it done under the big sky.
Awesome, awesome, awesome! Love the pictures. Thanks for taking the time to put that all together.
-Jeremy :coffee:
Awesome pics!!!
Thanks for sharing.
thanks for taking us along on a very productive season.. :coffee:
Nice photos, thanks for posting. Congratulations on your season... :thumbsup:
I'm jealous !!!
Pretty, pretty....
Congrats o a sweet season.
Now that winter is upon us I'd rather be in Texas. The other 7-8 months you got us beat !
Absoluly stunning. Thanks for sharing
Great pics Mark, we gotta get together soon.
Thanks for sharing! Surprised you guys hunt on a tripod out in the open like that. Whitetails in Il would not fall for that in a billion years. Well maybe not a billon, but a lot lol. :thumbsup:
Awesome photos Mark! Makes me wish I had a decent camera to bring with me, I saw some amazing scenery this year. Did you end up getting a picture of that nice buck that Tim and I saw when I was dropping him off?
I always enjoy your annual summaries Mark - looks like another exceptional year under the Big Sky! Thanks for sharing again.
Thanks for sharing. AWESOME pictures
Excellent :thumbsup:
I enjoyed every photo. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for bringing us along!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Beautiful country. Enjoyed the show.RC
Mark,
Thanks for taking the time to share your wonderful pictures with us!
Awesome pictures of awesome animals in awesome country. Thanks for the write-up!
Hey, brag all you want, I really enjoyed the pictures, good shooting and photography.
Thanks
Well done Mr. Baker! Snakey osage, a lineage of primitive skills, accomplished shutterbug and very high "cool" factor shows that you take being a father to a very high level , like so many fathers do on this site.
Exemplary!
~CB
Nice Mark, thanks for taking the time to post all those photos! Beautiful country.
Look forward to your pics at the end of the year. Cool bows.
Pics like these remind me of why I love living out west. Montana is an awesome state, wow. It reminds me of a Chris Ledoux song looking at the pics.
QuoteOriginally posted by Chromebuck:
Well done Mr. Baker! Snakey osage, a lineage of primative skills, accomplished shutterbug and very high "cool" factor shows that you take being a father to a very high level , like so many fathers do on this site.
Exemplary!
~CB
I couldn't say it better myself :campfire:
Awesome Pics... :thumbsup:
Thanks for taking us along, Mark. Looks like you had a great season and you are getting a long fine with the camera as well as the bow!
Wow! I love Montana!
Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic pictures....you live in a beautiful part of the world! Congratulations on a great hunting season too.
Mark,, Thank you for blessing us with the gift of your pictures. Looks like you had a great season, You must be proud of the "boys". they did good. So did you on more than several accounts :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great stuff! This is one of my annual favorites, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Mark! Always enjoy seeing the beautiful country you live in!!!
Thanks Mark,
I look forward to your season summary every year, Outstanding.
Sean
Hey Mark,
Thanks for posting those awesome pics!
Also where in the world did the one fella find those old school camo pants!??
Great pics and story. Thanks for sharing.
That was a great bunch of pics on a fine season. Thanks so much for sharing. That is what Tradgang is all about. :goldtooth:
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing and looked like a game rich season!
Man, that was good stuff! Thank You for sharing with us Mark.
Great stuff, thanks for sharing!
I loved looking at your pictures! Thanks for posting.
Nice pics... Yeah that sums up SW MT hunts pretty well. Makes me think I'm due for a new camera.
Pretty hard to beat Paradise Valley. Its a postcard in every direction. Good work.
Thanks for sharing Mark! Awesome pictures! :thumbsup:
Super photos right there... thanks for taking the time to post.
Montana... one day.
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Love the pics! Thanks for going to the trouble to post them!
Mark,
Great pictures!
Never knew that Cheese's name is Brian.
The views in Paradise Valley are awesome, if it wasn't for the wind there would be a lot more people there than Bozeman.
Great pictures. Thanks for sharing with us.
Cheese's old school camo pants are an old pair of mine I gave him. I got too fat for them.
Someone asked earlier about the quiver, it's an Absorkee Quiver made by Tim Roberts. The boys still like using a plain ol' Quiver Caddy with a Kwikee...
Another note....tripods in the open like that DON'T work on whitetails! Only antelope. And that's only if they get close enough. Those lopes seem to have had the height advantage on Tim, though....I thought it was a funny pic, myself!
Jacob...I never did see that buck you saw behind the house. Every year we get a few running through and checking out the deer back there.
Thanks for the great pictures, Mark. I look forward to your post-season summary every year. Stay warm, as I just saw the forecast for out there.
Awesome. Simply awesome. Some of those pictures are stunning. Thank you.
Wow! Some really great pictures here! Looks like y'all had a good time.
Great pics, I look forward to this thread every fall.Thanks for sharing Mark.
Really enjoyed your pictures of a great season in that beautiful Big Sky country! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Thanks for sharing Mark. Great pics!!!
It's been said a lot, but great pics!
Thanks for sharing the beautiful scenery. Some good looking country. Looked like a great year.
My favorite threads on Trad Gang are the ones about hunting in beautiful country. Especially the western states.
Try to make it to Wyoming once a year. I feel a ten day detour may be in order. Thanks for sharing this.
Great pictures, Mark. Congrats on a couple of great seasons. Now you just need to get Jen out there with you.
They don't call it Paradise Valley for nothin.
Getting it done with self bows... you guys are the real deal. Some fine looking young men there, I'm proud of them too. Thanks
Nothing like Big Sky country, great pix that speak to the soul of ALL Tradgangers I'm sure. Thanks for sharing, LD67
Those are some great pictures, Thanks for sharing. Love that bow also.
Awesome Mark !!!
Beautiful scenery and pics. Congrats and thanks for sharing.
Mark , Nice job. I'm so proud of you and your family. Self-bows are a true connections to the land. I remember a couple of those river bottoms from my trip to your area last winter. You are a generous guy with your time. Mike
Brings back memories of when I lived in Bozeman in the early 90's. Had friends who lived in Livinston, I'd drive there weekly to shoot bows with them. I'd tell them every time I came to visit that they lived in the most beautiful place on earth. Thanks Mark
Amazing pics!!!! Thx for sharing.
Mark, thanks for sharing a great season and fantastic pics. You sure know how to keep the flame burning.
mark those are some great,great pics of hunting MT and with family..thanks for sharing...john
hey mark,i forgot to ask...i have been looking for an artical that you wrote about an elk hunt and a board bow that you made..i would love to read the artical but i was wondering about the bow..what are the measurements of the bow..thanks john
Very nice!!!
Thanks everyone for the kind words....almost as fun taking pics as it is shooting at animals anymore....
I am blessed to be able to share my season with my boys...and they are excellent ambassadors for trad bowhunting among their peers as well!
John...that bow was a hickory backed maple, around 64 inches and 70 lbs at my draw of 28 inches. It was glued up as a modified pyramid style, perry reflexed. I killed the cow in the late season - January - quite a few years ago when I was learning to build bows. Didn't know it the glue would survive shooting in the cold. It did, however, and the bow became quite a hunter for me, taking many critters. Here is a pic....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/woodwizard/latecow3.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/woodwizard/media/latecow3.jpg.html)
By the way...story is in my book "Tension on the String". Makes a good Christmas gift...hint, hint!
Mark, Incredible as always!!
As always too, my yearly reminder how much I miss beautiful Montana!
:thumbsup:
NOW THAT IS FUNNY MARK..i have it on my christmas list...thanks for help with the bow...i will be trying a board bow some time and for some reason this hunt allways pops in my head..thanks for the info..john
Thank you Mark for taking the time to share your season........ truly great stuff
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Incredible! Beautiful bow to match beautiful country. Very nice!
Fantastic photography! Thanks for sharing!