Thank you for sharing your hunt with us.  Let us know if you run into the "big boy".

Always enjoy your photos and stories Craig. Looks like a great time. Get that big one next time out.

Very good story!! Thanks!

Thanks for the kind words guys. Vacation is just around the corner. The bucks are starting to roam in my area,not so much daytime as later in the evening.

 Took my hunting gear off later that day and realized my trusty Spider was not clipped to my pocket. Saturday morning found me doing the same walk all over again. And if you are wondering,yep,I got lucky...
           

Thanks for the ride !!!

Good tale.......as always!  

Lucky! I'd say so.
Good eyes. Well done.

First class as usual Buddy I always love your post your pics and your stories we have to hunt or just take a walk together in the mountain someday. Good luck with the rest of the season. I will see you at the shoots this summer and someday you have to talk Lori into camping at the shoots she can sleep in my camper if she won't stay in a tent LOL.    Widow

Craig, You do a great job, I LOVED your comment that the hunt was a success, and it was because you understand the whole meaning of the hunt. Can't believe you found your knife. That is quite the hunting area you have. Thank you for shareing with us....

Great pics and narrative!

It just goes to show that all good hunts do not have to end with blood on your hands.  

Thanks for taking us along. Looks like you should have a lot of action.

Thanks for taking us along on your hunt, those were some really great pictures. That is one lucky buck.  I guess it just wasn't his time.  I can't believe you found that knife, that's awesome!  My dad lost a really nice browning 3 blade gutting knife many years ago.  I bought him a replacement, but they no longer make the version with a stag handle anymore so it wasn't the same.

Great photos! Thanks for sharing.

Nice job Monkeyball....just like you told it to me over the telephone....only with some kicktail pics...!!! Maybe the Hunting Gods wanted to to shoot the bruiser that shredded that connifer tree..??? Hope so....keep us posted pal.......john

BTW.....guess your still figgerin' out how to harness that extra flat trajectory of that triple carbon limbed, hyper-velocity veloci-aluminum risered DAS kinetic hunter...??? Maybe it was that super-sonic "crack" of the arrow as it lasered out of your bow had him duckin' a bit...????  Nah.....there's just alot of room around em"....just having a little fun Craig.....fun story..!!!

Craig, wow! Great pictures and we enjoyed  tagging along on your hunt. You sure know how to enjoy yourself.

Mike & Sue

Great photo journal of your hunt!