A Washington Adventure!!
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From: joehunter8301
22-Nov-15
I just returned from a trip to Southern WA where I hunted blacktails with my little brother. This trip is special to me because it would be our first hunt together in 5 years. My brother graduated college and moved north where he got his dream job and started his career up there. He took his wife and baby and now he is doing great. They have 2 beautiful kids and he is well on his way to making a great life for his family. Fast forward to the hunt. WA only has a 4 day general season during November and these would be the days I took off work for the trip. North I go...
From: joehunter8301
22-Nov-15
My brother would give me trail cam updates on a weekly basis. Being new up there and not really having a whole lot of knowledge of the area or time I knew I would be gambling on success odds but I really wanted to hunt with my little bro. Here are a few pix of bucks he was getting....
From: joehunter8301
22-Nov-15
Another buck
From: joehunter8301
22-Nov-15
I arrived Tuesday eve and the hunt started Thursday the 19th. Wednesday we checked 4 areas with cameras up and devised a gameplan on where we thought we would have best odds of waiting on a rutting buck. Gameplan set, blind up and let the games begin
From: joehunter8301
22-Nov-15
This rub was bout 5 yards from the cam. Now to find the guy who made it....
From: joehunter8301
22-Nov-15
I hung a doe in heat scent wick up on one of the branches hoping that would lure a curios buck through our setup. Right off the bat we had does move into our setup. It was drizzling rain all morning long making us thankful for the blind keeping us dry... Not much longer a little spike made an appearance.. Deer activity was decent. We had spent a total of 9 hours in the blind on day 1...
From: joehunter8301
22-Nov-15
This little guy made a visit around noon. Cool to watch them undisturbed in their natural habits
From: joehunter8301
22-Nov-15
At approx 1430 my brother and I picked up movement to our left. It was the fork we wanted and he was trotting into our setup nose down on a mission. I got my bow together as fast as I could and the buck never even slowed down past my shooting lane. I drew and tried to stop him but just my luck he stops behind a tree. No shot. I wait for him to keep moving and I grunt again. This time he stops at 23 yards. It wasn't ideal but I knew I could get an arrow into him but he was not where I intend or setup to take my shot. I let her fly and watch my arrow sink perfectly into his heart breaking the opposite shoulder bone. But takes off and looks hurt bad. 20 yards later he is out of view and we celebrate. It happened so fast we couldn't even get the video camera on. The trail camera caught him passing thru, notice the scent wick up in the left corner. Still think that's what brought him in on a trot as he was lookin for what he smelled...
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
This was 5 yards past the arrow impact. Good sign
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
35 yards later I find my prize
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
We got a few good pix where he lay. I've always wanted a pic in the deep jungle with ferns and a dead wet looking blacktail. Mission accomplished :)
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
The vpa 3 blade 100 ended up busting the opposite shoulder bone clean in half an poked out the other side. I was pretty impressed. Never found the bh side of the arrow tho to see how the bh looked. I was kind of bummed
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
Exit
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
Cupid broke this poor guys heart!!!
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
Here are some more pix from the trip
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
Ole gravel road we hunted down
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
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23-Nov-15
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
This is the second trail cam pic buck. We ended up seeing him the day we went back to grab the blind from the road and I was able to zoom in an get a a quick pic of him. He was about 7-800 yards from where the camera was. Cool to see them like that
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
I almost forgot. I was a little confused as this is a "brown" tail :-) inside jokes of course
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
Anyways, all jokes aside I got some great pix with him but I really wanted a family picture as that was the true purpose of the trip. I am very proud of my little brother as he put himself thru college, had a baby an wife he supported the whole time and now is doing well and owns a beautiful piece of property up in WA. Such a great memory for the scrap book and one I will not soon forget. Thanks for coming along I hope you enjoyed the read. Good hunting
From: trkyslr
23-Nov-15
I'm glad to see your aiming for the heart now! Good shooting ;-)
From: Julius K
23-Nov-15
Great pics Joe, congrats on the buck. Your blind aside from the black opening really disappeared into that jungle.
From: GhostBird
23-Nov-15
Good stuff Joe. Congratulations on a nice buck!
From: Beav
23-Nov-15
Congrats Joe! Cool pics!
From: Medicinemann
23-Nov-15
Did your brother tag a buck as well?
From: SDHNTR(home)
23-Nov-15
Really dig that last family pic. Congrat little buddy!
From: LWood
23-Nov-15
Congratulations Joe. Sounds like a great hunt.
From: Surfbow
23-Nov-15
Great buck! Beautiful country too...
From: loopmtz
23-Nov-15
Sweet!
From: njbuck
23-Nov-15
Joe, congrats on another great buck and another dream season. That pic with you, the buck, your brother and his family is PRICELESS.
From: Reflex
23-Nov-15
Wow, that looks like a really cool place to shoot a deer. Great pictures! Congrats on your successful hut.
From: Paul@thefort
23-Nov-15
I liked that a lot. That buck is much better for Thanksgiving than an old tom turkey anyway.
My best, Paul
From: ozzyshane
23-Nov-15
Jo what a great hunt with your bro one hunt that will never be forgot Thanks Shane
From: Willieboat
23-Nov-15
Great write up !! Congrats !!
From: joehunter8301
23-Nov-15
Thanks everyone. Jake my brother punched his tag back in September. After seeing some rutting action I think he might wait next year to have some rut action. Lots of fun.
From: IdyllwildArcher
23-Nov-15
Grats Cupid! Love the tail pic. That was funny.
From: t-roy
23-Nov-15
Congrats on a great trip in all aspects Joe!
Incredible pics as well!
From: Charlie Rehor
24-Nov-15
Thanks for sharing another great adventure with your brother! C
From: Mark Watkins
24-Nov-15
Great story as always on your hunts Joe! Congrats!!
Thanks for taking us along and getting your jungle photo to boot!
Mark
From: Nick Muche
24-Nov-15
Joey Saw Bux! Again!
Congrats buddy!
From: otcWill
24-Nov-15
Great pics! Thanks for posting
From: Dan Mallia
24-Nov-15
Strong work Joe! Thanks for sharing the story!
From: KJC
24-Nov-15
Very nice Joe! Congrats!
From: Mr.C
24-Nov-15
thats a good representation of the west side of Washington state..shows folks what we deal with as far a undergrowth and thickness and wet.if you dicide to hunt this state be prepaired to be wet no matter what gear you have on,the only thing water proof around here are frogs and a ducks @ss
MikeC...be thankful we can do what we do
From: Mr.C
25-Nov-15
didnt mean to hi jack! ..sorry back to the Joe show
thanks for sharing
From: Heat
25-Nov-15
What a fall season of success! Congrats man! Cool family pic with the deer!
From: joehunter8301
25-Nov-15
Thanks guys. Still got one more tag to go :)
From: Wirehair
27-Nov-15
Simply awesome Joe!
From: JLS
30-Nov-15
Nice looking deer. Your brother has a beautiful family.
