ServantForLife

So a couple of weeks ago I went with my brother in-law Pronghorn hunting out in Laramie Wyoming.  Let me tell you it was amazing.  Probably some of the most fun I have ever had being out in the wild.  Above you can see the view that we had as we started hunting that Friday morning.  It was stunning, although we were a little too cold and tired to really enjoy it.  Aside from the beautiful skyline, we saw tons of antelope roaming the prairies.  Unfortunately at first we saw a ton of hunters as well.  As we were hunting on managed property, we decided to drive a little farther up the ranch road to get away from all the action happening near the front of the ranch lands.

So we got to a point were we didn’t see anybody else around and decided to get out and take a look around.  We had two trucks and 7 guys, so we decided we had better split up and hunt different areas.  Sam, myself, Mike and his son Eric all got into Mike’s truck and took off looking for a group of antelope that we could sneak up on.  After driving a couple of miles up the road we came up on a couple bucks and does sitting about a half mile in from the road.  We backed down the road a bit and decided this was our first best shot at stalking the animals.  A long walk and a short crawl later, I bagged my first buck.

As we were gutting this guy, out of no where comes another buck and two does.  We were taken a little off guard, but hey this was a perfect chance for Sam to bag his buck.  A few shots and a long drag later, Sam and I had our first antelopes in the truck my 9 am.

By the 1:30pm that day, everyone had completely tagged out and we had six animals in the trucks.  It had a been a good day hunting.

So we got back to Mike’s place and started cleaning up our kills.  One of our guys had to go over to the Fish and Game office to fill out some paperwork and found out that we could get a couple more tags up in Casper(about 3 hours away)  Having nothing better to do for the next couple days, we figured what the heck, why not.  So the next morning we got up at the crack of dawn and headed out.  This hunting was nothing like the day before.  We couldn’t spot any antelope at all.  They had been completely hunted out the day before.  After a few unsuccessful stops, we all split up again and started on a couple of long hikes.  Well we came up over this one rise and Sam spots this big doe bedded down about 300 yards away.  So we began our stalk to get in close.  Only one problem, we weren’t gonna get much closer.  Though we did discover one thing, she was acting kinda funny.  Well after a beautiful headshot by Sam, we discovered that she had been gut shot earlier that day.  So that was yet another animal in the bag.

It was time for me to get my final animal.  After stalking a couple of antelope unsuccessfully, we decided to check out another spot.  Well we were driving along some state land, and we spot this big doe bedded down about 3/4 of a mile in from the road.  Well it was time to hike it in.  Sam and I got out of the truck and moved slowly and quietly to get in range.  We found this nice big pile of rocks about 300 yards away from the animal that were perfect cover.  So after some belly crawling and a little patience I nailed her right through the back.

It was another amazing day and a great way to end the trip.  Can’t wait for next year.  Super stoked about Deer season now.  Gonna have to buy a freezer if we have as good a luck this time!!!

One can only hope!!!