Maroon Bells early rifle buck

[davinski]

I burned my CO deer points on a early rifle Maroon Bells wilderness buck tag. I dropped this guy at about 12,350 ft. on Sep 11th. I went in looking for a velvet buck, but everything I saw over a forkhorn was hard-horned. This one stepped out in the lightest grey coat I'd ever seen plus he had some fuzz on his rear tines...that was good enough for me. 450 yards, .300 RUM, 180g partition did the trick again. Between the hunt and the spectacular scenery, it was an absolute blast. I picked up a leftover bear tag, mainly for an excuse to stay up there, but didn't fill that one. I did catch a couple brookies so I'm going to go ahead and declare the trip a safari.
Dave

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

congrats on a great buck !! enjoyed the photos as always , i enjoy seeing all the different parts of our country, thanks for sharing, i wouldnt want to go home either, tag or no tag, i would just enjoy exploring around , theres always something great to discover out in the woods

 

[Nameless Range]

Very cool. I like the character in that buck's face and antlers. Congratulations

 

[kansasdad]

If you didn't get a really good mark on where he went down, he would have been a little tricky to find in that tall thick stuff. Congratulations

 

[MT_elk]

Congrats on a great buck! Beautiful pics!

 

[mrklean]

nice job

 

[Trigger50]

Congrats ! Beautiful country !

 

[Muskeez]

Congrats on a pretty buck, love the Bells!

 

[mtmiller]

Awesome country and great buck Dave....congrats.

 

[Arrow_slinger]

Great pics and buck, congrats!!

 

[mdunc8]

Great bucks. Looks like a great place to spend a few days.

 

[Elkhunter24]

awesome buck and pictures. congrats!!

 

[duckhunt]

Congrats

 

[Gr8bawana]

Congrats on a great buck. That is some awesome looking country.

 

[davinski]

Thanks, all. It was sure a blast. The buck was in about waist high brush so yeah, he was a little tough to find. I use a trick I learned surveying, marking my shooting spot with two pieces of flagging to set the line/azimuth...one piece doesn't tell you much. I just waited him out all afternoon until he stood back up so I could get the shot.

I took all these pics with my Samsung S7 phone. I think they turned out better than the few I took with my camera.