Sometimes its funny how things work out for people. 8 years ago I posted a hunt trade on another forum wanting to trade a Nebraska pheasant or deer hunt for bear or lion hunting with hounds out west. The hunt trade worked out great for both of us, they killed Roosters and I fulfilled my dream of lion hunting and bagged a great lion. This last spring I learned I had drawn a San Juan unit bear tag after applying on it for 8 years. My oldest son Chase 12 and I geared up to go on a once in a lifetime bear hunt.
The hunt was great, we saw some of the most beautiful country the United States, had great food, and most of all Chase and I made some memories that both of us will treasure forever. Here are some pictures of the country we were hunting.
We hunted hard for 5 days, chased bears every day but in the end we couldn't close the deal...but thats hunting. Here are some other pictures from the hunt.
Chase and I at a bear tree.
The sow that was up the tree, she also had two little cubs about the size of a coon up the tree with her. Very pretty bear, and i'll never forget seeing her up the tree.
While we were on the bear hunt I invited one of the guys that helped to come out to Nebraska Whitetail hunting. Ed brought his boy Scott along with him. They got here on the 12th of November and we started hunting on opening day the 13th.
Opening weekend around here is pretty dang busy, all the city hunters are down and it really gets congested. The deer act funny and usually don't get back to acting "right" until Tuesday. Anyway no excitement Sat, Sun, or Monday...we saw plenty of smaller bucks, but no shooters.
Tuesday morning started out with me taking Scott and Ed to a pasture to glass and see what we could see. After a minute I found a buck with a hot doe. The buck looked good, so we went after him. We were able to close the distance to around 100 yards, and my hunters made the shot.
Scott had just killed himself a beautiful Nebraska Whitetail, heres a picture of Scott's buck.
We spent the rest of the morning taking care of Scott's buck, ate dinner, and by 2 we were ready to go out to our spots for the evening. On our way to Ed and Scott's appointed stands for the night we found two bucks fighting hard in a corn stubble field. We snuck to within 100 yards of them, I checked them out with my binoculars and saw that one buck was a shooter. Ed prepared for the shot and knocked the bigger buck down. As soon as the bigger buck fell the smaller buck took advantage and really cleaned his plow. The smaller buck stayed with the bigger one til I got within 20 yards, then he bounced off. Ed killed a great 5x5 that will look great in his trophy room. Here's a picture of Ed's buck.
Now it was time for me to concentrate on helping Chase fill his tag. We have a pretty hard time finding time for Chase and I to hunt together. We have a ton of after school activities and there is something going on every night. Thursday morning we went for a short hunt before Chase had to be at school. We were watching a really good pasture, right off the bat we were seeing does, and some small bucks. Then a better buck came into view, he was coming towards us so we let him get to around 100 yards, then Chase busted him. This is Chase's third buck, and his best. Here is a picture with Chase, my other son Hunter, and myself in front of the school.
Now it was my turn to try and fill my tag! LOL I left Chase off at school and made my way home. As I was making my way home I noticed something out of place about 300 yards away in a soybean stubble field. I stopped my truck and checked it out with my binoculars. It was a buck, and a dang nice one to boot. I went ahead and pulled my truck on over the hill, grabbed my rifle and headed up a brushy fenceline to close the distance on him. I narrowed the gap to about 200 yards, found a good fence post for a rest and let the shot fly. The buck took off running, and I fired another insurance shot that wasn't needed. He is one of my best bucks to date and I couldn't be happier with him. Here is a picture of my buck.
Here is a picture of Chase and I with both our bucks.
I could not have asked for a better 2010 deer season, I hope you enjoyed the pictures and story although i'm not much of a writer or photographer...thanks for bearing with me.
Corey
The hunt was great, we saw some of the most beautiful country the United States, had great food, and most of all Chase and I made some memories that both of us will treasure forever. Here are some pictures of the country we were hunting.
We hunted hard for 5 days, chased bears every day but in the end we couldn't close the deal...but thats hunting. Here are some other pictures from the hunt.
Chase and I at a bear tree.
The sow that was up the tree, she also had two little cubs about the size of a coon up the tree with her. Very pretty bear, and i'll never forget seeing her up the tree.
While we were on the bear hunt I invited one of the guys that helped to come out to Nebraska Whitetail hunting. Ed brought his boy Scott along with him. They got here on the 12th of November and we started hunting on opening day the 13th.
Opening weekend around here is pretty dang busy, all the city hunters are down and it really gets congested. The deer act funny and usually don't get back to acting "right" until Tuesday. Anyway no excitement Sat, Sun, or Monday...we saw plenty of smaller bucks, but no shooters.
Tuesday morning started out with me taking Scott and Ed to a pasture to glass and see what we could see. After a minute I found a buck with a hot doe. The buck looked good, so we went after him. We were able to close the distance to around 100 yards, and my hunters made the shot.
Scott had just killed himself a beautiful Nebraska Whitetail, heres a picture of Scott's buck.
We spent the rest of the morning taking care of Scott's buck, ate dinner, and by 2 we were ready to go out to our spots for the evening. On our way to Ed and Scott's appointed stands for the night we found two bucks fighting hard in a corn stubble field. We snuck to within 100 yards of them, I checked them out with my binoculars and saw that one buck was a shooter. Ed prepared for the shot and knocked the bigger buck down. As soon as the bigger buck fell the smaller buck took advantage and really cleaned his plow. The smaller buck stayed with the bigger one til I got within 20 yards, then he bounced off. Ed killed a great 5x5 that will look great in his trophy room. Here's a picture of Ed's buck.
Now it was time for me to concentrate on helping Chase fill his tag. We have a pretty hard time finding time for Chase and I to hunt together. We have a ton of after school activities and there is something going on every night. Thursday morning we went for a short hunt before Chase had to be at school. We were watching a really good pasture, right off the bat we were seeing does, and some small bucks. Then a better buck came into view, he was coming towards us so we let him get to around 100 yards, then Chase busted him. This is Chase's third buck, and his best. Here is a picture with Chase, my other son Hunter, and myself in front of the school.
Now it was my turn to try and fill my tag! LOL I left Chase off at school and made my way home. As I was making my way home I noticed something out of place about 300 yards away in a soybean stubble field. I stopped my truck and checked it out with my binoculars. It was a buck, and a dang nice one to boot. I went ahead and pulled my truck on over the hill, grabbed my rifle and headed up a brushy fenceline to close the distance on him. I narrowed the gap to about 200 yards, found a good fence post for a rest and let the shot fly. The buck took off running, and I fired another insurance shot that wasn't needed. He is one of my best bucks to date and I couldn't be happier with him. Here is a picture of my buck.
Here is a picture of Chase and I with both our bucks.
I could not have asked for a better 2010 deer season, I hope you enjoyed the pictures and story although i'm not much of a writer or photographer...thanks for bearing with me.
Corey
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