Had A Great Day

[bigskyscott]

Along the Jefferson River bottom today.
I haven't been out in that area since I killed my buck back there in early Nov.. So, I "officially " kicked off the begining of my 2007 deer season today doing some scouting. Didn't cut any deer tracks in the snow until I reached the cedars where I dropped the 3by2 . 10 minutes later three whitetails ran out of the thicket. A doe a yearling and best of all a buck bringing up the rear. And guess
what? Yep, he is the same buck that kept bustin away from me last fall ! Still has all of his unmistakable headgear too !
Man, I am so glad to see he made it through all the seasons .
I sure hope I can find his sheds when they drop. I'll be going out more often now to try to find them when that happens.
I can hardly wait to see this big boy sportin his new rack for this year, He should turn out to be a dandy ! Been seriously thinking about taking the bow out this fall.... Now, if only I could find my Bow Hunter Certification card. Lost it years ago and it's required to bow hunt in MT.. Anyone out there know who to contact at International that could look me up in their records in order to send me a new card ?

Here are some pic's that I took today of the deer's tracks. I wasn't able to "shoot" the deer... wasn't ready with the camera.
I have picks of some rubs also which I'll post later.
I just LOVE fresh deer tracks !!!

[michihunter]

Those hoofs are might splayed!! Usually a sign of a heavy buck!! Keep him in your sights Scott!!

[hoosieroutdoorsman]

Good lookin tracks will look forward to seeing the sheds off that bruiser.

[fossilman]

Should get lucky and find his shedds............You found his trail,they usually stay with the same trail.......

[bigskyscott]

michihunter said:

Those hoofs are might splayed!! Usually a sign of a heavy buck!! Keep him in your sights Scott!!

Ted ~ Yeah, he is a really nice, heavy buck.

[bigskyscott]

fossilman said:

Should get lucky and find his shedds............You found his trail,they usually stay with the same trail.......

Foss~ I sure hope so... that would be really cool to find last years shedds and then drop him this fall with his new rack. If not disturbed very much, he should still be hangin around that thicket by next fall. Most of the times that I see him , he is in this 25-30 acre area.
Here are a rather large series of pic's that I took yesterday of the rubs I found in this small thicket. Only a few of them were there last fall before Nov.. The rest are made after early Nov..

I love rubs too !

[4pointer]

Hope too see the sheds & your hands on the rack this season coming

[muledeer]

Nice tracks
Nice Gerber E-Z Out too ;DGot one in my pocket as well.

[bigskyscott]

muledeer said:

Nice tracks
Nice Gerber E-Z Out too ;DGot one in my pocket as well.

Muledeer ~
Yep, a good clip knife. Would you believe that I found this knife last summer laying on the ground at a fishing access site. It looked
like it was brand new when I found it.

[stilllearning]

bigskyscott said:

Anyone out there know who to contact at International that could look me up in their records in order to send me a new card ?

Here in Canada all I have to do is call the Rangers office and they can put me onto the right people to get a copy of that. I bet you could do the same werever you took your test. give it a try it could not hurt.