2010 Big Game Hunts

I just finished my 2010 big game hunts last week. On our elk, antelope, and sheep hunts we were 100% success again this year. Our rifle mule deer success rate was down to 76% (13 out of 17) which is the second lowest success rate we've ever had. Everyone had an opportunity to take a deer but some of the hunters passed looking for a bigger buck and two of the four unsuccessful hunters had to leave early. Here are some photos from this year's hunts.

Kevin Klumper

Kevin Klumper from Washington purchased the Grizzly Island auction Tule elk tag and took this bull in August with us. Kevin shot the bull at 8 yards after I called it in. The bull gross scores 330 and nets 323. Congratulations to Kevin on a great Tule elk.

One of the Big Ones That Got Away

This is one of the big ones that got away. We were doing a late archery hunt in unit 081 and had a client miss this buck three times. Two days later we went back to try to find his arrows and it turns out his range finder was reading incorrectly. The buck was not nearly as far as he thought and his arrows were going three feet or so over his back. There's always next year.