| RON RICHARDS |
Ron Richards with a nice buck of his choice. 5x5 with a 23-inch spread. |
| NIKI ATCHESON'S PRONGHORN |
Niki Atcheson with the biggest buck taken this year on the family hunt, a massive 15-inch buck with heavy bases and prongs. Taken offhand at 125 yards with her new Lon Paul Custom M70- 30-06! |
| THAYER RIVERS AND HIS B&C PRONGHORN |
Thayer Rivers with a Boone & Crockett 16-inch pronghorn taken from our Black Butte lease in October 2005. This buck had seven-inch bases! There were many other bucks around in this class this year, but we did not have many hunters. If you are interested in big antelope, try to draw a tag in central Montana. Odds are about 60%. The deadline is June 1. We can help. |
| SEVEN-POINT BULL |
Joyce Garrels and her husband, Lloyd, climbed the mountain with me, and shot this awesome old seven-point bull right at sunset. This is a bull I've chased for the past two years, and when taken, was in his decline. He had lost the last three points off approximately a 55-inch beam fighting, and eventually probably his life, as he was badly gored and emaciated. This gal can grab brass and throw lead! Joyce did him a favor. It's great to see more women hunting all the time. The bull had 11-inch bases! |
| GREAT MULIE BUCK |
Dave with a great 25-inch mule deer buck. |
| BLACK BUTTE MULIE |
Big Jim Hough with a typical Black Butte mulie, 5x5 with a 24-inch spread. Jim's two partners also took the same type of bucks in three days. |
| KNARLY BUCK |
This buck is best described as knarly! This heavy and tall 6x4 was taken by Adrianna Atcheson. Her brother, Andrew, took a nice 4x5 whitetail buck at the same time not far away. And much to my surprise and pleasure, their sister, Alissa, shot a nice 4x4 whitetail (her first deer by herself) in western Montana the same day! That doesn't happen too often. Mom and dad were proud that night! |
| GREAT BULL |
Jeff Mortenson with a great bull from our area. This bull grossed 356 and was a 7x7. We had a fabulous elk season once again, with five hunters taking excellent bulls (3 7x7s and 2 6x6 bulls). 100% success for nine years now. What more can we say? |
| 4X4 MULE DEER BUCK |
Our good friend and four-time repeat client, Mike Dettorre, with a nice 4x4 mule deer. |
| NON-TYPICAL WHITETAIL |
Our deer friend, Professor DON MUNSON, with a really nice non-typical whitetail buck. Don gave us a health scare earlier this year, but he survived it and we look forward to his 5th hunt with us in 2006. Every day is a Happy Day! |
| 4X4 WHITETAIL |
Ron Rice came back for his second hunt with us and scored on a great heavy and wide 4x4 whitey. His son, Nathan, took a fine mulie buck as well. The joy in Nathan's eyes after his successful stalk was priceless, and motivates me greatly to keep introducing kids to hunting as much as possible. |
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