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Lee comes back for more hunting on August 10. On the first
evening I dropped him off for a stalk and drove around to park the
truck. I saw a broke horn Axis that I tried to get a shot on,
but he slipped away. When I picked up Lee on the Ranger we
spotted the same axis and he was able to get off a free handed neck
shot while standing on top of the ranger. It weighted 190lbs
live but had small horns, around 22". I will have a photo of
it later. The second and much nicer bull shown below was taken
on the last morning, August 12 as we drove into the ranch across
from where we shot the first one.. It has 26" main beams and
its left brown is 14". It field dressed 155lbs.
To kick off the new season, my friend Lee Warmke pays a visit on
April 12 for short hunting trip on the F6 Ranch.
We went to visit Dave and Margaret prior to the hunt to get the lay
of the land and find out where the Axis were. The trip almost
turned in to a disaster as their 6 month old pup "Corky" locked the
truck with the keys in it. We got lucky and found a locksmith
late on a Saturday evening and after a 5 minute attempt and minus
$125 we were off to a spot I hoped we would have some luck. As
soon as we reached the property this beautiful axis showed himself
and Lee quickly grabbed his rifle and made the 200 yard plus shot.
We hadn't even unloaded the Polaris Ranger. I think that if
Corky hadn't locked that truck and delayed us about an hour, this
Axis might still be walking around on the ranch. Thanks Corky.
Later in July I took my Daughter Samantha for an evening hunt and we
got this nice little 4 pointer. Her biggest todate.
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Corky shown at bottom right.
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