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2016 DIY CO Backcountry Mulie #6848980 08/08/17 01:37 AM
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Been a while since I've been on here. Moved to CO for a while and got the public land backpack hunting bug real bad. This is my 2016 solo backcountry deer. Shot him about 5-6 miles back across some mountains and down a drainage at 9am. Had him boned out and back to the truck by 11:30pm that night. Came back for my tent and wood stove, optics, and sleeping gear a day after (had to recover! What a whoopin'). Don't care about score or whatever but I killed a wilder than wild buck and dragged him out on my back and ate him all year, I'm a happy camper!

Camp from afar. Homemade tarp tipi and a titanium foil wood stove to stay toasty.


Some pack-in photos along the drainage in a cool tight spot.


The buck


-Mason

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Re: 2016 DIY CO Backcountry Mulie [Re: Mason] #6848987 08/08/17 01:39 AM
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Awesome! Good buck

Re: 2016 DIY CO Backcountry Mulie [Re: Mason] #6848991 08/08/17 01:42 AM
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Pretty cool stuff

Re: 2016 DIY CO Backcountry Mulie [Re: Mason] #6849009 08/08/17 01:56 AM
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Man, that is awesome !
Congrats to you, beautiful buck !

Re: 2016 DIY CO Backcountry Mulie [Re: Mason] #6849015 08/08/17 02:03 AM
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Its great hunting like that. Congrats



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Re: 2016 DIY CO Backcountry Mulie [Re: Mason] #6849016 08/08/17 02:03 AM
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That's amazing!! Congrats to you!!


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That is awesome. Hard work but that is living right in that country. Very nice job cheers


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That's some good memories for sure. Thanks for sharing

Re: 2016 DIY CO Backcountry Mulie [Re: Mason] #6849042 08/08/17 02:22 AM
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Nice deer and a hard earned trophy.

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Awesome! up

Re: 2016 DIY CO Backcountry Mulie [Re: Mason] #6849065 08/08/17 02:47 AM
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Getting it done the hard way. Love it. Congrats!

Re: 2016 DIY CO Backcountry Mulie [Re: Mason] #6849118 08/08/17 03:50 AM
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Well earned trophy!


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Originally Posted By: sparrish8
Awesome! Good buck

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Beautiful Buck and a well earned trophy. Congrats!

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Well earned trophy!


Congrats on a very nice Mulie. Great pics and story.

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Great job on a great deer.


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Congrats, the Mulie is awesome, the diy tipi is Second to none!!!


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Now that is real hunting to which most of us aspire to do someday up Congratulations on a great Mulie and awesome hunt cheers


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Great hunt and Great DIY hunt in the mountains.

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You are living the life most of us can only dream about.


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Thanks, y'all. I wish more folks knew how attainable it is to do this. The financial barriers are significantly less than hunting private down here. There is a knowledge hurdle but it just takes some time researching how to get it done and what basic tools you actually need (and learning what is just stupid gimmicks you don't need). The biggest hurdle to doing something like this on your own (that probably shouldn't b)e is physical fitness. If you don't take care of yourself this kind of hunt is a lot tougher to get done or enjoy though not impossible. Don't let something like mountain hunting be a "dream hunt" if you want it you can get it done every single year. It's your land out there and all these fine animals are managed in trust for all of us, take advantage of it!!


-Mason

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that's the way its supposed to be done, congrats


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Awesome...congrats!


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Very cool

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Nice buck! coolpics

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