Model 99 300 Savage made in 1924
First day of the East River Rifle season. We were walking a gully, I was on call, had just received a cell phone call about moving 600 cattle across Big Bend Dam and I had to go. I'd just blown a possible shot at two bucks that she saw (but I didn't) by shooting at a coyote on the other side of the hill(I missed Yo-tay
), so we met up and we were going to go back to the Blaser. She was a little annoyed with me. We saw two does that had come up behind us and stopped to see if they'd come out. They layed down and I told her we should just go as I didn't want to deal with a doe till I'd finished business. When we got moving they took off. We started walking back to the vehicle, had walked about 300 yards and out of the corner of my eye, I see in the gully, this buck snorting after a couple does(don't know if they were the ones from earlier, didn't look that close at them 
). The wind was blowing pretty hard, we were downwind and the buck was thinking with some other organ, not his brain and was oblivious to our presence. She got closer and got her shooting sticks set up. I hurried her shot as I was afraid the does, decidedly NOT oblivious to us, were going to take off, so while it wasn't the best shot angle(about 170 yards in a gale), it still all worked out. My brother, nephew, and the rancher helped her field dress it. It was home when I got back from the call. It's skinned, and quartered up, chilling in a tote outside in the 14 degree weather. She still has an antlerless whitetail tag to fill yet. I still have both my tags.Edit: 12/5/2010 Hunted pretty hard the last two days of the season. The warrior princess got a nice big fat doe about dark tonight(hence bringing back her topic) so she's a happy camper. It was a bit hectic as my nephew got a smaller buck about sundown as well. Sorry didn't get any pictures of either. Me? I never had a shot the last two days at an anterless whitetail deer(remaining tag), could have shot a couple/three bucks and mule deer does but such is life. My brother didn't fill his anydeer tag (filled his antlerless). The season opens again in January for a week as an antlerless season so my brother and I still have a chance to fill.
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