OFFICIAL 2013 SOLANA RANCH HUNT THREAD

[Mike Gerardi]

   

[leatherneck]

I see where young Woods is going. He started it and now he wants to finish it. All right "gamecocks" your up!!!

[Don Batten]

No way Mike. It's saturday morning and you know that means cartoons are on .

[zipper bowss]

Originally posted by Don Batten:
No way Mike. It's saturday morning and you know that means cartoons are on .

 
Thanks for the reminder, Don!

[Izzy]

He's probably fish   :mad:   in right now.

[Shaun]

6 days, 17 pages and Charlie wasn't even involved! Come on kiddo, spill...

[leatherneck]

I don't know Don Izzy might have something. They very well may be out on the flats!

[maineac]

[frassettor]

[COOCH]

Just got caught up on this thread.Awesome as usual.Congrats to all.Solana is a very special place.

[Terry Green]

I'll be posting the Donald Rowan memorial tomorrow .

Yeah.....there's at least 4 more critters we need to hear about.

[coaster500]

[Archie]

Is this hunt sort of like the old 60's and 70's California hunts off of Catalina Island, where there was lots of game and shot opportunities, so guys could hone their bowhunting skills?

Sure sounds like a good time was had by all!

[Sharptop]

I got sick on the way back and have been slow to post. My experiences were like many others, some days covered up with deer, a few hunts just had a couple come in.

First afternoon our guide Robert dropped me off only about 100 yards inside the gate way up in a double high ladder stand. The feeders were set to daylight savings time and went off at 3 and 3:30. I wish they all were as it seems the deer don't care about the time, just feed. If I have my days right I had a few does and fawns come in and although I'd forgotten about it I ended up having a shot at a mature doe standing broadside to me in front of the feeder. I've been there before so I drew back as slowly and noiselessly as I could, however on the subatomic level there must have been a slight amount of friction between some quarks and a Higgs-boson as the matriarch blew up at the minimal transfer of energy and ruined my shot opportunity. They milled around and left but right at dark a spotted hog came in to vacuum up the remnants of corn. Just as it edged into the moonlight lit shooting lane Robert showed up. The hog darted to the left giving me an outline shot but I had lost depth perception and loosed a hail mary over its head.

Next morning had me in the same stand with the feeders off at 6 and 6:30 with deer coming in before light. Eventually had 4-6 does and then a nice mature 9-10 pointer (5 on one side and four on the other with a split main beam at the end, probably count as 10). Then a mature 8 came in about as the 10 was moving into range. The 10 ran him off several times and almost offered me a shot. At about 9 AM a chain saw lit up about 150 yards away, they all looked in that direction and took off, end of hunt.

[Sharptop]

One of the nice things about this hunt is meeting good folks from around the country. During the day when you aren't worn out and napping we tend to practice shooting and shooting the bull. One day early in the week I walked out to the pavilion area and Gary and Nate were doing some long distance shooting at the deer target. I said I'd never shot that far so they said give it a try. So I stepped up and acted like I knew what I was doing and loosed an arrow, hitting the buck right in the heart. We stepped it off at 44 yards. I put my bow down.

Got a pic of it as I thought it might be the highlight shot of my trip.
       

[bornagainbowhunter]

First arrow, First shot!!  He acted like he had never shot at that distance, but I think he must have been out there the night before practicing for the shot.        

It was really cool to say the least...

Gary and I were skooled...simple as that.

Originally posted by gregg dudley:
I left half of my worldly possessions in the bunkhouse when I packed to go.  I packed in a hurry because I knew Conny had to drive all the way to Louisianna and I didn't want to hold him up.  One TBOF shirt is a small ransom to pay for the return of all the other stuff that you guys brought me at the airport.       :D    

Gregg,I still want to trade you a TBoT shirt for a TBoF shirt if you want.

Man, a guy goes off to his hunting lease for a few days and 10 pages get added to this thread! I just read every post to catch up. I even read about a few things I had not heard while we were in camp. Woods has got to be caught up on the cartoons by now!

Bisch

Bisch

[dragon rider]

Originally posted by Sharptop:
One of the nice things about this hunt is meeting good folks from around the country. During the day when you aren't worn out and napping we tend to practice shooting and shooting the bull. One day early in the week I walked out to the pavilion area and Tom and Nate were doing some long distance shooting at the deer target. I said I'd never shot that far so they said give it a try. So I stepped up and acted like I knew what I was doing and loosed an arrow, hitting the buck right in the heart. We stepped it off at 44 yards. I put my bow down.

Got a pic of it as I thought it might be the highlight shot of my trip.
     

Way to go, Carlton.  As always, a good lawyer knows when to rest his case.

[Izzy]

Yeah buddy, been waiting on your tale since receiving the text. What'd you snipe that 3D with anyway?

[katman]

Carlton gave us a good woopin. Sauntered over mumbled about never have shot that far, 12 rings it and nonchalantly strides mover to the table sets his bow down and grins.  Classic woopin for sure, great shot buddy. I wonder if he was waiting for a fee to repeat it?