Suddenly we find ourselves faced with the Monday before we head off to the Crawford Mountains.  Fat Duck is down and out and will not be going on the hunt.  He is scheduled for some surgery tomorrow and we wish him all the best with that and a speedy recovery.  Sorry Duck, you will have to see the video later.

Plans have been altered, but only slightly.  Tracker, No Grimace and I are still planning on leaving town on Friday morning and venturing into the mountains as quickly as we can.    Baby Boy will join us either late Friday night or early Saturday morning.  Either way, he is one of the hunters and needs to be their.  Who knows, maybe his “Dream Buck” will be waiting just outside of camp…it has happened before.

The weather forecast looks very favorable for us as the day time highs are expected to be in the lower 40’s.  That will be nice.  Lows in the teens, which will also be nice.  The latest snow fall will make it easier to spot the big boys hanging on the mountain side and also make for good tracking if that is something that needs to be done.  My expectancies are high for the two hunters, No Grimace and Baby Boy, to fill their tags with their dream bucks.

As I understand it, No Grimace is looking for a “table top buck”.  One that has antlers extending very wide, but not so tall.  A buck of this caliber will be a real challenge in the Crawfords as most of them are not so wide, but are really tall.  Just opposite of what he wants to find.  We will find one that fits that bill.

Baby Boy has a dream buck in mind that may or may not be so large, but will have many points sticking out here and there.  This dream buck should be relatively easy to find as they are prevalent in the area.  Our spotting scopes will be trained on the small extra points sticking out the sides of the main rack.  This buck could possibly be taken this coming weekend.

Speaking of this coming weekend, remember fellas it is a “set up camp and reconnoiter” weekend.  You might want to leave your guns and caps at home….just kiddin!  Don’t forget your beaver sharns and bring your luckiest of the lucky rabbits foot.  And your license…don’t forget that!  Everything else is luxury and even though you might think it essential, beer is just more weight to carry.  I’ll have mine as I am in very good shape to carry a lot of it.

Bears Butt

Nov. 12, 2012