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Pat Lefemine

Frank, Elaine and I headed back to the area where we’ve been getting close to the big bull (see update on 9/19/01).  We heard the unmistakable sound of the big bull screaming and moving toward a distant canyon. We high-tailed it to cut them off and before long we were setup on the top of the funnel they were feeding towards.  After ten minutes 3 cows appeared below us and fed up to my setup.  The bull never showed and had stayed on the opposite hillside with his cows. 

Shortly after lunch I spotted a nice 6pt. Bull feeding in an open meadow.  Getting to the bull meant climbing to the bottom of the hill and then up the other side.  We set up on the edge of the meadow and tried hyper-hot calling.  The bull never came in and had vanished from the field.

A few hours later we heard some bugles and set up at the edge of a high meadow.  He never answered but I did see him through the trees.  We moved in close, set up, then hyper-hot called. He bugled once, gathered his cows and headed into the trees.  I decided to go after him solo and after an hour I was able to stalk to within 50 yards of the heard.  The bull was doing his best trying to keep his 30 cows under control but one of his cows wandered off to within 15 yards of me.  It was getting late so I made my move and bugled in front of his cow.  The bull was supposed to get fired up and come in to defend his heard, but he didn’t bother.  He bugled a few times but he was basically uninterested.  Eventually the heard jumped the fence and left. It was a great day with lots of action from sunup to sundown. 

Sorry, no pictures today

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Dal Lowrey

Just a super day.  I killed a 5x5 but it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of Leo, Bill, Parker and Teresa.  We got in late but should have a picture available tomorrow.  Mulie hunting at the Spearhead is a riot, but it’s back to the antelope blind Saturday.     Dal

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Todd Bosnick

I spent my morning in Van Norman Hill blind hunting antelope.  I would glass the area for antelope then take a quick nap.  I did this off and on till about 10:30.  I had just glassed the area and sat back in my seat when I heard a noise.  I looked out and saw four does drinking.  I quickly glassed the area for a buck but I did not see one.  I decided to fill my doe tag.  I drew back and one of the does walked right in front of my blind about eight yards.  I let the arrow go and I watched her run over the hill.  I was pretty confident with the shot.  I got out and found her 150 yards away right on the road.  I decided to call my hunt short by one day and not fill my buck antelope tag.  I have enough meat to get me through the year.  I would like to thank pat from the bowsite.  I would also like to thank everyone from the spearhead for an incredible hunt.  Everything about the spearhead is awesome.  They are one classy outfit.  I will defiantly be back again.

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Claudia Eisenmann

I spent my day butchering my mule deer and antelope.  I brought my trusty Food Saver vacuum packager and in short order I had reduced my critters into nice, tidy packages.  Yum!

Facilities for cooling and later freezing your animals are excellent at the Spearhead.  In addition to taking care of your meat, the walk in cooler is a perfect resting place for trophy heads and horns prior to their trip to the taxidermist. 

Tomorrow I am headed back to Arkansas and my other life as a regular citizen.  But, I will certainly be thankful for the experience I have had here, for the fellow hunters I have watched enjoy their successes, and the great people at the Spearhead.

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Teresa Foy

Anybody that knows me knows that patience is not one of my strongest suits.  I finished my book yesterday by 3 pm so I had to peruse the Spearhead library before setting in for another possibly 13 hour day.  Day two in the antelope blind did not allow me to read too much.  I was glassing at least two windows non-stop as I had a buck and 3 does about 400 yards out cruising one field and by 9 a.m. I also had a buck and 7 does flirting with me at another 3-400 yards out.  The latter bunch would go up and down a hill, in and out of my sight.  I just knew they would provide entertainment and a distraction but nothing more.  About 11:30 though, from out of nowhere one strong headed doe decided to break from the grazing pack and bolt for the water.  I scurried to gather my bow and nock an arrow as I could see her determination.  The does all settled in for a drink while my buck decided minerals were what he lacked.  I had already determined that the block was about 20 yards out.  Let me pause my story to say that I start every hunting day to thank God for letting me enjoy His land, environment and critters.  I then ask Him to keep me safe and to let me either have a clean, human hit, or….a total miss. Okay, the later will make many hunters raise their eyebrows.  I just have a hard time seeing them suffer.  Anyway, I share that little bit as the first shot was a total mental screw up.  There is no other way to say it.  I knew it was a 20 yard shot and yet I set my 25 yard pin on him.  Well, I whiffed one over his back.  I could not believe it.  Yet, he scattered only out a bit to the right in his momentary confusion.  I quickly assessed the situation and set my 25 yard pin on him.  This time that is exactly what I wanted to use.  As I released I swore as I thought I missed him totally again.  He did not react at all except to scurry with the does.  He did not know he was hit.   As he retreated though, my double lung shot got the best of him.  He dropped a mere 30 yards from the hit. 

My education was to continue as I field dressed him (my first time) and then Parker took me back to camp and Claudia and Todd helped and instructed me on putting him in the cooler.  Tomorrow I am back out on the mulies to have more fun. 

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Brian Kean

Today, I finally had some antelope come in and drink at the right water hole.  It was a buck and several does.  But buck fever got the best of me and I shaved some hair off the bottom of the buck’s chest.  The antelope did not totally spook though, and after a few minutes, a few of the does came back to drink.  I  connected on one of the does.  She staggered about twenty yards before going down.  After getting the antelope dressed out and enroute to the cooler I chose to stay in the same blind for the rest of the day.  A couple of hours later a nice buck with six does came in to drink.  However the buck had four of the does directly behind him as he drank.  With the risk of a pass through and wounding one or more does, I had no shot.  Hopefully, They will come back tomorrow.

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Bill Gaunt

To know what my day consisted of, see Dal…

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