California's A-Zone comes to a close!

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California's A-Zone comes to a close!

Author: Jeff

Sep 24, 2009
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Needless to say, hunting is more then a passion for most of us. We move from season to season focusing on the next prey at hand. However, we all have that one specific hunt that fuels us from year to year. Whether it's an elk hunt back home, a whitetail hunt in the mid-west, or a mule deer hunt on the family ranch, there always seems to be one hunt that means more then the rest. For me, it's hunting blacktail at home in Northern California. This year, California's A-zone proved all and more then expected. From an opening day miss (not to mention a couple other missed opportunities) to a few unsuccessful after work "mountain sprints;" I finally got to notch that tag on the closing weekend.

The closer turned out to be a solo hunt, as elk seasons began to open across the country and hunting partners become less and less available. However, a classic hunt it turned out to be. High winds were blowing in my face and the bucks were beginning to rut. After a long morning with nothing to show, I spotted a decent fork horned buck chasing tail two canyons off. Although he wasn't the wall hanger we all dream of, I definitely knew this may be my last chance. I was able to crest over the hill and peer into the canyon just 65 yards above the two does and the buck. As I contemplated my shot opportunity from this distance I noticed he began heading directly towards me up the same trail I was on. Not believing my eyes, I knocked an arrow and ducked down on all fours waiting to see how close he would come. Next thing I knew, the buck fed right up to me just 5 yards off. As I drew back, he spooked and stopped at 10 yards, to figure out what I was and where I came from. Like David Brinker Sr. says " I'm deadly at 10 yards".... I couldn't be happier! Two thumbs up for the Elite GT 500.

The best I could do without a partner to take a quality photo...

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Not much better....

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Jeff Sposito

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COMMENTS

Nice buck, way to go. I find myself solo about 95% of time, and really I wouldn't have it any other way....unless it comes to packing out an Elk, than that's another story.

Luke Johnson Posted At 10/16/2009 04:55 PM

solid Jeff!.. sometimes the best missions are solo. No conflicts of intuition or instincts, just you and your witts. cheers & congrats amigo!

cawe Posted At 9/25/2009 11:23 AM

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