Back in 2004 I went on a Mule deer hunt with Bill. For those of you that don’t have the background informations on Bill’s hunting style, please read Shoot the Deer Bill!
We were hunting outside of Sundance, Wyoming! Bill had a Mule Deer tag and an Antelope tag in his pocket. With a little coaching by your’s truely Bill, with a little belly-aching, went ahead and shot his antelope. That left him 5 days to chase a quality Mule Deer.
Once again on the next to the last day of the hunt I find myself having to beg Bill to shoot another trophy.
This hunt was fun and in beautiful country. Yes, we had a 2 1/2 hour drive from camp to get to our hunting grounds, but they were full of game and the landscape was gorgeous!! We had been glassing some hills and we spotted a mule deer laying in the shade. The guide said he was one of the bigger mule deer he had seen on the lease and we were running out of time and if Bill wanted to harvest a deer we should put on a stalk for this deer.
Bill took a long look at the deer and said he didn’t think the deer was quite big enough!!!! I reminded Bill that the guide said that the guide said the deer was one of the bigger ones left on the lease. Once again he started whining about he didn’t know if he wanted to shoot the deer or not!
Finally after several minutes of arguing, Bill finally agreed to shoot the deer. We made the 1 1/2 hour walk to the back side of the hill he was sitting on and set up within 100 yards of where we thought he would come down the hill.
We were there about 20 minutes when I heard the guide say, “there he is!”
I got a few seconds of pre-roll and told Bill, “shoot the deer!”
I was a little nervous that Bill would not shoot, but as soon as I gave the command he shot without hesitation!!!!
Below is the deer Bill did not want to shoot until we talked him into it!
