Well, I guess you guys are dead set to prove the existence of the mythical blacktail buck.  My friend, David Watkins recently joined the Golden Ram Sportsmen’s Club with the hope of taking his first deer, and maybe some hogs.  This past weekend, the second weekend of B-zone general season, Dave was up near Covelo at the club’s Tyson-O’Farrell ranch property when everything came together.

Here’s how he tells it:

I was hunting on the Tyson/O’Ferrall ranch part of Golden Ram Sportsman’s Club in Bzone near Covelo.  The deer were not very active on opening day of rifle season.  But with all the rain we got that night the deer were moving on Sun morning.  Was walking through some thick stuff and as I came over a hill top I saw the butt of a deer running away from me.  So I circled around back down to the left and came up towards an open area that I could see something that did not look like a bush.  Looked through the binos saw that he had a nice fork on the right.  Took the 30-06 off my shoulder and took a real nice shot at 75 yards.  Got him right in the pump station.  First Buck and big game animal ever I was SO EXCITED!  Now I cant wait for the phone call from the butcher to pick up my steaks, sausage, and jerky!

Congrats, David!  That’s a great first buck, and here’s to many more over the years!

I intend to be out there next weekend for what will be my only weekend in the B-zone rifle season this year.  So much for all those plans I had to do a lot of deer hunting this year!  Where did the season go?

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