Aaron's 2009 Mule Deer

Aaron blew it this year.  Right as they were arriving at camp, they saw a large 3x4 deer.  Aaron wasn't able to make the shot.  The next day Aaron got this deer.

Ren and Josh's 2009 Mule Deer

What a fun trip this was.  Aaron's brother-in-law, Ren, came on the trip with them. Early in the day, Ren passed up this buck, but after hours of running around the mountains, Ren didn't hold back on his second chance.  Not bad for his first day ever hunting deer.

As we were packing out Ren's Deer, this deer hoped out of some bushes and Josh took it.  It was a change since he had to use Aaron's Gun and was unfamiliar with it.  Aaron was half a mile ahead packing out Josh's gun, Ren's gun, and their packs while there were working on getting the deer out of the thick brush and steep hills.  Never thought we'd see another deer so quickly.

It was a lot of work getting two deer out on the same day.  Back at camp we decided to have some fun. Earlier in the day, Ren and Aaron both found sheds from a 6x6 Elk.  We tied one shed to each deers head.  We sat around the campfire relaxing and busting up as car after car slammed on their brakes to take a look, even Fish and Game had to stop to check on us.  We called them "Delk", half Deer and half Elk.  Aaron didn't get a deer this trip, he'd have to try later.