Tim Andrus Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 First off , I want to thank everyone for the good wishes and also my trusty posters..... Everyone should thank them cause without them this wouldnt be possible.... Secondly on the hunt... I promised a good friend from work that i would take him out west this fall. Looked high and low and found what i thought was a good ranch.. The owner answered every question perfect !! The best one was were overun with whitetails ....2 miles of river bottom, irrigated alphalfa , no one else chasin whitetails ... Only a few mule deer hunters with only doe tags..... Well, we were misled saw maybe 20 whitetails 3 bucks in 2 days of scouting and 2 days of hunting( have more here at home LOL) maybe 1 mile of river bottom, didnt mention letting in local pheasant hunters every day. This in all my out of state hunts ( 40) was the worst ever.. If I was alone I would have come home after 2 days . But my buddy had never been out west and wanted to stay and try ..so thats what we did we walked ,glassed and walked more and glassed . saw a bunch of doe and a few small bucks. We did see a 180 class mulie one night on the road coming home from dinner. I saw him the last morning on the adjoining ranch alll he had to do was cross the road and he was in my lap but you know how that goes .... A cattle truck came down the road , slowed down and the buck ran back into the field farther away and walked off. If he would have crossed it would have been a160 yd shot... Oh well..... Sorry that we didnt connect but we made the best of it. So thats the best we could do we were dealt a bad hand and we palyed anyway . Ill try again in Kansas next saturday That one should be good . SE kansasbowhunter ( Clint) has been scouting his tail of and Ill post some pics of some dandies soon. That one were filming so hopefully I used all my bad luck up between SD and Mt. time for bed just got home tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeaveragehunter Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 keep your head up son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyohunter Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 soooooooo... you wont be giving that ranch a good review? lol.. sorry tim. better luck on the next hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted October 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Im good Joe, I look at it as just a learning experience !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I had a hunt full of promises and BS one time too, Tim! Tough to swallow, but what can you do. At the time I thought this opportunity was too good to be true. It was and I have learned from that experience, for sure. Sorry it didn't work out for you and your friend in Montana.. Good luck in Kansas! I would love to get back there one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Hope your Kansas trip makes up for this bad one Tim. Too bad the landowner misled you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastrophies Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Too bad this isn't like ebay where you can give them negative feedback that will stick with them and everybody will see. Good luck in KS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluggunner Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Sorry to hear about your trip. Glad you made it back home safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 it's always hateful when that happens. but we all live and learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I bet you do better in KS Tim. Good luck out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Hope you do better in KS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 The way your luck has been going you bound to have a fantastic trip soon...Looking forward to the pic's from that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Welcome back Tim! Get rested up for your next journey! We missed you in the ladies room,lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 We missed you in the ladies room,lol! would you care to rephrase that, ruth???? or, explain that, tim?:clown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 That was just a warm-up for your next hunt Tim. It's just a shame your buddy wasn't successful. You've got a good attitude though, and you'll be blessed for it. I'm counting on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I know that feeling Tim, been there on a bear hunt in Canada once. Lot of promise from the outfitter, no bear. Never even saw one! Now my hunts are all DIY. Anyway, you got to spend some quality time with a friend and you are now that much more valuable to the forum members! Perhaps you could add a blog to your profile that lists the things you have learned when selecting an outfitter! The questions you ask and any other pearls! You could also list the names of the ones you recommend (if that's legal?). Good luck in Kansas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Well Steve and Rodney I think both said they'd rather see you burn up your bad luck when you're not on camera. Better luck in Kansas bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierDaddy28 Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Well, at least Montana out of state deer tags are cheap. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 that sucks man....but A bad day of hunting right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted November 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 fly That was a diy hunt thank god we didnt pay a ton of money!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Sorry your friend had to experience that on his 1st western hunt Tim. I'll bet that's bothering you more than anything else. Had 2 hunts that I'd like to forget. One was a Rio hunt and the other was a bear hunt. Cured me from ever wanting to make another bear hunt. Smack a bigun in KS. I'm heading that way on the 17th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Glad to hear that you made it hope safe. Good or bad, thank you Tim for allowing me to be a part of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 Yeah that hunt was a bummer no doubt. But look at it this way Tim... The law of averages is going to be working with you. You had soo much bad luck that the good stuff will show up very soon. Keep swingin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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