Photo op

[Zutt-man]

I took my dad on a bear/mule deer hunt in Colorado this past week. After a few days he filled both of his tags! I was very happy with my bear tag soup with his success.

While I was waiting on my ghost of a bear to appear, I captured some good photos of my Kibler .58

 

[Zutt-man]

Here are some additional photos of the trip. We spent 6 days in the backcountry living out of our backpacks. Truly a great father-son trip! Was his first mule deer and bear.

 

[Juniata]

I'd love to do that someday.

 

[Loja man]

This is just perfect!! Thanks for sharing!! Sorry your ghost bear didn’t show up!!

 

[The Crisco Kid]

Nice photos and a trip you'll remember for the rest of your life. I shot a deer with velvet antlers like the ones in the photo. I was hunting with my 8 year old son on Prince of Wales Island in SE Alaska in 1983. I had my Dad's Model 64 Winchester 30-30. My son missed the buck twice with the rifle that didn't fit him at all and he handed it to me saying "you shoot him" which I did. It was about a half mile pack to the road and my son carried the head with those beautiful antlers while I drug out the rest of the deer. This was back when we could buy formaldehyde at the drug store. I wrapped the antlers in rags soaked in the stuff and left them in a garbage bag for a couple of weeks. The rack is hanging today in my son's place in Anchorage and the velvet is as good looking as it was 41 years ago. Good memories!

 

[Colonial Boy]

Great photos; what’s that long brown thing in the first batch?

Sure envy you being able to hunt with your dad, I look back fondly to times that I spent with my father.

 

[Zutt-man]

Great photos; what’s that long brown thing in the first batch?

Sure envy you being able to hunt with your dad, I look back fondly to times that I spent with my father.

Maybe I’m not following on the long brown thing?

He was pretty pumped. We try to hunt the Kansas firearms opener every year as a family. We haven’t done a trip like this together, though. Spent quite a bit of time researching. Trip was for him whether he likes to admit it or not. He’s already talking about future hunts. Said he’d wished he’d practiced with his flintlock more to where he felt comfortable taking it

 

[PathfinderNC]

What a great post. Thanks and congratulations!!!

 

[olgrumpy]

Happy that you and your father had great time together. Love the rifle. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Freedom]

Great job guys!!!! Wow, nice country too.

What rifle/load is your dad shooting?

 

[Terrier]

Very nice! Love the photos.

 

[Thingamajiggy]

Great photo's! Beautiful country you were in, love to see it myself someday. Glad you got to enjoy the trip with your Dad.

 

[Zutt-man]

Great job guys!!!! Wow, nice country too.

What rifle/load is your dad shooting?

.53 PRB with a .01 spit patch over 70 gr FFF.

 

[Zutt-man]

He’s never done a trip to Colorado like this. Told him he either had some tremendous beginners luck or a helluva guide

 

[Zutt-man]

This was dad’s first black powder rifle. He purchased it 35+ years ago after he got into rendezvous and joined a gun club. He would end up getting a flintlock a few years later and moved this gun to the closet.

Something I pointed out to him on our way back from this trip was this gun has now harvested a bison, whitetail, mule deer, black bear and an elk.

 

[tunadawg]

Awesome!!!

 

[Dude]

I'm jealous. Wish my dad and I had gotten along.