This year I was invited to Rancho Lobos, it was basicaly the same team, exept that this year fernando did not go and was replaced by Ricardo. We took of on a thursday afternoon, and with some complications on our way (military checkpoint and missing key to the ranch) we got to Lobos at 1 am, the guys were still awake and wating for us, Miguel our cook for this season prepared some bbq ribs that were great after a long drive to camp.
First morning was kind of slow, very little action only one buck with a couple of does, we decided to hunt around Coloraditos hill that afternoon, I remmember from the year before it was a great area to glass from. As soon as we got to the top I spotted a big buck about 300 yards, called Ricardo "Cayo" on the radio who was about 100 yards from where I was, but he had already spotted the deer and was waiting for the shoot. I turned on my camera and video taped the buck moving aways, since the radios were not working I didn't know when Cayo was going to take the shot. As soon as I stopped taping Cayo took the shot.
After a couple of minutes I went over to contratulate Cayo and went on our way to take a closer look, the buck was an old 4 x 3, 27" wide, long and heavy tines, it is a great buck and to Cayo's luck it is he's first muley.
The pack out was hard, about 3/4 mile to the truck, but with the excitement it went on by fast. The next day we got to see a couple of nice muleys but no takers, the days were warm but the rut was starting to kick in, it was just a matter of time for the big buck to show up. About noon, we hear on the radio that Mario and Toño spotted a couple of shooter bucks, they had bedded down for the evenning and we decided to gather up and take a closer look.
After taking a closer look at the bucks Mario decides to take a shoot at a buck he likes, the shots were far, but after a couple of tries he gets the job done. another 3 x 4 buck down. This bucks pack wasn't hard, only a couple of yards from the closest road. since we left the truck at the camp with a flat tire we had to put the buck on top of Adrian's SUV, funny sight.
As it did last year, Rancho Lobos was amaizing, lots of bucks and does, the rut was barely kicking in, I can't imagine how it gets with a full rut going on, thanks again Adrian for inviting, it is always a pleasure to go to your ranch.
Here is a small video with the hunt highlights...
