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This week Mellon Creek Outfitters enjoyed Michael Waddell’s Bone Collectors in camp. I had the pleasure of guiding Nick Mundt and we sure had a great time. One the first evening we just drove around the ranch and looked at deer. During that drive we discussed what he was looking for and how he wanted to hunt. Of course Boo Bishop, the cameraman was never far away. Nick mentioned that he really preferred using his bow but didn’t want to be difficult. Of course, I told him that if he preferred using a bow then that was exactly what we would use.

During our early November rut Chaise (manager of Mellon Creek Outfitters) had built a brush blind in an area that he had seen some big bucks. I told Nick about a buck in that area and we decided that we would rebrush the blind and hunt it the following morning. After breakfast we were dropped off at this blind around fifteen minutes before daylight. We had sat in the blind maybe forty-five minutes when a nine point buck walked out. This buck walked about fifteen yards from us and began feeding. He kept picking his head up and looking over my right shoulder; I knew he heard something coming through the brush. The next thing I know I see something out of the corner of my eye and all I can do is whisper,” Don’t move.” The buck we were looking for was twelve steps in front of us and looking right at us. I swear that buck must have stared at us for five minutes. He was so close I was afraid that he would see the steam coming from my breath. Finally, he began feeding toward the 9 point and allowed Nick to draw. By the time Nick was at full draw the buck turned broadside at 19 yards. A very well placed shot behind the shoulder had the buck down about 80 yards from our stand. While Nick was explaining to the camera what had just happened, the original nine point started heading toward our blind. We all remained very still and the buck kept coming. I was ranging for Nick and I vividly recall saying,” 54………..47………….33…………..24………..15. The buck walked without stopping to 15 yards from us. He too turned broadside and Nick let the arrow fly. Another perfect shot and this buck was down in 20 yards. Not a bad first morning; two bucks down in ten minutes. That evening we were riding around and Nick got a nice boar hog with very good tusks. The following morning we were going to glass a field when we saw this really big boar feeding around a wallow. With the truck hidden we began about a 300 yard stalk. With the wind in our favor we were able to take a 38 yard shot. Again, Nick placed his arrow in just the right spot and it wasn’t long before we were trying to load 200 pounds of boar. After lunch a doe fell to Nick Remington 270. The following morning we sat in a blind over looking a seven-hundred acre oat field. Nick counted 172 deer in the field an hour after daylight. We were trying to get management bucks and does with Nick’s crossbow but we never had a shot present itself. That afternoon we decided to go back to that blind in the oats and see what happened. After being there about an hour a buck came into 22 yards. Nicks crossbow put an end to him and Boo got some great footage. Shortly there after Nick took a nice boar hog with this .270 at about 200 yards. As we were getting out of the blind I noticed a group of hogs feeding out into the field about 200 yards away from us. It was getting dark and the light was too dim for camera or scope at that distance so we had to get closer. We quickly moved closer to them where Nick could get on his shooting sticks. Four shots, four hogs down. A Great finish to a great few days.

I know that Michael, Nick, and T-Bone have become very popular figures due to the TV show. I can say that they were all a real pleasure to be around and Nick is as good a guy as there is. He may have missed his calling though; had he chosen stand up comedy he would be retired. I look forward to them coming back next year

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