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Congrats To My Hunting Buddy

Postby JohnFitzgerald » 08 02, 2012 •  [Post 1]

Congratulations to my hunting buddy Mike Coleman. After our archery hunt, he will be leaving for an all expense paid trophy blacktail hunt provided by the Wounded Warrior program. Mike served 2 tours in Iraq and 1/2 tour in Afghanistan. Thanks to all our past and present soldiers!
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Re: Congrats To My Hunting Buddy

Postby bullrub » 08 02, 2012 •  [Post 2]

Thanks you Mike for your service to our country and to all the other servicemen and women. Your the one's that keep our freedom's to enjoying are rights to hunt. Congrats Mike and good hunting.
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Postby Goneelkn » 08 03, 2012 •  [Post 3]

Tell him THANKS, and wish him lot's of luck.
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Postby ElkNut1 » 08 03, 2012 •  [Post 4]

Wow!!! That is cool & I'm sure well deserved. I hope he can share a few photos of his hunt! Thanks Mike!!!

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Postby Swede » 08 03, 2012 •  [Post 5]

Congrats Mike on the Blacktail hunt, and best wishes. Thanks too for your service in the military.
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Postby pointysticks » 08 03, 2012 •  [Post 6]

here's to wishing your buddy some LUCK!!

thanks to him and the many like him.
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Re: Congrats To My Hunting Buddy

Postby Oregoncombatvet » 08 08, 2012 •  [Post 7]

Thank you everyone for the Support. I am very excited to be going on this Black tail hunt. I will be hunting till the 22nd of Sept then driving to Northern Cali to hunt black tails for 5 days. So hopefully I can tag my Bull and Buck with in the two weeks I am going to be gone hunting. So I am counting on John to get a bull, nice and close for me this year. :D Thanks John for all the support and the knowleadge that you have when it comes to elk hunting.
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Re: Congrats To My Hunting Buddy

Postby bullrub » 08 08, 2012 •  [Post 8]

Oregoncombatvet wrote:Thank you everyone for the Support. I am very excited to be going on this Black tail hunt. I will be hunting till the 22nd of Sept then driving to Northern Cali to hunt black tails for 5 days. So hopefully I can tag my Bull and Buck with in the two weeks I am going to be gone hunting. So I am counting on John to get a bull, nice and close for me this year. :D Thanks John for all the support and the knowleadge that you have when it comes to elk hunting.

The best of luck to you Mike
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Postby Goneelkn » 08 09, 2012 •  [Post 9]

Oregoncombatvet wrote:Thank you everyone for the Support. I am very excited to be going on this Black tail hunt. I will be hunting till the 22nd of Sept then driving to Northern Cali to hunt black tails for 5 days. So hopefully I can tag my Bull and Buck with in the two weeks I am going to be gone hunting. So I am counting on John to get a bull, nice and close for me this year. :D Thanks John for all the support and the knowleadge that you have when it comes to elk hunting.


Good luck to you, and thanks for your service. And remember we like seeing pic's :D
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Re: Congrats To My Hunting Buddy

Postby JohnFitzgerald » 08 09, 2012 •  [Post 10]

Oregoncombatvet wrote:Thank you everyone for the Support. I am very excited to be going on this Black tail hunt. I will be hunting till the 22nd of Sept then driving to Northern Cali to hunt black tails for 5 days. So hopefully I can tag my Bull and Buck with in the two weeks I am going to be gone hunting. So I am counting on John to get a bull, nice and close for me this year. :D Thanks John for all the support and the knowleadge that you have when it comes to elk hunting.

Ha, I'm counting on you to bring one in for me as well. I'd like one at 10 yards, broad side, please ! :-)
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Postby elkmtngear » 08 12, 2012 •  [Post 11]

Best of Luck, Mike....and thank You for your Service to our Country!
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Postby one_elk » 08 14, 2012 •  [Post 12]

Thanks for your service and have a great trip
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Re: Congrats To My Hunting Buddy

Postby Oregoncombatvet » 08 15, 2012 •  [Post 13]

JohnFitzgerald wrote:
Oregoncombatvet wrote:Thank you everyone for the Support. I am very excited to be going on this Black tail hunt. I will be hunting till the 22nd of Sept then driving to Northern Cali to hunt black tails for 5 days. So hopefully I can tag my Bull and Buck with in the two weeks I am going to be gone hunting. So I am counting on John to get a bull, nice and close for me this year. :D Thanks John for all the support and the knowleadge that you have when it comes to elk hunting.

Ha, I'm counting on you to bring one in for me as well. I'd like one at 10 yards, broad side, please ! :-)



That I dont think will be the issue, the issue is every time I have called in a bull for someone minus you they stall and miss the shot.
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Re: Congrats To My Hunting Buddy

Postby Oregoncombatvet » 08 15, 2012 •  [Post 14]

And there should be pictures atleast of the country I will be hunting no later then 1 Oct. But hopefully of John and I bull and my blacktail if all goes like it should with a little luck and skill together.
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Re: Congrats To My Hunting Buddy

Postby JohnFitzgerald » 09 28, 2012 •  [Post 15]

Mike closed the deal on a nice Cali blacktail! He'll be on here soon to post the pictures. Congrats Mike, you deserved that great hunt my freind!
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Re: Congrats To My Hunting Buddy

Postby Oregoncombatvet » 10 04, 2012 •  [Post 16]

I promised I would close the deal on one of my hunts this year and I was lucky enough to give this fine Blacktail 3X4 19inch spread a dirt nap the secound evening of the hunt. I shot him at 385 yards with a 300win mag. This was truely a hunt of a life time and a hunt that I will never forget. The Fergoso Foundation is who made it all possible. Thank you Max Fergoso and David King my guide ( even though I spot my buck, the only deer I saw first.lol). All theses guys did this hunt for me and some other soldiers with there own money and are not paid guide. Thank you again.
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Postby ElkNut1 » 10 05, 2012 •  [Post 17]

Nice, very good looking Blacktail!!!

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Postby bullrub » 10 05, 2012 •  [Post 18]

Congrats Mike very nice blacktail.
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Postby ixsolracxi » 10 05, 2012 •  [Post 19]

congrats on a fine buck!!! thank you for your service to our Great Country!!!
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Re: Congrats To My Hunting Buddy

Postby Wapiti » 11 10, 2012 •  [Post 20]

Thank you Mike for your service !! If it wasn't for BRAVE people like you we would not be doing all the things we love and meeting new friends to enjoy life with !! Great deer and thanks again !! Travis O'Shea
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Postby WapitiTalk1 » 11 12, 2012 •  [Post 21]

Congrats on your fine buck Mike.. and thank you John for posting up the story.
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