2024 - Yellowstone (not the park), Mountain Runs, Kitty Cats, and Bucks (and Bucks).

[TheMadCatter]

2024 made me a Dad, and a Colorado Resident. It was a slow season, I didn't draw any tags and had to rely on OTC or Leftover + Private Land licenses in Colorado.

Oregon didn't treat us all that great while we were there Elk hunting. However, I killed a bull elk and pronghorn on the ranch I now reside with my new little family, and work on. I have a couple days left of deer hunting, but, due to my job I can't hunt anywhere close to the ranch so I have to travel quite a ways to hunt deer in the state. I captured and recaptured over 100 deer in 2024, mainly using a dart gun getting within 25 yards of them along with a 177" whitetail and 238" mule deer.

I was busy this summer flying back home every weekend while working up in Montana and then later on from Texas. While in Montana I decided to do a little bull riding at the local rodeo, ran a couple mountains, and then ran Mount Elbert here in Colorado (the tallest peak).

 

[TheMadCatter]

 

[jkratz5]

Keep on living that dream buddy!!! Lols like one hell of a year!!!

 

[Copenhagen Tob]

Bad ass, you're the man, you get after it. Love it

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Living the life.

Bet "Teeter" would kick your ass. Haha

 

[Sligh1]

99.99999% of dudes your age or younger would die to have those experiences!!!! Heck- anyone!!!! U r blessed beyond words!!! Love it!!!!!!

 

[JBAGS]

What a ride you're on Josh! Keep giving 100.

 

[Central Iowa]

Living like you are dying all your life! Josh thanks for the adventures here and hope to join you again around a campfire sometime!
Stay safe and God bless you and your family!

 

[sep0667]

You are and have lived the life many only dream of. You're never afraid to take an opportunity and run with it!

 

[203ntyp]

Congrats on starting your family! Lots of adventures ahead for sure. Love the pics!

 

[TheMadCatter]

Thank you for the kind words, everybody! Unfortunately, I didn't harvest a deer either this year. But, when the family dog went missing, we figured a lion had gotten him. Some of our awesome neighbors came out with their hounds, and we found one 200 yards from the house in the rocks with a stomach full of canines and small felines, so it's a likely culprit.

 

[Central Iowa]

200 yards …. Changes those evening pee’s while gazing at the stars!

 

[203ntyp]

Dang, that's a big mountain lion. Great pics Catter.

 

[Obsessed]

Your mountain run stats r impressive. That's a ton of elevation gain in just over 2 hours. I'd have been maxed out, or over cooked, if I pushed that pace.

Huge kitty too. Too bad it took to eating pets. Neat animals.