Clyde Hollinger
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Ok, so I've finally decided to break down and post a pic of my Bookcliff's buck. We hunted hard, burnt off a lot of leather from the bottom of the boots and put a lot of miles on the truck. It was tough trying to locate the deer. It was great to hunt with my Dad, brothers, and best friend. That was by far the best part! We finally found this buck coming down from the country tailing a doe to the low land. It took me a long time studying him trying to decide. I had several chances at him but kept passing. My brother was dying... It was fun listening to him. This buck had me fooled. I knew he had a huge body, and a big ol pig head, but his antlers just looked small. I had him a 25" wide tops. Putting all the factors together and I knew he was a soild 180" type deer. I decided to take him. Once I had him on the ground I swore he got smaller. I got up to him, and thought I had made a major mistake until we got the tape on him. He is 27" wide outside, and has 25" ears. Which really surprised me. I knew he had a big body, and a big head, but not that big. I had a biologist at the check point check him out. He gussed him to be 8-9 years old.
Anyway, here's my Bookcliff's dink... Again, he's 27" wide, and greens 181 and change. I wanted, hoped for, and expected bigger. But it was a tough hunt. We didn't see a lot of deer at all compared to past hunts I've been on out there. Overall numbers, bucks, and quality was down. I'm sure the weather played a factor too.
Thanks for looking!
Here's a couple of stills I took off of my video when I shot him. Pretty cool. How about that shot placement? ;-)
We weren't the only ones doing some hunting....
Anyway, here's my Bookcliff's dink... Again, he's 27" wide, and greens 181 and change. I wanted, hoped for, and expected bigger. But it was a tough hunt. We didn't see a lot of deer at all compared to past hunts I've been on out there. Overall numbers, bucks, and quality was down. I'm sure the weather played a factor too.
Thanks for looking!
Here's a couple of stills I took off of my video when I shot him. Pretty cool. How about that shot placement? ;-)
We weren't the only ones doing some hunting....
