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I "got him". Not a monster but a real nice buck. Looks a lot like the robo deer in the KSL article about poaching (little wider, not quite so high but similar shape): 26" wide, fairly high, good mass and eye guards. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say 7.
Do you hunt for the meat? I enjoy it but a couple of steaks is NOT why I get up early, climb mountains, spend a fortune on "toys" & gas and fantasize all year.
At the shot, it was almost dark. SO, boned him, packed the meat, cut the antlers off and got back to the road (in the dark). THEN DISCOVERED THE ANTLERS HAD FALLEN OFF during the pack out.
I spent ALL DAY yesterday hiking, re-hiking and re-hiking again; cross-country through the sage and buck brush.
Meat is in the freezer and the antlers are on the hill...not even a picture (too dark and no one to snap it)!!
Within the shadows, go quietly.
I "got him". Not a monster but a real nice buck. Looks a lot like the robo deer in the KSL article about poaching (little wider, not quite so high but similar shape): 26" wide, fairly high, good mass and eye guards. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say 7.
Do you hunt for the meat? I enjoy it but a couple of steaks is NOT why I get up early, climb mountains, spend a fortune on "toys" & gas and fantasize all year.
At the shot, it was almost dark. SO, boned him, packed the meat, cut the antlers off and got back to the road (in the dark). THEN DISCOVERED THE ANTLERS HAD FALLEN OFF during the pack out.
I spent ALL DAY yesterday hiking, re-hiking and re-hiking again; cross-country through the sage and buck brush.
Meat is in the freezer and the antlers are on the hill...not even a picture (too dark and no one to snap it)!!
Within the shadows, go quietly.