Idaho early hunt buck

[spotnstalkID]

OK, I'm going to take the role of the "new guy" here for a while. I have enjoyed some of the conversation on this site for a while now. It is great. I just have a couple questions for anyone who may have any input. I had to hunt an early hunt this year due to time restrictions I knew I was going to have later in the season. Not the best tag to put in for, I just was not going to be able to hunt much in the later season this year.

First of all, I drew the early "any weapon" tag in area 39 of Idaho. This hunt started in mid-August and went through late September. I drew this hunt knowing that I had seen some nice deer in the unit and I was not going to be able to hunt much in the later half of the season this year. When it was all said and done, the hunting gods were smiling on me, thankfully. I took a buck with one of the niceest racks I've ever seen. I'm just curious if any of you have ever drawn this tag and had any luck with it, this year or past years?

Second of all, how the hell do you upload pictures to these messages? And third of all, take a look at the picture of the following link and I want a few guesses as to what this buck will score. I know he's not the biggest deer on earth by any means, but one of the nicer bucks I've seen in my day and I'm curious as to what he may score. I don't know the official score yet, but I'll let you know when I do get it.

http://www.monstermuleys.com/photos/PhotosID11/39.html

By the way, sorry for the crappy picture. Apparently they scanned it and it turned out pretty bad. If I could get any help posting it to this site, the picture I have on email, etc. is a much clearer, better picture. Plus it will help the next time I want to upload a picture. Thanks in advance.

Later,
spotnstalkID

 

[BrianID]

LAST EDITED ON Dec-03-04 AT 05:09PM (MST)[p]Here's a link that might help explain how to post your pictures.
http://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforum/picposting.html
Your only problem was you didn't past the url that ended in ".jpg"

To find the url that ends in ".jpg" go to the page webpage that has your photo and "right click" on the photo. Then select "Properties" and then copy and paste the address/url that ends in ".jpg".

The ".jpg" url for your photo would look like this minus the quotation marks.
"http://www.monstermuleys.net/photos/users2004/jaxonbates112004.jpg"
I'll let you add the picture to the thread so you can get a feel for how it works.

 

[BrianID]

By the way great buck. I've never hunted unit 39 but my opinion of the early hunt is probably similar to yours. If you put in some hard work you can kill a buck like you did but it isn't the best hunt to put in for if you are looking for one that will go B&C.
It is hard to get a very good look at the antlers with just the one photo. I would guess that it is somewhere between 160"-180" gross. If I had to give an exact number I would say 168".