hunter1975
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LAST EDITED ON Jan-17-05 AT 12:42PM (MST)[p]My 2 buddies and I drew again and having learned from the previous year, we decided to pack our camp in on our backs for about 3 miles the day before the hunt opened to get ahead of the pressure. We ended up seeing this buck that night right next to camp. Opening morning I found myself glassing the open country around camp. I saw one 22" 4pt that morning running for cover but it was otherwise rather uneventful. Then as fast as I could blink a snow storm hit. We spent the afternoon holed up in a tent. I went out to glass in a few inches of snow that evening and turned up a buck busting out of some brush below me. It was getting pretty dark but I could tell he was a decent buck. With only two days to hunt I decided to take him. Low and behold he was the same buck we saw next to camp the night before. It was a fun hunt.
Luckily I had a friend in town with horses that came up the next day to pack him off. We didn't find anything better that day for my buddy's so I was glad I took him when I did. I think next year should be better with the 4 point or better restriction in place. we'll see... but the bad part of it all is I know there was at least two bucks shot and left because people didn't understand the reg's. We found a 3 point that had 2" eyegaurds shot right in the heart just left to rott. We couldn't find the guy who shot it either. "In wyoming a 4 point or better on one side can include counting the eyegaurds". What do all think about the 4-point or better idea?
Luckily I had a friend in town with horses that came up the next day to pack him off. We didn't find anything better that day for my buddy's so I was glad I took him when I did. I think next year should be better with the 4 point or better restriction in place. we'll see... but the bad part of it all is I know there was at least two bucks shot and left because people didn't understand the reg's. We found a 3 point that had 2" eyegaurds shot right in the heart just left to rott. We couldn't find the guy who shot it either. "In wyoming a 4 point or better on one side can include counting the eyegaurds". What do all think about the 4-point or better idea?