Hey guys;
I agree I,ve been going up there for 10 + years and still haven't been everywhere yet.
It's a wild and beautiful place, but unforgiving at the same time. If you are out scouting and it's not a season, you are likely there by yourself, so don't get yourself in trouble for a stupid mistake.
Take everything you need, and I mean everything, cause town is 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours away, on a dirt wash board road.
water, ice, gasoline, 2-3 spare tires, etc, etc, etc,---
Big bucks, whats a big buck---I'll know it when I see it---maybe!
If you are not used to strip bucks and you see , what is refered to on the strip as a dink, and it is 24" wide mainframe and scores 165" it may, I said may, be the biggest buck you have ever seen. I would advise you NOT to shoot it the first few days, but if it lights your switch, put him on the ground, hard.
But, SCORE, he!! there are bucks on the strip that wouldn't net 175" that would make us all go week in the knees, some old bruiser who made 1 mistake and let you see his 34" main frame spread, with a huge 3 point frame with more extras than a christmas tree, Thats a real buck I call " Uncle Henry " don't know why, just do, oh yea there is a " Uncle Henry Jr." also
not as heavy but just as big maybe an 1 or 2 wider, definately a wow factor in those bucks for me.
Yes there are some great scoring typicals and some real toads out there in the 230" + class, but of course they ain't running out in the road for you to shoot them.
You can tell I am a nut for the place, and can't wait every year for the snow to melt so I can start scouting!!!!!
Steve