Wade,
For the record. I asked Brian to post the Link, because I was not a member here and my email was jacked up from all the pics that Erin had sent me, since all the pics of his Faboulous Buck were taken on one camera. Also, I am not sure why this is such an issue.... many guys post MM.com links on CW.com. These sites allow all types of posts, but in reality they are catering too, two very different hunters. I, as a "Coues Nut", have never had a reason to come over here before now and check out this site... Thanks, for that..... Pretty nice Forum. If it were not for the phone calls or pm's about this thread I might have never made it over. The guys that posted here before me and those that pm'ed or called me, simply put, thought that readers should know this story from the "horse's mouth" (or Arse if you prefir, HaHa!) Your Thread was not "Hyjacked"... This Huge Typical (Public Land) Deer and The Great guy that harvested it deserved for all the wanted know more to get the full read and the additional pics. I do realize that you and your brother are very close friends of Erin's as well and I am sorry that I neglected to mention that you two spent one day durring the hunt afield with Erin. I also ommitted that I only hunted with Erin for 3 days and that Cody Goff, by Far, out performed ALL of Erin's friends by hunting with him for like 5-6 days.... the reason for ommitting these items was obvious to me. The Story was about ERIN BITTNER & HIS BUCK and how that buck was taken. I was the only other guy in that canyon when the buck hit the dirt, so who better to write the whole story than me.... and I did it for Erin, with his approval. I did it with the intent of Celebrating a Friend's Huge Success.... not to put Erin in the middle of a Who is Who pissing contest. I find it interesting that we cannot be unconditionally happy for a very deserving hunter and a buck of a lifetime. This is one of several Giants that I am so fortunate to have helped to harvest in my lifetime, but for most hunters it is a Once in a Lifetime on public land. Please understand that all the Wicked Good hunters that helped Erin put this buck down did not and have no desire to gain finacially from this hunt or my story of the hunt. All the time was given to Erin by my friends, by guys, that didn't even know him before this hunt and all the credit goes to them. This buck will forever hang on Bittner's wall because of them... The "A Team"!!!! In closing this long-winded response, I thank you for your support of Erin and his Buck. And for hosting this thread so that any of the Muley guys that don't cross the fence for a coues were able to know about this buck.
Happy New Year,
Gino Wullkotte