LAST EDITED ON Oct-23-07 AT 09:10PM (MST)[p]I just walked in the door from out to the Bookcliff's. My cousin's father-in-law has the tag and is still out there. I had to come back to go to work! I was pretty disappointed in the quality of bucks we saw. Lots of small three and fours, the majority in the 18-20" range with crab claws and willowy horns. Only saw one buck that was worthy of hanging a tag on, but he was up and gone before we could get the tag holder on him. He was maybe 26" wide, but was real heavy with deep tines and good eye-guards. They're staying until they either kill a good one or the hunts over, whichever comes first, so I'm hoping they can luck into a good one. The hunter is 77-years-old and this may very well be his last "good" hunt.
I did see a real cool buck out there. He was a spike, maybe 16" tall on both sides, but was still in velvet and had all kinds of trash down around his bases. I'm talking golf ball and softball size growths. I tried to get a picture, but couldn't get close enough before it got dark. Also saw buffalo, which I had heard were out there, but have never seen them before in all the times I've been out.