Well Nick, I appreciate what you wrote in post 9 it took some big ones to fess up like that, no doubt I have a few posts kinda similar to your first post floatin' around out there on some forums I wish I could take back..
I have no doubt that you are a very dedicated hunter, and I'm sure you're a fine young man, I wish you nothing but good luck with future draws and all your endeavors...........
Believe me I know all about the frustrations of sitting on the sidelines watching other folks draw tags.
I'll tell ya though that frustration starts to fade and a little panic sets in when you reach yer fifties and you still haven't EVER!! pulled any kind of limited entry tag,think about that for a moment.
Fortunately My buddy and I are still in great health we both eat healthy and live a very active and healthy lifestyle, with a few parties mixed in there once in awhile of course, Heh-heh...
We've been best friends since Cub scouts,theres no doubt in either of our minds that we have each others backs under any circumstances, anywhere anytime.
My pards two son's that also drew,, thats right 4 of us drew unit 44 tags on a party hunt, can you believe that??
Anyways them two boys are in their early twenties they're both lean tuff and ready to go,both very experienced woodsman and dedicated hunters.
No doubt in my mind they both want me and their pa to get the buck of our dreams much more than they want one for themselves and will do anything in there power to insure our success.
Kinda nice knowing that I can go anywhere I please in them mountains and them boys would scramble up there fast as they could to help get it packed out, sure does open up a bunch of country fer sure.
Ain't none of us lookin' for an easy buck, we're lookin' for them WHOPPERS!! that we been dreamin' about our whole life,
and are plenty willing to eat our tags if we don't find what we're after, we've killed plenty of game in the past, no itchy trigger fingers here. I can guarantee that if and when we do connect it won't be anywhere near a road, Both my pard and I own our own business's his two sons work for him and we have pretty much all and any time we want or need to scout and hunt, and we damn sure ain't gonna waste one single spare moment doin' anything else.
I learned a little about the unit today, and of some of the huge bucks that have been taken out of there in the past few years,I now know of 3 well over 200" nontyp.. bucks taken out of there in the past few years,and will get a chance to lay eyes on em this week. My pard has secured accsess through atleast 3 different private properties and has learned of the whereabouts these bucks were shot and was told that there's plenty more where they come from.
All in all I'm now startin' to feel pretty good about this tag,
And we're just barely getting started, Yep the excitment is really starting to hit me now.
Many-many thanks for everybodys time to make a reply and for all the Pm's I recieved, there's a vast amount of knowlage shared on here and i wish everybody nothing but good luck..