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It was in unit 4, though it looks a lot like 6 or 7 with the buckbrush and burns. We had just negotiated some cliffs after our first glassing point did not show anything, and were going to sidehilll it against the wind to look over some other quakie patches where we saw some bucks Thur. night scouting. For some reason I always see the deer first with my own eyes before I see them in the binos, and I do a lot of glassing. 2 bucks started working their way toward us, but then reversed directions and started moving towards a quakie patch. My wife got into a steady position, and it took about 10 minutes for him to come out of a draw. I knew it was kind of a long downhill shot, but she said she was steady on him, I told her to hold 4-6" above his back. I couldn't have placed it from 1 ft. better than where it hit him. She doesn't shoot all that much, but has been a natural from the first time I took her out shooting.
As far as the pack out, we really wanted to get him out whole to show our kids (my bucks always seem to come out boned). But he was just too big to drag. It was only about a 1/2 mile to the quad and about 500 feet of elevation, so the hike out was not as bad as the picture looks like. She's helped me take 2 deer 9 miles out of WY, but I'm still been giving her a hard time about not helping me gut and skin him. I've field dressed quite a few animals, but the amount of fat this boy had me a little confused at certain points.
And that thing around his nose is a hair tie, she didn't want any blood in the pictures. As for the pink shirt, she had camo on when she shot him.
Carl, My apologies, I hope Reggie was not behaving as bad at your house as he is here with our dog in heat.
