Well here is my first post. A friend referred me to this site as we were talking about rumors from other hunters & game departments - he said I should see what these folks are talking about.
Anyway - The pic is my WA buck from 2007 - I got skunked in 2008 after 20 days of hunting in WA & ID. The only really good news that came out of 2008 is that my wife bought me Remington Model 700 XCR in .300 Ultra Mag. So I am now in the process of gathering information on loading if anyone has any suggestions.
Since I am rambling - back to the pic - No good stories, just luck of being in the right place at the right time. It is my largest mule deer be a large stretch. It scored 169 6/8 non-typical net. outside spread to the edge of the kicker is about 29 1/2 inches - Inside spread is about 24. I was hunting by myself and none of my field pics turned out, so one is from the the taxidermists table and the other is from my living room after I received it back from the Taxidermist.