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Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« on: October 17, 2014, 01:16:27 PM »
I have been meaning to share this for some time, but just haven't had the opportunity until now.

I found out I drew this Idaho tag in a redraw less then 2 weeks before the hunt started. I had never hunted this unit before but luckily I had some good friends give me some pointers on the area.

I knew this tag had the potential for a great deer so I cleared my schedule as best I could and talked my buddies Zach and Dalton into coming with me.
We backpacked into the unit 7 days before season and ended up spotting this buck from about 3 miles away on our second day. We then spent 5 days glassing for him from about 2 miles out. We saw him twice before season and then again we spotted him on opening morning. After one of the hardest 3 hour stalks of my life we were able to get within within range and put him down with a single shot..

It was one of the physically hardest hunts I have ever been on, I can't say enough about how hard Zach and Dalton worked to help this dream come true!

He was gross green scored at 222 1/2" with a green net typical of 205"
I doubt I will ever able to top this deer, but lord knows I'm gonna try ;)
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2014, 01:22:39 PM »
Holy Cow!   :drool:

That is a stud. Congrats man! Looks like some awesome country too!
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2014, 01:25:31 PM »
Nice buck Matt. Saw him on your fb page and was waiting to see if you would post him up on here
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2014, 01:27:07 PM »
DAMN!!! Well Done Matt. Did you get this on film and if so how is the footage?
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2014, 01:27:27 PM »
Nice job Matt.   :tup:
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2014, 01:28:27 PM »
That deer is incredible!
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2014, 01:29:10 PM »
fantastic buck Matt  :tup:
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2014, 01:29:27 PM »
Ya Holg-  Zach and Dalton got the whole hunt on film, some amazing footage for sure!

Dalton is a member on here and I'm sure he will post some of his pictures from the hunt also.
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2014, 01:32:09 PM »
Awesome buck!  The color on his hide is amazing!  What tag unit if you dont mind?  If you do, we all understand! ;)
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2014, 01:33:25 PM »
Quote from: elkinrutdrivemenuts on October 17, 2014, 01:32:09 PM
Awesome buck!  The color on his hide is amazing!  What tag unit if you dont mind?  If you do, we all understand! ;)

It was a good one    ;)
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2014, 01:37:39 PM »
WOW what a great deer! Congrats!
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2014, 01:39:48 PM »
Have been patiently waiting.   Congratulations!  That thing is amazing.
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2014, 01:45:12 PM »
Good God.
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #13 on: October 17, 2014, 01:45:25 PM »
Beautiful buck, Matt. Are we going to see this on the tube? When?
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Re: Buck of lifetime (Idaho)
« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2014, 01:46:17 PM »
Outstanding buck
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