Late Palouse Whitetail

[lonedave]

Saturday was a beautiful day to be in the Palouse country!  I hiked in to a spot I wanted to sit and this guy came in with a doe and bedded about 250 yards away.  I watched him for a couple of hours hoping to see him stand and when he did at about 8:00, I missed the opportunity when he immediately laid down in the other direction.  I had another permit holder see him and when he sneaked in and saw me, he left.  Thanks!  The buck finally stood up about 12:00 and I made the most of it with one shot from the 270.  He's got a lot of dried velvet on his rack and I'd never gotten one like that before.  With all the talk of Bluetongue this year and seeing a couple of dead deer in the area, I feel fortunate to have found this buck so quickly.

[scottfrick]

Wow good job man. My wife has the tag and we went over yesterday. Seen a lot of does and 3 coyotes. Congrats on a great buck!!

[Karl Blanchard]

Congrats on a good buck!  I've noticed that when its a drought years over there, they don't rub their antlers clean like a normal year.

[Mark251]

Congratulations!  It's a lean year for bucks in the Palouse...Great job 

[lonedave]

Dried velvet

[.257mag]

Man that deer looks like he uses herbal essence or something..beautiful hide and nice buck!  Well done

[rotty33]

Good story about the courteous hunter. Very nice!

[lokidog]

Nice buck, congratulations!