Alta Mule Deer, drawn with 20 points

[buckfvr]

I knew youd go right back up there and get him last day.  Great buck !   

[PAC County]

My 2020 Alta buck, pretty darn happy, my biggest mule deer yet. Met some great people and made some new friends. The snow made it difficult to get around but it was a great hunt.

[Hilltop123]

Great bucks and new members, welcome!

[elkrack]

Dang that’s a great buck!

[blackveltbowhunter]

Wow, some awesome deer taken on this hunt. Congrats all!!

[X-Force]

Dandy bucks

[huntnphool]

Nice buck! 

I was lucky enough to get a second chance on the last day. Just say I am not a long range shooter yet!  I was able to get 140 yards to harvest this great buck. The Alta Unit is not an easy unit due to mountainous terrain & access when snow gets deep.  18 inches of snow in some locations. Plan on hiking & glassing alot unless you are lucky. I seen plenty of bucks but nothing over 22 inches.This was the only big buck that I seen.

 There was one tagged last week in there with clearly the same genes. You all did pretty well.

[boneaddict]

Thanks for joining us Pac.      Great buck, thanks for sharing

[golle8]

After 19 year of applying I Just finished up my late Alta hunt.  my last day I finally pulled the trigger on this 3x4.
Seen lots of buck but never saw the toad I was after. I was also able to help put a friend on a nice 4x4 that was pretty respectable (hope he post pics for you all to see).

Hope everyone had a great hunt and made some great Memories. 

Nice job Neighbor - good to meet you up there and thanks for the jug man ! Serious patience waiting until the last day must be a little nerve wracking - Congrats.

   

Thanks. Great to meet you all up there hope to see you there again. 

[Gonehuntin01]

Great bucks and congrats

[2MANY]

The last day kill is the best.
Congrats on a dandy buck.

[golle8]

My 2020 Alta buck, pretty darn happy, my biggest mule deer yet. Met some great people and made some new friends. The snow made it difficult to get around but it was a great hunt.

 Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  yeah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Shoot.         Dandy Buck.
Thanks for everything.   

[Birdguy]

Right on!! What great bucks!! Those are incredible BEASTS! Thank you guys for posting up some great pics! And another first post of a BRUTE. Welcome PAC

[Lightning_Rider]

Thatta boy Eric that’s a dandy buck!!!! Congrats!

[whuppinstick]

I have been applying for this hunt since I was in high school and I'm 42 now. There were a few missed years while I was abroad, but I also put in as a nonresident for the last seven years, hoping to draw this tag together with my dad. Even though I waited that long for this tag, I still had another important hunt the first week of November in Idaho's backcountry. I was able to kill this bull on my first day, but the 15-mile solo pack out took me six days.



I arrived to the Alta unit a couple days later than planned on November 11th, but that still left nine days of hunting. On my first evening I found this buck:



He looked good, but I was hoping for better and thinking I might be able to get my dad on him the following morning.





We headed in the next day to get my dad a first-hand view through the spotting scope. He was heavy but not especially wide or tall, but my dad was in love with his non-typical points so we made a push on him. Unfortunately we could only get to 300 yards and my dad missed. But two days later we were able to get on him again, this time my dad was in position at 100 yards while I watched from 300 yards across the draw. He didn't miss this time.





6x5 plus eye guards



Those Orange Aglow panels are perfect! 



The next day it snowed allllll day long, about 12" worth. I saw 60-70 deer including 15+ bucks, but nothing worth a second glance.



The snow was at least a foot deep everywhere, knee-deep in most places up high.



With more weather incoming, we decided we needed to move camp so as not to get stranded for the winter.



Due to either sweat from the inside or snow from the outside, my entire wardrobe was drying around the inside of the tent every night.



I spotted a decent 5x4 on the evening of the 17th and spent the 18th and 19th unsuccessfully trying to re-find him. On the last day we went to a different area and at 10am I spotted a "last day buck" very far away. My dad made a fire and watched as I spent two hours closing on him. At noon I crossed over the final ridge and got lucky as he and his doe were walking straight towards me. One shot at 168 yards with the Kimber Mtn Ascent .280 AI and season ended not as I'd hoped, but successful nonetheless.





We packed him all out in one load, which was probably a bit much.