09 gov buck?????

[PolarBear]

We use to ride horses onto the rez from Bear Pot and out to and past Seventeen and Lil 17.  There used to be some absolute monsters out there, whities and mule bucks.  We stood on the helicopter pad on Seventeen and watched 4 mule bucks that were in the high 180s or better and couldn't do a thing about it.  The Colvilles want to expand their hunting area but they have the best land in the state to hunt on now. 

[whacker1]

What is wrong with Apple Martini's?  Now you are throwing my drinks under the bus with my skirts?

[Intruder]

As stimulating as it was reading these 7 pages of posts, I mean no offense by this.... where the F*** is the picture?  Just bein a but I really do want to see this thing.

[squeeze2drop]

As stimulating as it was reading these 7 pages of posts, I mean no offense by this.... where the F*** is the picture?  Just bein a but I really do want to see this thing.

 

[PolarBear]

[Dmanmastertracker]

We use to ride horses onto the rez from Bear Pot and out to and past Seventeen and Lil 17.  There used to be some absolute monsters out there, whities and mule bucks.  We stood on the helicopter pad on Seventeen and watched 4 mule bucks that were in the high 180s or better and couldn't do a thing about it.  The Colvilles want to expand their hunting area but they have the best land in the state to hunt on now. 

 I can second that, one of the nicest typical 4x4 mulies I've seen over there was bedded right along a main Rez road .

[boneaddict]

Hopefully he moved or he wouldn't last long.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 

 After I stopped to gawk at it, I think I scared it up far enough away from the roads (3-400yds) it was probably safe.

[M_ray]

I guess the feeling I got from alot of people including your self Bone was that this buck wasn't worthy of a Gov. tag because it is 180???  180 is a big buck that every one of the people on this post would be tripping each other up to get a shot at! The general feeling I am getting was that because it was the Gov. tag it somehow has a score to live up to???   Now if I'm wrong please correct me I'm not trying to make trouble I just know it's a great buck.

I wish I could post it for you guys but I have respect for the hunter and the person who sent it to me and I will not do that ... At this point the we'll just have to see how the tag holder takes it when he reads this and he'll be the deciding factor as to weather or not the rest of you see it!

[WDFW-SUX]

Here is the pic

[Dmanmastertracker]

 DAMN nice buck, really unique and congrats to the hunter. Thanks for finally posting us a pic.

[Dipsnort]

I guess the feeling I got from alot of people including your self Bone was that this buck wasn't worthy of a Gov. tag because it is 180???  180 is a big buck that every one of the people on this post would be tripping each other up to get a shot at! The general feeling I am getting was that because it was the Gov. tag it somehow has a score to live up to???  

Exactly!

And by the way, if the picture that was just posted really is the Gov. buck, holy crap, that's a monster that I would take in a quarter of a milisecond with a Gov. tag!

[boneaddict]

I think maybe I under guessed him.


His buck is a great buck.   Its hard to express the point I was trying to get to.  It was more reflective of the state our herd is in that a 180 buck is what a hardcore guy can come up with, with unlimited pressure, time etc on the winter range.  I'm sorry I can't express that in a logical manner.  As stated many times on here the trophy is in the eye of the beholder.  If he pulled on it, he is obviosly happy with it.  

[MuleySniper]

Nice buck! Congrats to him.
MS

[GoldTip]

I can say one thing for pretty darn sure, if thats the buck, he's not a 180" buck, that buck has got to be close to 200".  Whatever buck that is, he's damn nice.