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my buck from this season Unit 371
« on: February 02, 2008, 11:04:29 PM »
It was the third day of the hunt Nov.19th in the same canyon.  We new there were deer in the area, big deer tracks and lots of shedded sage a small but once large hidden water supply and tons of cover.  We hunted a canyon west of this one first thing in the morning and saw a couple of smaller bucks, where we had seen a few nicer ones scouting.  We decided to drive over closer to the canyon where i had harvested the buck.  About 1 mile down the road just before the canyons edge wackmaster spotted a buck following a single doe.  The truck stopped and i got out got my gun out of the case and loaded it,"firing center rules", by-pod out ass in snow,  25" fork pretty heavy.   Decided to pass as the doe ran out of sight over a small roll in the  hillside down into the canyon as the buck followed.  I put everything back away and we drove up to the other side of the canyon and got out the spotting scopes just to look for any we might not have seen.  As i focused up my Nikon 20x60x82 i saw my buck, and then the fork as they circled eachother i stopped watching and gathered my gear.  As wackmaster watched from the top of the canyon i decended down to the canyon bottom 1500 feet down quikly.  With a roll in the hillside to hide me i was able to sneek up to a 120 yards before taking him..   I have to thank my good friend and long time hunting partner for the oppertunity, he's convinced me to put in for several yrs. now and finally it paid off.   I'll pay him back in wyoming.
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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2008, 11:14:53 PM »
Great write up and hell of a buck....thanks for sharing... :tup:

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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2008, 11:16:28 PM »
That's a beautiful buck. I didn't know it was legal to shoot them with cannons in this state. What an exit wound!

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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2008, 12:31:51 AM »
well i guess if he passed by me i might take a shot off at him...... :chuckle:......yeah right. nice deer man...,.awesome....roy was telling me about that animal....way cool!!!

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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2008, 02:55:14 AM »
What a great buck, Nov. 19th will be forever be my personal holiday, its actually my birthday :chuckle:
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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2008, 07:31:14 AM »
That buck just has a ton of character, great pictures too and thanks for the story.
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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2008, 07:33:37 AM »
Great story and pics, funny how such a desolate place can hide such monsters. Congrats.
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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2008, 08:37:42 AM »
Awesome buck!

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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2008, 08:41:42 AM »
Great buck, pictures and story! Love his bases.

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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2008, 09:09:12 AM »
Great deer congrats,also good play by play.

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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2008, 10:11:30 AM »
Im glad you did this post. I saw ur pic on the rotating slide show but couldnt ID it. Thats a GREAT buck bro...and the pics are EXCELLENT!

Those are amazing field pics bro!  The buck is great too.

Nice all around!

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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2008, 11:35:21 AM »
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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2008, 12:08:48 PM »
WOW that is a great buck ... I love those gnarly bases and he has great mass, Great shot too! Thanks for sharing.  :tup:
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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2008, 12:36:58 PM »
Nice buck with crazy awesome bases.  Love the freaky stuff.

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Re: my buck from this season Unit 371
« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2008, 01:24:51 PM »
Great looking buck, I really like the trash around the base of his antlers. Thanks for the story too!

 


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