10-31-2013, 09:06 PM
Thanks Matt.
Ron - Must be some genes out there for big 2x's as I have seen several. Just nothing quite this big. Just couldn't find a 4x that didn't suffer from crab claw on one side or just wasn't that wide. Wasn't worried about a book buck just something special. Wasn't sure how to define special but when I seen him I knew. Looks to be 6 or 7 yoa.
HnH - Not sure what he taped. My brother was going crazy waiting to get back to the cabin and put a tape on him. I tell him no way. Doesn't matter he's a toad either way and I don't want to reduce him to a number. Worrying about that stuff ruined my hunting for a decade. I just concentrate on finding the biggest mature animal I can find in the area I decide to hunt. If I succeed in that it's always a trophy regardless of what it scores. Now having said that I will post a picture of him next to my officially measured 28", 176" and change net buck. (Photo doesn't do either buck any justice.) Wife said if he's wider than that one then I can mount him. Needless to say he's at the taxidermy shop.
Thanks to family's hard work he's in the freezer and the last of the dog treats are in the smoker. Grab some candy tonight and then me and Avery are off to find some elk meat for the freezer. Or a least make some memories trying.
Rod
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Ron - Must be some genes out there for big 2x's as I have seen several. Just nothing quite this big. Just couldn't find a 4x that didn't suffer from crab claw on one side or just wasn't that wide. Wasn't worried about a book buck just something special. Wasn't sure how to define special but when I seen him I knew. Looks to be 6 or 7 yoa.
HnH - Not sure what he taped. My brother was going crazy waiting to get back to the cabin and put a tape on him. I tell him no way. Doesn't matter he's a toad either way and I don't want to reduce him to a number. Worrying about that stuff ruined my hunting for a decade. I just concentrate on finding the biggest mature animal I can find in the area I decide to hunt. If I succeed in that it's always a trophy regardless of what it scores. Now having said that I will post a picture of him next to my officially measured 28", 176" and change net buck. (Photo doesn't do either buck any justice.) Wife said if he's wider than that one then I can mount him. Needless to say he's at the taxidermy shop.
Thanks to family's hard work he's in the freezer and the last of the dog treats are in the smoker. Grab some candy tonight and then me and Avery are off to find some elk meat for the freezer. Or a least make some memories trying.
Rod
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