Elkmagnet
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This is my 08 buck it was a very fun hunt with my smokepole and my wife in tow. We spent 8 weekends scouting. Backpacked in 2 times and just spent the whole summer in the unit having fun. On the 3rd day of the season We started getting snow and I was yet to find the buck that I had been watching. It snowed a lot that day I think it was close to 20 in and every one was getting there campers and getting over the pass. That has to be the best part about a wall tent if my truck will move we can get out. I told my wife not to worry about the weather we needed to find that buck and quick with this much snow who knows where he will move. So we did everything we could to get up the mountian it took a lot of work but was worth every inch. After a 5 mi truck ride and a 2mi hike that should take no time at all but took half of the day crystal was getting fed up with me saying its just over here a little more, ok more to the east when we finaly crested the ridge we wanted to glass. It took all of two min to spot him thrashing some oak brush. The wind was wrong and he could see me comming from any angle but stright behind him. So I backed off to go around. With crystal there to watch him in the spotter. I took two full hours to go around him and come in from behind him I crawled in the snow the last 75yd stopping to glass every ten or so yards well at 35 yards I see tips and think he's beded so I crawl to the side and look up and we make eye contact he stands and goes to run. I pray that my muzzy gun goes off as I pull the trigger it does and he jumps and goes 10 yards makes a circle and falls. The best part is crystal got to watch the whole thing from about a mile away. Rip away fellas!
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