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....more piks and story to come. Taken 12/16/2012...thx for look'n...max Finally, some time to share the hunt. It took seven years to draw a december tag and it definately turned out to be worth it. I had 9 days off of work going into this hunt and my brother Nick aka(greyhawk) had every intention of being there for as much as he possibly could. Having Nico with me had my confidence through the roof. His glassing skills are second to none...finding game has never been an issue,but on this hunt,we were looking for a no-brainer buck... As with every hunt that we go on, my expectations were VERY high. I think we all go thru it...throwing inches and pre-determined scores out there started to mess with my head...bad. Well the 14th came around and I am at work telling myself ... get out there as much as possible and stay in the glass as much as possible ...if it something you would shoot on the last day and see it on the 1st day,put it on him...enjoy it..well not hunting opening day definately helped me get back to why we are all out there... or should be..It's about the HUNT, not the kill. The 15th we are driving out and getting rained on, the higher we are getting the worst it seemed to be...cold,wet and foggy. So we set up lower and got into the glass...finding sporatic deer thru out the morning..2 small bucks and plenty of does, A little 2 ptr. was acting like he was ready for some lovin but the ladies were not havin it. We call it a day around 4 and head out. cold and getting colder. Sunday we are heading out a little deeper.The sun is suppose show today and nothing but glassin o-plenty in the forecast. We get off the truck and go maybe 200 yds. down the trail and I catch a flag headin up the mtn. We get the glass on him and and it's a nice lil basket rack 3pt. bout 400 yds. out ...gun didn't come out of the pack and we kept movin down the ridge to high point with canyons in every direction...1 bobcat, 2 bucks, does in every direction and a heard of pigs feeding 60 yds or so below us. A great morning on the mtn. and we head out for a different canyon about a mile away. It's 1:30 and we setup the glass. I start diggin towards the west and a minute later my bro gets settled..."I gotta buck bro""I gotta BIG BUCK bro.." his 1st field of view had this guy in it. He gets me pointed in the right direction and I find him in my glass. "That's him bro...a no brainer buck for sure, 600 plus yds. out there and moving. He has a doe in front of him and she doesn't seem to interested but it looked like he was keeping himself between her and a smaller buck. Nico stayed on top to keep an eye on him and I bail off the hill to get within 500 yds. My comfort distance. I just about get to where I want to be and catch him going around the top of the mtn. he was on. I climb to the top of a hill to my left where I had a better angle to glass if and when he came back out. I start glassing hard up into the canyon he had headed when I last seen him. Noth'n...it's about 3:30 now and my bro finds me on my new high point..after a few hand gestures he is double timing it to me..He gets to me quick and said.."you gonna shoot him from here" I tell him I lost him and didn't know wher he went...He cleared that rock shoot in front of us and went higher and bedded...! WTF... we head str8 up the mtn. where I had last seen him and it is steep...every step was like steppin in mud due to the rain the day before...We creep over the ridge and Nico starts glassin the last place he had seen him "got him" he says...he gets me on him and he is bedded nice and tight...If it wasn't for the bone stick'n out of his head, he might be enjoying this years rutt. My 1st guess was 400 plus yds. to him uphill..I put the range finder on him and read 302...YEAH...this is going down right now....! It's about 430 now and light seems to be dropping quick...I get proned out and put the crosshairs on him...I must of made a noise gettn settled cause this awesome buck was look'n down the scope right at me...man, I sure was humbled to have him in my sights...The 300 win. mag barked and he stood quick..only to fall back down instantly...Nico say's 'HE'S yours broo..." talk about a ton emotion come over me..glad,sad,pumped,humbled... X10...if this keep's up I'm gonna have to put down the rifle&bow and pick up a camera. After high fives and hugs we drop into the nasty canyon thats between us, Nico is in front of me and my legs are starting to cramp..not good im think'n to myself. He gets to him 1st and drags him down the mtn. to about mid-point where we take some photos and get to work. We debone him and load up with meat and caped head. It was a packout from heck for me but would do it again in a heart beat. Nico had to take my pack the last 1/2 mile or so uphill to the truck...my legs were done and thank god he's part goat..lol..thank's alot bro...another GREAT hunt for the memory bank and a little meat and bone to boot...Thx for reading and sorry for the grainy piks...pack camera malfunction and its already in the trash....max