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Happy New Years everyone! Well this is the second year in a row this group of guys had the December tag. The hunt was tougher than last year. Due to work schedules and other obligations we didn't get to hunt as a group like we did last year. One of the best group of guys to be around. We were all fortunate to tag out. Special thanks to reggie, Andrew, and champ. Thanks for looking.

Well i am not good at all at writing stories... so ill keep it short and sweet. After a 2 hr hike in, Andrew shot his buck at 270 yards with a 22-250 and dropped him. The packout was the worst ever. We decided to drop off the mountain and hit the flats and walk around. I will never do that again in this area. After 3.5 hrs of packing out we were exhausted. Well after seeing so many deer on andrews hike in, we decided to head back . Champ had never hunted deer before and it was his last day to hunt due to work. He wasnt being as picky as the rest of us. After several discussions about if we should let champ shoot at a 2 point....we moved over to a new glassing point. After an hour of glassing reggie saw this buck stand up. Reggie and champ then decided to bail off the mountain side that we were on and climb to the other side of the moutain. The plan worked out perfect. Champ dropped him with a 300 yard shot. This time we decided to stay on the hill and not drop into the flats. This pack out took only 2 hrs. Well with 2 tags left, we decided to head into another area and make it somewhat of an easy day. After a 15 minute hike in we started seeing deer and then started seeing antlers. Reggie decided that after rolling his ankle two times and being sick the whole hunt he was gonna shoot this 3x3. After hiking up to the downed deer they called me on the phone and told that there was a nice 3x3 chasing a doe below them. Me and my buddy could not find the deer they were talking about. Reggie and the guys hiked back to the truck and dropped off the buck. When they got back they started glassing in the same area they were in and found the 3x3. Well after too many shots the buck was down. I guess buck fever got to me real bad. After gutting the deer we were back at the trucks within 20 minutes. After a quick photo session off the road we were on our way back to safford with two bucks in the truck, and to top it off we were back in town before 1030 am. Thanks to reggie, champ, jacob, cris, albert, team matt, austin, michael, justin, and andrew.