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Went out with a buddy of mine and his wife on Sunday to hunt for some whitetail. We saw some decent rutting action but no big bucks. I sat glassing and looked at a shed we'd seen last year with the Swarovski scope and realized it was nearly an 8pt so I thought about making the trek to get it this time. I continued glassing for wt and spotted what looked like eyeguards at 3/4 mi away in the bottom of the canyon. I put the scope on it and it was for sure a horn and it looked like a good one but they all do…. Man this pic does not look 3/4mi away thru the Swarovski scope but it sure was. 1000 vertical feet down too! I just happened to sit in the only spot where you could see it. 30 yards either way and I wouldn't have. So I bailed off the edge of the canyon and commenced to shorten the life of my knees yet again.... From the shed pictured above I went strait down the ridge to the bottom of the canyon then back up a side draw to where the other shed was at. Talk about a score!!! Soon as I saw it I realized I had seen the bull back in '05/'06 perhaps, called it into 40 yards and didn't have my video camera! Stupid!! All I knew was that this bull had the biggest top end I'd ever seen! I guessed the bull around 380 then with 2' long swords. I measured the beam on this shed at 53", the 4th at 24 7/8" and the 5th at 17 3/4". 29" of mass and an estimated 17" first eye guard and the bull would've scored around 382 with a 36" spread. The shed weighs 13lbs. I think this is my 2nd best ever shed in 25 years of looking for the dumb things. I have 2 pics of the bull alive on some trail camera pics somewhere if I can find em…. Enjoy the pics I plotted out my hike on google earth and I hiked right at 6 miles and dropped 1000' and had to hike back out of that hooker to get back to the truck. My tail was seriously dragging when I got there and my knees still feel like they're about to explode. HA!! I should be slapped for doing that hike! It was awful… Enjoy the pics Josh PS: Yes I do know I'm missing a lens cover for my binos