I was getting ready to take my shot when my boyfriend says over the radio " where are you "? Well I probably don ' t have to tell you that all of those beautiful bucks ran off and I did all I could do not to cry . So I came off that mountain pretty ticked and told both of them the news . They said everything was ok and that we would make another trip up there but by this time I was almost ready to give up .
A couple days later after resting and cooling off I was ready for round two . We went back up and made the same scary ride up the mountain . We went up the same ridge and started to glass again . This time it only took about an hour , maybe two , and there was the biggest buck I had ever seen out in the wild . The boys said we better start walking because this is going to take a while to get over to him . About an hour later and lots of stopping and going , because of the Swirling wind pattern , we knew we were close . So we crept for what seemed like hours and there he was not more than 100 yards away . I propped myself up very quickly , took a deep breath and made my shot . He didn ' t even budge , he was down and I was the happiest person in the world .
He was a 6 X 7 buck with double eye guards on the right , he also had 2 pretty sweet kickers off his G3 on the left and scored about 163 inches with a 28 Vi inch outside spread . I was the happiest girl in the world that day and needless to say I am now getting a shoulder mount . What a great buck !!!
Congrats on a successful hunt Sarah !
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