Dave, We all know you have taken numerous whopper bucks through the years (and passed countless big deer along the way). Do you adjust your goal/standard based on the area you are hunting, weapon, time remaining? If so, what kind of deer are you looking for RIGHT NOW???
Regardless, I hope...
Matt,
Thanks for posting our adventure! I am a firm believer that everything in life happens for a reason and therefore, I believe our "chance" meeting on that 10,000 ft. peak 3 years ago was not really "chance" at all. We talked, dreamed and schemed for at least a year leading up to this...
Goal #1: Help my daughter shoot her first buck (which she wants to be bigger than the boys in class that told her "girls don't hunt")
Goal #2 : Anchor a mature Wyoming high country buck and help my partner pack out one of his own. Can't wait Matt!
Goal #3: Put an arrow in another desert buck in...
2 pre-scouted kills. 1 P&Y the other just shy. The P&Y buck was a 2 year adventure in which I had watched him 6 different times but never laid eyes on him during the '09 season. The following July I found him 20 yards from where I last saw him in '09. Killed him opening day of '10 500 yards...
A couple years ago I experimeted with 4 different vanes ranging from 4 inch "classic" to 3 inch very low profile, to the stiffer 2 inch high profiles. In an attempt to find a clear cut "top performer" I shot combinations of fixed blade broadheads including Muzzy 3 blade, Wac'em 3 and 4 blade...
One Shot,
Great buck buddy! Good luck with the bow this year. Something tells me, we will see another pic with you and that big grin next fall? Hope so!