Now that's a freaking sweet buck! And awesome how you found him early and stayed the course and killed him in the same area come rifle season. Pumped for you! So awesome.
What a buck! Congrats! Good job getting in tight and hunting that buck....! How many times did you get stressed out when the wind would swirl over those 7 hours....that's a feat itself.
And good to see some Vandals on this site…5 yrs experience hunting whitetails on the timbered slopes of the Palouse (with a hangover) probably helped me on this hunt.