My WY Muley

This is mountain country 8-9 thousand feet. I like this as well as the badlands except the elevation is a little hard on a MN guy. The hunt began on Oct 15 and I was on a 4 day hunt. Right away opening morning passed on a opportunity on a 24 inch 4 pt. I have this thing about filling the tag 1st day ](*,) Anyway by the time the 4th day arrived I was punishing myself, hadn't seen much for deer especially bucks. Thought tag soup for sure :-k
I was pretty much finished with the long hike and turned back toward the truck. One more canyon to get across and a pretty deep one. I was getting worn out. Couple shots down the canyon. Good place to sit back against a rock, take a breather, put on some nutrition. Maybe 15 minutes spotted this lone deer across the canyon up near the top. Binos, sure enough a buck, rack looked fairly high, couldn't tell the width. I thought if he stops I'll take a shot. He did and I missed. Got a better position with the pack on a good rock, he stopped again. This time a good hit. He made a crash against a large deadfall that echoed across the canyon. The deadfall as it turned out kept the buck from rolling to the bottom. [I was VERY lucky] 50 feet to the top and another all down hill pack. Brought out the rack and 20 pounds. Waited till morning to get the rest out. MAN! I was worn out, but totally happy with the adventures and views in the mountain country.

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