Ditch the heavy gun--go light. Sub 250 yd shot should be easy to come across.
I did the gutless method of field dressing on mine. Nice and quick and helped cool the meat down pronto. They are so small that even leaving the bones in you won't have much to pack out and get in a cooler when the time comes.
As others said, judging can be hard and with the long wait to get a tag one can get too 'trophy focused', imo. If you can find a big guy, good but don't let that be the defining criteria. Focus on a trophy hunt more than a trophy animal...
Good luck.
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