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11/20/21
6.5 CM.
301 yds.
143 eld-x Factory.

Saw him at 75 yds. Sat. morning.
We both rounded gentle corners on an old skid road.
I tried to slowly chamber, but he turned and trotted away.
I thought, that is the biggest Idaho Whitetail I have ever seen on the hoof & now he's gone...
but he wasn't sure what I was and was not spooked.
I actually had him in my scope but I wasn't going to sling chance lead through the trees as he departed.

Studied the far side on the canyon to see if he was going to come out of the creek bottom....no joy.
Walked up and down my side of the canyon hoping for a miracle sighting. No.
Decided to gain some elevation and sit in the area. Spotted 3 does bedded across the canyon.
Couple hours later, lo & behold a see him across working toward the general area the does were in.
He was just walking, nose to ground. I ranged him (even though I already knew the approx. yardage)
glanced at the dope chart and rested on a stump. I shot and he fell over.

Side story. I shot a nice 5 point a few years ago within 200 yds. of this buck. He hit the ground so fast
I thought my .270 was everything Jack always told me it was as a boy. Alot more to the story but I ended up finding that buck 5 days later.
At least I had horn, so it wasn't completely tag soup.

That was not going to happen with this buck.
His front legs started pawing...
I shot again. Actually thought I had missed, but I had near shot his left front leg off...was hanging by the skin.
He moved some more, whack. He quit moving.

Then I sat there for 15 or so.
Then I headed out back to camp for the cart.

Buck of a lifetime, for me.