When I made a significant lifestyle change,giving upall football coaching in the summers and fall, then spring/summeractivitiessports like fishing,softball and water skiing..etc..and insteaddedicated my summers, fall, winter and spring to scouting and learning everything I could aboutthe old bucks that find solace in thebig woods/forestshere inNorthern Idaho.

Thats when the big boys started dieing on a consistent basis.