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Still looking for that shooter buck.... I went up late this morning in the rain... had to prove to everyone how tough this old man really is... but anyway started up the hill - spotted a little doekinda turning circles in this one spot - could not have been more than 10 yards from me - anyway she turned a couple of time - I froze did not want to get busted - she finally turned and layed down - right out in the open in a driving rain storm. I thought a 'shoot' they are starting to lay downI was hoping they would be moving... Any way when she went down I slipped behind some brush so she could not see me and tried to work away from her without startling her - when I cleared the brush there was another one staring right at me... I could have reached out and touched her... Well there was no hiding from this one - she jumped 180 in the air flipped the tail and ran up through the brush - well that caused 3 more to jump and run... one good shot gun with a open choke I could have got a bee-bee in all of them... NO BUCKS...

Continued to work up the hill over the rockpit by Laird Parkgot on top just started to park on a sheltered stump when a buck jumped up and ran back towards the campground... Really weird rack - it looked like it had 3/4 points on each side but the whole thing just barely cleared the ears...

Walked across the saddle and up into the Potlatch clearcut... and low and behold down on the muddy road - a really nice buck walking along the road headed towards Flynn Butte... If I had the 270 he would have been laying in the mud.

So with all of that I should be back in the same area in the morning and from they are saying in the rain again...