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this was a couple years Ago but by far one of the best trips up to camp. i didnt shoot this buck but my dad did on the last day. the story w/ the first pic is....thanksgiving day, always a good day for us for some reason, anyways it was pooring cats and dogs, i already had my deer but was helpin my father get a good buck so he wouldnt have to dig out his smokepole. he sat up in a saddle on the top of johnson mt where usually after tracking a buck up there for a few hours they always seemed to cross that saddle when they were trying to shake ya. at daylight i found a good buck track in the loggin road w/ a big doe. tracking in the rain is almost as good as 8" of fresh snow so i had high hopes that i could put a buck up over the mt eventually. hours passed and i jumped them a couple times bnut before they headed for the gut the buck branched off and left the doe. she went up through at about 100mph when i jumnped her the last time. i hollard "watchem" and heard him fire.......i didnt kjnow at this point that the buck gave me the slip anyways he missed her, she was probably 150 160lbs he guessed and thanksgiving day he was gonna take her. he let one rip on her neck but no connection. walkin back to the truck i thought that was a cool pic all depress and soak-n-wet. the botom pic was 2 days later, (the last day) the rain turned to snow and made for good tracking. if any of you have tracked up in the north you know what double teaming is, for those that dont know its when two guys track the same deer. the guy in the front (which would be me on this day) does the tracking and the guy in the back is the shooter. you can go much faster this way and see more. basically the guy in the back doesnt need to fallow the tracks and take his eyes off the woods ahead and to the side. its works incredible well after you get the hang of it. we found this bucks track about 8 am pretty close to camp, ide say 15 miles away maybe crossing a cutting. i mean he was really fresh, still snow in the road from his hooves! we got ready and took off we jumped him out once and i saw him go but dad didnt have a shot. when i see him i knew he was 210 215lbs which was def a shooter in my book. @ around 1030 we jumped him once more and he made about 2 bounds and i hit my knees threw my fingers in my ears and dad let two rip. he caught him in the last rib and in the neck beloow the ear w/ a 180gr round nose 30-06. wethe drag was pretty short compared to normal, about 3/4 mile cuz the buck was headed back to cross another rd we knew about. he ended up being a 12 pt w/ double brows and weighing 232. the ol man also won the deer pool at camop which was $100.00 and the deer pool at the tagging station that was $300.00 and he got some tall ass trophy too. which was cool. anyways thats about it but it makes for a good memory