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    2024 - Season of Good Fortune and Financial Ruin

    Here are a few more photos from the trip. Bison on the range: Sizing them up: A cool photo on the wall of the Mt. Rushmore visitor's center: Saturday was a long day. I picked my meat up from the butcher and then drove home, taking a detour in Wyoming to check out a unit I've been...
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    Hunt Talk Auction! **$4,705** Raised By Hunt Talk Members For "Wildlife Deserve Better!"

    Sent you a PM. Everything was in on time, not sure what's going on. Reach out with questions.
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    2024 - Season of Good Fortune and Financial Ruin

    Dad and I made it out for one more quick antelope trip. Same story - a few decent bucks, one blown stalk, and another return home empty-handed. Lots of fun. By the end of that trip, I had probably set my personal record for miles traveled while hunting in one season, and it wasn't over yet! Not...
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    2024 - Season of Good Fortune and Financial Ruin

    We discussed our philosophy for the hunt that night. Our financial resources and available time were wearing thin, and it appeared likely that this would be our final trip. Do we harvest an average buck so we can fill a tag? Or do we hold out for a trophy until the bitter end, even if it means...
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    2024 - Season of Good Fortune and Financial Ruin

    Following trip #1, Dad and I both checked the zero on our guns. Both were on. There was nothing to blame last week's miss on except for us. Trip #2 began first thing in the morning after some evening travel and an attempt at a good night's sleep. The goal was to turn up the big buck from last...
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    2024 - Season of Good Fortune and Financial Ruin

    Trip #2 has come and gone. I don't have time to post a full recap now, but will try to do so in the next few days. In the meantime, I'll pose a question to you that I had to ask myself a few days ago: would you put a tag on this buck? Not very big, but super unique...
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    2024 - Season of Good Fortune and Financial Ruin

    We headed back to the truck. I checked our track and found that we had put more than 4 miles on our boots between all the cat and mouse we were playing with the herd, and the searching for blood following the shot. Dad told me it was my turn next. I decided I wanted a second look at the #2...
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    2024 - Season of Good Fortune and Financial Ruin

    With spotting scope in hand, we could tell pretty quickly that he was the same buck from yesterday. We put the scope away and commenced stalk #3 on this herd. We ended up about 250 yards away, but there was a problem. The herd was now right on top of a gentle, sloping hill, and they were...
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