rtraverdavis
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That is a seriously beautiful bull. Congratulations!
Utah LE Early Rifle Bull Hunt
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Tuesday morning I packed up my tent and sleeping bag. (I had put most of my camp in the truck Monday night). I met Wayne at his shop and loaded my Igloo 165 full with solidly frozen cut and wrapped packages. Even my bulls cape was a solid frozen block in a banana box. Wayne told me his cooler could freeze two tons of meat in 12 hours. That was well beyond the ability of previous operations I'd dealt with. By 9:30 I was loaded and on the road.
I got a lot of heads turned and thumbs up from folks as I passed through small towns. Fuel stops had plenty of positive comments. By 5 pm the sun was shining in my eyes and I headed towards a friend's ranch along the Carson river in Western Nevada. for an early night's rest in the bunkhouse. Just as I began drifting off to sleep the other residents of the building decided to have play time....
I did get to sleep shortly after dark, but rain on the roof woke me at 2:00 am. By 2:30 I was on the road driving through thunderstorms over the Sierras, through Tahoe, and down into the Sacramento Valley. I pulled in the driveway at home at 7:00 am and delivered my daughter to her high school with the antlers sitting high and drawing a crowd of curious teenagers.
It was 9:00 pm before I was done putting away meat in the freezer, delivering the cape to the taxidermist and drying out my tent and gear. All in all a good "Six Days on the Road"
I got a lot of heads turned and thumbs up from folks as I passed through small towns. Fuel stops had plenty of positive comments. By 5 pm the sun was shining in my eyes and I headed towards a friend's ranch along the Carson river in Western Nevada. for an early night's rest in the bunkhouse. Just as I began drifting off to sleep the other residents of the building decided to have play time....I did get to sleep shortly after dark, but rain on the roof woke me at 2:00 am. By 2:30 I was on the road driving through thunderstorms over the Sierras, through Tahoe, and down into the Sacramento Valley. I pulled in the driveway at home at 7:00 am and delivered my daughter to her high school with the antlers sitting high and drawing a crowd of curious teenagers.
It was 9:00 pm before I was done putting away meat in the freezer, delivering the cape to the taxidermist and drying out my tent and gear. All in all a good "Six Days on the Road"
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huntandfly
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Awesome bull with an awesome story, congratulations!
Sask hunter
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Congrats!!
bonedogg
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great bull and story, thanks for sharing !
Elkhunter24
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Great bull and awesome story!!
MTLabrador
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What an awesome bull. Congratulations.
appaloosa
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Great bull!
Caseknife
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Very pretty bull, love the dark antlers.
CPAjeff
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Congrats!!
kiwi hunter
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Choysa, very enjoyable
TNHUNTER
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Nice bull and great story
Hem
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Like the dark horns.
Congrats on a successful hunt.
Thanks for sharing.
Congrats on a successful hunt.
Thanks for sharing.
Hunting Wife
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Very nice. Love those dark antlered bulls. Congrats!
ashersdad
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Outstanding bull and fabulous adventure!
MarvB
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Excellent bull and great recap, also sounds like you’ve made a good friend along the way. Win-win
prhunter
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Congrats on your bull. TFS
npaden
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Congratulations on a beautiful bull.
