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5nRamirez

Kaibab engagement Buck

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It was short but sweet hunt. Scouted 4 days prior to opener and never saw anything over 150".

The burn area I had scouted became a circus opening morning with our #1 buck getting shot about 600yards away from us. That afternoon we got on a few smaller bucks but nothing worth shooting opening day.

 

 

Day two was basically a repeat of day one.Being persistent we hit a new ridge that afternoon and I began to pick apart the countryside. After seeing Turkey, a few bedded does and watching truck after truck driving up and down the nearest road. At about 1 PM we were about to change locations when I glassed up this buck bedded.

 

 

After about 5 minutes sizing him up I knew we couldnt pass up this opportunity.

We got the triclawps set up with her 25-06 at 320yds.Then two shots later she had her first ever mule deer.

After the shot she was full of emotions, mostly questioning me to make sure the buck was down.

 

 

It was Awesome to have our 8year old son be a part of the whole hunt from the prep to the kill.

To put the icing on the cake I ended up proposing to her right over the deer.

I have never experienced ground shrinkage after the shot but this buck only kept getting bigger and bigger the closer we got.At the time when we checked him in with G&F he was the second biggest checked in so far in the hunt with a 28" spread.Overall, we saw 20-30 bucks the entire hunt along with 6 being shooters.

This was Truely a Kaibab Trip my family will remember forever.

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Wow! Great buck! Good for you, beating all the guides and road hunters.

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Congrats on a great buck!

But did she say yes??

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