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<blockquote data-quote="FireFlyFishing" data-source="post: 3034846" data-attributes="member: 127412"><p>Circa 2011.</p><p></p><p>I've lived all over the western US with my job and at the time I lived in Reno, NV. I drew a mule deer buck tag in the Ruby mountains and was pumped as drawing anything in NV is difficult. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately, my supervisor at the time supported me filling a tag and I was able to start planning. I looked over lots of maps (this was still the age prior to e-scouting), packed my gear and headed towards Elko. </p><p></p><p>I found a nice spot to set up camp and had fair weather. I arrived to my camp spot a day early to do some scouting and validate my maps. I decided I would hike straight up the mountain behind camp and head to a basin on the other side of the mountain.</p><p></p><p>So, on opening morning I did just that. When I got eyes on the basin, I realized I was in some big country and would have to do some serious hiking. I started my march down into the basin. After about a 1000 vert feet, I came across a buck! Yay! The wind must have been going uphill at the time, because he definitely heard me coming, but couldn't smell me. I didn't realize this at the time as I was still pretty green. I lucked out.</p><p></p><p>He was getting nervous and took a couple steps, stopped, and presented broadside. That was all I needed to get a bead on him and put one through the boiler maker from an off-hand position. He was ~120 yards down the hill. Bang flop! I was shooting a 160 grn Nosler Partition out of a 7 Mag. I let out quite the hoot!!!</p><p></p><p>Time to gut him. As I recall, I went with a traditional gut method that didn't yield any major difficulty. Because this was my first true pack out, I had NO IDEA what I was doing. I ended up sawing the animal in half and packing him out in stages in two pieces. Fortunately, I was in really good shape then so my lack of experience was doable.</p><p></p><p>It took me the entire day to get him back to camp. I was extremely tired as I had to sling him over my shoulders as I didn't have some fancy Mystery Ranch pack like I do now. No trekking poles, just young guy strength and determination.</p><p></p><p>I got him settled into some coolers and proceeded to crush some Whiskey!!!</p><p></p><p>The next day, I milked a hangover. The following day, I packed up camp and made the drive back to Reno and got him to a butcher…which turned out great!</p><p></p><p>I killed many deer in years prior to this. But…this was my first big game animal on public ground, by myself. What an immense sense of accomplishment!!!</p><p></p><p>While this wasn't as gritty as other stories here, it meant a lot to me!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FireFlyFishing, post: 3034846, member: 127412"] Circa 2011. I've lived all over the western US with my job and at the time I lived in Reno, NV. I drew a mule deer buck tag in the Ruby mountains and was pumped as drawing anything in NV is difficult. Fortunately, my supervisor at the time supported me filling a tag and I was able to start planning. I looked over lots of maps (this was still the age prior to e-scouting), packed my gear and headed towards Elko. I found a nice spot to set up camp and had fair weather. I arrived to my camp spot a day early to do some scouting and validate my maps. I decided I would hike straight up the mountain behind camp and head to a basin on the other side of the mountain. So, on opening morning I did just that. When I got eyes on the basin, I realized I was in some big country and would have to do some serious hiking. I started my march down into the basin. After about a 1000 vert feet, I came across a buck! Yay! The wind must have been going uphill at the time, because he definitely heard me coming, but couldn’t smell me. I didn't realize this at the time as I was still pretty green. I lucked out. He was getting nervous and took a couple steps, stopped, and presented broadside. That was all I needed to get a bead on him and put one through the boiler maker from an off-hand position. He was ~120 yards down the hill. Bang flop! I was shooting a 160 grn Nosler Partition out of a 7 Mag. I let out quite the hoot!!! Time to gut him. As I recall, I went with a traditional gut method that didn't yield any major difficulty. Because this was my first true pack out, I had NO IDEA what I was doing. I ended up sawing the animal in half and packing him out in stages in two pieces. Fortunately, I was in really good shape then so my lack of experience was doable. It took me the entire day to get him back to camp. I was extremely tired as I had to sling him over my shoulders as I didn't have some fancy Mystery Ranch pack like I do now. No trekking poles, just young guy strength and determination. I got him settled into some coolers and proceeded to crush some Whiskey!!! The next day, I milked a hangover. The following day, I packed up camp and made the drive back to Reno and got him to a butcher…which turned out great! I killed many deer in years prior to this. But…this was my first big game animal on public ground, by myself. What an immense sense of accomplishment!!! While this wasn't as gritty as other stories here, it meant a lot to me! [/QUOTE]
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