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In the Fall of 2005
I hunted with Alpine Outfitters and Wild Kakwa Outfitters
for trophy whitetail deer.
The first day of my hunt I saw several different bucks.
I saw one beautiful 8 point buck the first day I could
have shot that was probably around 140. The next day
the hunting was slow and I only saw does.
The third day of the hunt I spotted a nice buck probably
around 170 but it was too far away and I wasn't able
to get a shot. That evening I went to camp with my guide
Rick and the other guys. Earlier, Lowell had been scouting
the area and spotted a beautiful buck he thought was
at least a 170 class buck. The next morning Rick and
I went into the bush and set up a climbing stand on
a cut line just behind the clear cut the deer had been
spotted. I sat until 9:30 and never saw a deer but I
continued to grunt and bleat for the buck. I had just
finished grunting when I looked down the cut line and
the big buck was looking right at me at about 150 yards.
He watched me for at least 5 minutes and I didn't move.
I still hadn't scoped the deer because my gun was down
when he saw me. After about 5 minutes the deer must
have figured nothing was wrong and he put his head down
and looked away from me for a second. I put the scope
on him and all I could see was lots of points. I knew
then this was the buck I had been waiting for. When
I shot, the buck went right down. I couldn't wait to
go see what I had killed. When I got down from the tree,
I ran up to the buck and he was massive with 17 points
that would later score 173. This was the buck I had
always dreamed of shooting and thanks to Rick and Lowell
my dream buck was here!
Tim Peterson, Pennsylvania - 814-837-8369
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