That may be true, but nobody talks about the flipside that you may also run out of time and wish you had taken one of the "good" bucks you passed.
I hunted beautiful country.
Saw tons of elk and heard so many bugles the first couple days I couldn't belive it. Too bad I didn't have an elk tag!
I passed some pretty cool looking bucks, several of which I had within easy muzzleloader range.
I hit it hard for 8 days and never did turn up my monster. I saw 15-25 bucks each morning with many being big mature deer. With my time running out I took a character buck to end the hunt.
I didn't want to take a 23-25" 160 class 4 point. I passed that exact type of buck at less than 70 yards before walking over the hill and taking a heavy old 3x4 with a little cheater on the 3 point side.
The view from where I took the shot at 143 yards
Looking back to my shooting perch from where the buck was standing
Looks like a hit!
Glad he hung up in the brush and stopped rolling, that is a deep canyon!
As he lie
From the front
From the back (notice the little cheater)
I can't wait to do it again, hopefully I beat the odds and draw sooner next time.
