I was full of emotion when I arrived to the buck. I didn't even touch him for several minutes. Robert was beside himself and says " you gotta touch that buck man cause I want to touch it after wards".
I got a good laugh out of Roberts comment and bent down to take it all in.
Wayne....you are absolutely right. Skyler saved the experience for us all. Take lots of pictures guys. When you think you have enough, take twice as many more.
After pictures and lots of talking we drug the deer to a near by grass road and Robert meet us there with the truck.
All along Skyler had been texting his dad. Telling him, it "didnt look good"
When we arrived in camp. lots, if not most of the gang were hanging around outside of the main cook house. As we pulled into the driveway.. i could see their faces as they were gaining focus on the back of the truck and the deer. It was like all of a sudden, they saw it at once and a loud cheer went out.
Its all kinda blurry after we arrived. Lots of hand shakes and hugs. Posing for pictures and back slapping.
On a side note: If you are interested in numbers...the staff of the ranch measured him and they say he was 135 1/2 inches.
This is one of my favorite pictures of the night.
It was new years eve. That was one heck of a way to end a year. I stayed up much of the night, talking and reliving the experience. Also spent a lot of time with Larry that night. Heck, for the first time in months I even had a beer to celebrate the occasion.
Topic: Solana Ranch -What a ride into the New Year (Read 60424 times)
