I knew he didn't have great mass or width but was long and had character so i couldn't resist. After several days of looking at what i'd consider good bucks, he stood out a lot. I was able to put glass on him the morning of day 5 in the same canyon and knew he was a shooter. Day 4 we couldn't turn him up and considered him gone to find new does, but we hung around to see if new bucks would move in.

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