I watched as my little brother pulled a sweet belly crawl sneak on the buck the last weekend of ND's season. Ended his season with one shot from his 308 @ 150 yards....

Here he is with a mysteriously faded drop tine.........

My wife Judy was again my good luck charm as she accompanied me to Montana on the last day of the season. I shot this 5 x 5 buck 10 minutes before sundown. I blew a stalk on a much better buck earlier...

Here is pic with the happy hunters! Great job John! and congrats on a great ND Bull Moose! ( For all you photo police the bull was tagged shortly after photos)...

I took this deer on the last Saturday of the season. It was 8 degrees when I shot him and winds were 15-20 mph. This was the 17th or 18th buck I had seen so the numbers were there, just not alot...

Was finally able to close the deal on this guy, "Kicker Nuts"!!  He is 10 x 14 ....... And yes he is a good old North Dakota mulie........

Mandan resident, Kevin Lech, was a bit surprised to find this velvet mule deer during the November deer gun season. Kevin made a 200+ yard shot to down his trophy....

Chris Cordis of Minnesota took this 140"+ buck in his home state of Minnesota....

Montana hunter Todd Burch of Miles City took this dandy bighorn ram in September....

What a year. After 43 days of hunting one buck I finally was able to close the deal. Thinking back over the year I recall all the close calls. The 3 times I had him under 100 yards in full velvet...