Idaho deer hunt

My cousin ben and I went up to southern idaho just outside of malad for the deer hunt. I flew to salt lake on monday and since it was going to be cold up on the mountain we decided to stay the night in salt lake at his place and get up early for the drive. we got up at 3:30 am drove alittle over two hours to our spot and there was about 10 inches of snow on the ground when we arrived so we were happy we stayed in salt lake and not in a tent haha. we hiked in about 4 miles saw about 25 doe no bucks, had lunch and headed 4 miles back to the pickup. we then set up camp and headed of again. we again saw about 12 doe, although right before dark we saw two bucks. one little two point and another 2 or 3 point that was alittle bigger. i was trying to decide wether to shoot or not and both ben and i were freezing and shaking so bad i didnt think i would be able to hit it plus it was alittle small to shoot on opening day so i passed and we headed back to camp. weds morning we headed back up to the spot we saw the two bucks and ben spotted a buck over 1000 yards away. we werent sure how big he was being so far away so we decided to sneak on him. 30 minutes later we got to were it was at and at this point i was going to shoot regardless after we hiked so far haha. we saw nothing and kept walking when all the sudden we jumped some deer 4 doe and two bucks. i quickly pulled my rifle up to shooting position saw that the front buck was bigger so as they ran down the hill just before moving behind some trees i put the cross hairs right on him and shot. I thought i saw him drop but wasnt sure with the trees in the way so ben walked off to the side to watch the smaller buck run off just in case the other was not hit. I hiked down to the trees about 100 yds away and sure enough there he was laying up against a tree. WHAT A SHOT!! Ben cut all the meat off of him and the horns and then we hiked out alittle slower with all the weight in our packs haha. Big ben was quite the guide. thanks cuz we did it again. here are a few pics of my deer.








if you look at the ledges way up on the mountain, that is where we were at when ben spotted the buck. old eagle eye haha