The Big One That Did Not Get Away ...

[H20fwler]

Great story and pics! OUTSTANDING mass on that hawg...congrats!

 

[pnulty66]

Great story & awesome deer. Thanks for sharing!

 

[hesseu]

Awesome buck Spud! Congrats on that hoss!

For those of us interested...Mind a few questions? Really just looking for 1st hand / recent info on a trip like this.

1) Guide service used?
2) Difficulty of firearm transportation into Canada?
3) How do transport the cape back to taxidermist?

 

[Tree Spud]

It is pretty easy to take firearms into Canada as long as you follow the instructions on RCMP website below ...
Non-Rez Firearms into Canada

The outfitter prepped the cape & antlers for transport and then completed a US Wildlife Fish & Game form for me to present to customs agents when re-entering the U.S.

 

[Tree Spud]

Received some trail cam photos from the outfitter on the buck I shot. Looking at the time on the camera, this was 25 minutes before he stepped out of the deep cover and gave me a shot at him. In the stand I had heard some faint tree branch scraping.

 

[Mortenson]

Very nice. Too bad he didn't have a dark rack! Bet he wrecked a lot trees in his day. Can't wait for the taxidermy pics.

 

[jsasker007]

That's a real nice buck and to me the rack looks darker than any I see where I hunt. Most racks I see are almost white looking. Of course the racks I see are about as big as your hand too.

 

[roymunson]

ya, looks pretty dark to me too...

That's a hogmolly of a buck. A cold canada whitetail hunt would be a lot of fun

 

[Mortenson]

I needed to put a winky or something. Rack looks like a triple fudge swirl brownie.