I had one hell of a time dragging this buck up the ravine hill. There was at least 4 inches of fresh snow to make

The ground a little slippery. I filled out my tag first then I took my buck knife and opened him up. The piss bladder was full

So I lifted the bladder out of the deer,s body and held it from behind with one hand faceing the bladder away from the deer.

With my other hand I took my knife and poked a hole in the bladder. This nicely drained the bladder ok. Then I finished up gutting

This guy.I bagged the heart and liver and put these organs in my back pack



Now came the dragging fun part. Man this took a long time to get this buck up the ravine wall. When I got where the incline got real steep

I had to put one foot against any of the small tree,s , stand up all the way , take up the rope slack and then fall backwards while pulling with my

Body weight to move the deer up the hill. Over and over I did this. I,m 6 foot 2 inches tall and my body weight then was around 235 lbs..

If I had been a small frame person I do not think I could have made it out without help. Close to the top, I tagged the deer and tied the rope

To a tree . Then I waved a car down to ask for help.

The guy said ok, the only question he asked me was : Is the deer tagged. Yes sir, I replied so he helped me finish up and we got the buck on the edge of

The road. I shook his hand to thank him and he nodded no problem.

Now I had no camera on me but later at camp I did take some pic,s. We were staying at the Canesteo rod and Gun club.probably 11 guys all together.

We slept on our own cots that we brought with us from home.Plus any other usual hunting gear.I will work on posting some pic,s later to add to this hunting story.

Be patient till I post these pic,s and I hope you guys enjoyed this hunting adventure with me.I will never forget the buck fever I experienced even though I had

All ready taken many deer over the past years, but this was truly different. Man my heart was just pounding in my ears waiting for that buck to move his head

To be sure that this guy had horns.

Hummm...Looks like Stovey has competition.