The Utah Tracker: Scooore! (95")

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." ---Theodore Roosevelt 1910

Friday, February 28, 2014

Scooore! (95")

This diamond in the rough is my largest scoring shed antler to date. After hundreds of boot miles hunting the hills for the past 25 years, this giant antler was found only three minutes into our search for it less than 10 minutes from my house.

I knew this antler was still on the ground, as other locals looking for it were coming up short. I had a hunch they were looking on the wrong side of the interstate hwy. Sure enough, the boys and I went for a hike and I could not believe my eyes when I spotted the monster 7pt tines down with frost on it laying right out in the open under everyone's noses. What a Score!