I was still covered with snow but I grabbed my pack. I threw my pack right before the boulder, took my hands, swung it over, cleared off a bunch of snow, and was able to actually rest, it's actually really comfortable rest spot because I was able to take both my

elbows push them down in the snow so my arms are all rested up and I was able to

take the rifle the rifle was half rested on the

snow that was above the rock,

aiming at like a big downhill angle where the buck was.

So I was really comfortable, I was able to like,

you know, I wasn't able to lay like as prone as I want and I was kind of like laying downhill. My feet were kind of uphill behind me. So it was like one of those like my backs all big and arched and I'm trying to look at the snow was there so I was able to like flop into it and kind of like, you know,

create a little bit kind of, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, and I think it made me a little more steady too, so they would like sink down in that snow and then not be able to move the rifle and the pack was all steady and yeah that's when I ranged again that's that last time it was 440 yards and you know just hit them perfectly and it's made it's just always surprises me

is shooting a rifle you know how long it takes to actually hear the hit and I

always saw the deer move before I heard the hit and then you know it runs like maybe 50, 60 yards, stops again, it's facing kind of uphill and I didn't adjust anything. It's kind of held a little higher and you know, because I have a stressful turret and I didn't want to mess with at that time and took another shot and hit him high in the spine.

So that's all I had to aim at and just fell over and it was a done deal.

And I was just like, I mean, I get pretty emotional. Like like I just when I shoot a deer it's like my time and it's like something I worked so hard for and I'll definitely admit I sat I sat mess with my fiance and my dad

and I started like breaking down in tears,

like I'm just like laying on my back,

like this is the coolest thing ever.

I just like accomplished this solo,

grind it out the day before, snowstorm,

question my sanity, like, all this stuff,

open up the next day, best scenery I've ever seen,

like, big giant deer just like worked out perfectly in a spot

that I like, you know, learned to, you know, found it,

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