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    HIGHS AND LOWS

    Oct 12, 2021 5 minutes
    By Scott Haugen

    My buddy whispered to me as he studied the 6x6 high in the Rocky Mountains.

    “I hate to say it, but I think you should take this bull,” he said. “It’s up to you, but given this is the only one we’ve seen all week, and with no storms coming, this might be all you get. Unless you want to come back in a couple weeks.”

    I thought hard about doing the latter but opted for the former. We commenced a stalk, I connected on the shot and soon we were filling saddle bags and heading off the dry mountain. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t ultimately regret my decision. A week later my friend sent a photo of an incredible 392-inch bull his daughter shot in the same spot in nearly 3 feet of snow. I was

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