Steep Ravine Thanksgiving buck (part 2)

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Steep Ravine Thanksgiving buck (part 2)

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A few years ago I posted my best buck taken to date and noted the great effort required to extract a deer after dropping dead at the bottom of a steep ravine.

Fast forward, below is my 5th challenging recovery when hunting this honey hole. It is expected they will turn downhill when hit.

Patti and I worked like a mule team 6 inches at a time to get him up the 45y steep incline then onto the cart and with 90 yards of deadfalls to contend with next.
The last 1 km cart walk was easy. A full moon certainly helped.

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Awesome Norm great job both of you!

Can you make the pic bigger?
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Got a better resize now, just have to figure out the rotate part, headscratch :think:
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Congrats Norm. Great job :thumbup:
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Way to go Sir . :D
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Awesome, Norm. That's a beast!
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Congrats on a Dandy Buck! Great job to both of you getting him out of thick. :thumbup:
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Congrats ! Very nice deer. You and yours worked for that one!
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Wow! That’s a great buck Norm,Congrats
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Beautiful animal! Congratulations!
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That's a beauty of a buck! Congrats! In the mountains I've noticed they have a tendency to turn downhill when hit hard. I swear they pick up speed heading downhill until they crash. :lol:
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Awesome buck congrats!!!
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Awesome stuff Norm! :thumbup:

Hell of a fine buck alright! Congrats!!

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Awesome buck!
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