American Leathers gloves are great for extended shooting with heavy bows.  It I'm going to shot a couple hundred arrows the glove comes out!

Details? OK.

Drew a very hard to get tag for an area I was already somewhat familiar with, so so far so good.

Weather was miserable — 85-90 degrees every day and, of course, no shade for 50 miles.

I hunted 11 days without seeing a sheep. At noon on the last day, I had given up and was going to drive home, when I spotted this ram following a ewe about 200 yds away. I was already on a ridge above them and downwind, so the hard part was done by sheer dumb luck. I spent an hour closing the gap. He was paying no attention, concentrating on the ewe. I shot him at 25 yds. He went less than 30 yards. That's when it turned ugly, getting him dressed skinned and quartered, then packed out in the heat. However, I got all the meat out in time; it's good.

I had to take the head to game & fish to be "sealed". The guy who did it happened to be the head NM biologist for sheep, and also the head coach for the New Mexico Archery in the Schools competitive team, so he was actually more excited than I was.

Awesome, great deer Mike, congrats!

Enjoy your retirement. I will miss your posts and clear instructions. Best of wishes.

Enjoy your retirement.  You have paid your dues.

Good job Mike! That is a good neighborhood. Glad you connected and Merry Christmas!

Aaron

I've been using a 64" , 60# Wessel Archery recurve this year. Took the buck at 12 yards and the doe at 3 yards. Mike

I drew an Iowa tag this year and got a chance to hunt a few weeks. I took a 9 pointer in early November and went back to fill my doe tag and film rutting bucks. I'm back to hunting Illinois but the pressured bucks seem to be moving after dark. Lots of time left and hope to run paths with a special buck. Mike

Well done! It's not easy what we do. Very nice buck. Mike