My 20 year old son had the archery tag this year and my 18 year old son had the early rifle last year. Both had great hunts. We hunted hard and put our work in before the hunt started and knew what to expect. We also chose locations as far from the roads as possible.
Last year, 2023, we killed a mature bull, 6 point, it just didnt have the score everyone seems to buy into these days. it was a memory of a lifetime for me and my son. Most would say it was a bust because the score wasn't above 320 but I have a very different opinion.
This year, 2024, my son killed a very symmetrical 6x7 with his bow and it was #4 on the list. He killed on Aug 30th and he had 15 cows and was bugling really well. For the score junkies, I'm not telling you the score on this bull because to me its irrelevant. Its a bigger bull than most forum discussions say are on the wasatch unit and there were 3 bigger than this bull in our preparations.
The Wasatch to me is a special place and one that holds great bulls and some great memories. I would take the wasatch tag anytime I could get one in my possession. We are not superb hunters but what we do that separates us from others is our willingness to go farther and work harder, generally speaking.
2024 bull
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Here are the pics of these bulls from last year and this year.
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