Andy was among a great group of guys that found themselves in the ranch house admiring and commenting upon the present years shed horn collection. The most admired was a huge Non-Typical. Of course everybody wanted to know where it came from. I told them I found it on the same ranch they will be hunting on in the morning.

The conversation went on as we talked about the opportunity of seeing game in larger numbers. It's important to be selective and not shoot the first buck you see. Wait for a big buck. It is not uncommon to see up to 26” bucks daily, but on the first day don’t shoot anything under 30” or close to it. The group went to bed, and I’m sure the 4:30 wake up call came early.

Andy selected to stand hunt over a food plot. This is difficult because a hunter may see up to 100 head of deer in a typical day. The morning went on and 2 bucks showed (Andy’s thinking back, don’t shoot the first buck you see). Well one of these bucks was nice and wide, but Andy couldn’t keep his eyes off the other one, which was clearly under 30”. He watched these bucks for about 45 minutes and then decided to take the under 30” buck on the first day. He called me on the radio saying he had one down. I was curious to see and hear about it. I asked Andy, “how wide is he?”. Andy replied, “not very wide, about 26 inches”. “No way!” I said “

How many points?” Being that Andy was from Louisiana, he asked " you guys don’t count the eye guards in Colorado, right?" “That’s right”, I said. Andy replied, “then he’s got 21 points, and looks just like our shed horn at the ranch”. Andy's buck was obviously from the same genetic line.