 | the river bottom buck, who succumbed to my calling talents--HA!
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He was gorgeous, big, thick and dark, with a wonderful heavy, chocolaty rack with an extra kicker. These bucks were butter-fat, having feasted on Kodiak`s bountiful summer vegetation, and it was obvious they`d need it, traversing all these mountains looking for the girls. It had been a long shot for me, and I was quite chirpy and cheerful on the walk home. Jake laid the cape out to cool in the snow, and a nice cross fox made an appearance looking for scraps, unfortunate for him, as I gladly added him to my collection. There are quite a few foxes on the island, in many shades of red, black and a smoky cross color, and they are noticeably larger than their mainland cousins, due no doubt to a good diet of salmon during the summer months.
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