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Post by bowhunter1661 on Nov 22, 2014 10:18:56 GMT -5
Big buck down in illinois. I guided a friend from Arizona on his first whitetail. He put a perfect shoulder shot on him and dropped him in his tracks! The rem PAC out a smack down on him.  |
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Post by rambler on Nov 22, 2014 10:22:51 GMT -5
Very nice!!! Any details on bullet and powder/s??
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Post by bowhunter1661 on Nov 22, 2014 10:26:34 GMT -5
70 gr IMR 4198, 275 smooth formed MH. Shot was 100 yds in a bean field. He fell in a big ole pile of horns and deer! Passed this deer with my bow to save for one of the guys I was to be guiding.
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Post by bowhunter1661 on Nov 22, 2014 10:27:20 GMT -5
Scored 155 3/8" gross
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 11:13:41 GMT -5
That looks like websters definition of symmetry!! Congrats to both of you!
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Post by deadeer on Nov 22, 2014 11:29:07 GMT -5
What a stud, CONGRATS!
Jay
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Post by lwh723 on Nov 22, 2014 11:35:44 GMT -5
Nice buck! Congrats to your buddy.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 11:49:08 GMT -5
Great buck and story!
Thanks for sharing!
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Post by bowhunter1661 on Nov 22, 2014 12:02:11 GMT -5
Great buck and story! Thanks for sharing! the story will come later! It is actually a great one! |
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Post by stanb8 on Nov 22, 2014 12:38:44 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing, congrats.
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Post by Dave W on Nov 22, 2014 13:43:31 GMT -5
Great looking buck, congrats to the hunter.
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Post by 1coyotemaster on Nov 22, 2014 15:44:18 GMT -5
Nice buck--what county?
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Post by jims on Nov 22, 2014 16:30:05 GMT -5
Nice buck.
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Post by vpimine on Nov 22, 2014 21:07:30 GMT -5
Nice buck.....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 21:12:20 GMT -5
Very nice buck!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 22:08:10 GMT -5
yes, very good deer, Im jealous but congrats anyhow!
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Post by doggzoe on Nov 22, 2014 22:12:52 GMT -5
Very nice deer. Congrats.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 22:34:32 GMT -5
Awesome. Congrats
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Post by bowhunter1661 on Nov 23, 2014 0:43:31 GMT -5
So here is the story for every one. Lee flew in Thursday to hunt this weekend during our first firearm season. The buck we were after was this one in particular. On Friday I sat with him on both the morning and evening hunt. We shared a single man ladder stand both times. He, a larger man sat on the seat. I sat on about 3" of steel platform. We saw plenty of does but no shooters. Friday evening while we were waking out of the field I switched my keys from my zippered pocket to my jacket pocket. When I did this they fell out of my jacket pocket in the bean field! I walked all the way back to the stand looking for the keys. Couldn't find them! I was sick!! And figured trampling all over that field ruined our chances. Our neighbor was kind enough to drive us back to our camper that night where lee had his rental car. The next morning we were planning on hunting a tower blind on our north field. When we went to climb in lee could not lift his leg into the blind due to the small ladder and subsequently pulled a muscle in his leg trying to do so. We hobbled over to a ground blind I had set up on our south field. Me thinking the morning was shot, I was messing around on my phone when we got there. That's when 20 minutes later Lee handed me his 15x56 Swarovskis so I can see how well they work in low light. As soon as I looked in the field I saw two deer feeding!! I told lee, "damnit man these things work pretty good, there are two deer in the field over there". I watched them for a while when he finally picked up his head. It was him, the one. The buck everyone around there had been hunting all year. I told lee, "we have 10 minutes until legal shooting time". When the clock turned legal I put his primer in the gun, he locked on right behind the shoulder and the rest is history. He made a perfect shot. Dropped him in his tracks! After we tagged him we went on the hunt for my keys! Found them 20 yds from the edge of our bean field. Without me loosing my keys. And without lee screwing up his leg. We probably would have never killed that deer. If we had been able to get in the blind we would have never had a shot at this buck. I suppose the moral of the story is never give up. No matter what obstacles may be in your way.
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Post by bowhunter1661 on Nov 23, 2014 0:53:24 GMT -5
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Post by bowhunter1661 on Nov 23, 2014 15:53:57 GMT -5
Lee and I with his buck.  |
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Post by zakjak221 on Nov 23, 2014 19:05:42 GMT -5
Very Nice Buck & Story...Congrats!
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Post by hawghunter on Nov 23, 2014 21:42:30 GMT -5
Fine buck for Lee and thanks for sharing your story.
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Post by airborneike on Nov 23, 2014 23:50:50 GMT -5
Great story and beautiful deer.
Crazy how circumstances work....sometimes it is best to just "go with the flow"
Thanks for sharing
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Post by bowhunter1661 on Nov 24, 2014 20:15:34 GMT -5
Thank you everyone. It is a memory I will always have. I love our illinois whitetail
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Post by kralik4jr on Nov 24, 2014 22:29:06 GMT -5
Awesome buck and great story!!! Way to go!!!
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Post by Mid_Tn_Plowboy on Dec 1, 2014 1:34:09 GMT -5
Awesome hunt  |
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Post by mrbuck on Dec 1, 2014 8:09:34 GMT -5
Super nice deer ! Nice to see an older hunter score on a nice one ,,, you young guys seem to be taking all the big ones these days .
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Post by bowhunter1661 on Dec 2, 2014 8:51:56 GMT -5
I actually passed on this deer in October. Hardest thing I have ever had to do. Had him at 10 yards with my pin behind the shoulder. I manage the property for a friend and in turn get To hunt for free. Not a bad deal but I am under orders to let the big boys walk for the guys that pay.
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Post by smokepoler on Dec 5, 2014 9:05:30 GMT -5
Yep, He was a "shooter". Thanks for the pics & story. Good to see the old guys get a good score once in a while.  |
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