BAR .270 ...updated 1/20

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Just got back from Eglin Air Force Base...the bucks are starting to move....we have a december lull,and I really wasn't expecting much this "early" hunt because of it....anyway , at the check station the lady showed me some pictures of the bucks that have been killed
since Christmas and from then on I've been pumped up.....for the last three days I have seen at least 3 does and the most 10 at each
tree I climb with 0 Bucks not horns...UGGHHH.....I went back to the ten doe group but setup further along the ridge from where they were coming out.....
4:00 I see a deer coming in...I get glass on him and see main beams..I put glass down pick up BAR .270 130gn ?? 130yds spine shot a little back but DRT and thank the LORD for it....I'd rather be lucky than good anyday.....He just came from a closed area and 150 yds he'd be illegal to retrieve without MP escort...This is Federal and they ain't playing.......Well he ended up being a 2 1/2
yr old 8pt and is perfecty symetrical......Pictures tomorrow in the daylight......Good night
Greenhorn

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last night at the check station

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[huntmeister]

Congrats!!

[DBinNY]

Nice, Looks pretty balmy down there. If you got him up here you could just throw him in a snow bank and cut him up whenever you felt like it.

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That morn. it was 29 and 42 degrees that afternoon. Now its 65 and warming......go figure.

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I'm on a roll..............jan.19,2013 six point,125lbs

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[DBinNY]

Nice, you guys have a long season down there.

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The rut is just starting in NW Fl........its challenging to not get burned out before the bucks start cruising.....There was at least a 130" 5yr old,180lb weighed in the other day....And there are some on the reservation that would make him small.....I'm going to hold out for a
BIG one now......
Greenhorn