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My first deer
#6115375
01/03/16 01:47 AM
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Joined: Mar 2012
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Buzzard Breath
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I didn't have the opportunity to hunt growing up. I fish a lot but have only recently started hunting. Here is my first buck; a 5 pointer I took on Dec. 31 in Jefferson County, MS. I scouted a 500 acre patch for 3 days before finding the pattern and this was the only buck I saw. I spotted him on three separate occasions and knew where he liked to spend his time in the later part of the day, I shot him right before sunset after setting up three hours earlier. It was a 95 yard shot with him facing me directly (I took it as I think he finally realized I was there, I was afraid if I waited for a side shot he would bolt). He dropped where he stood, didn't move an inch. When I dressed him I saw I split his heart right down the middle. As you can see from my face I'm not much of a heart breaker but I guess I was on this occasion! The icing on the cake was my 13 year old daughter was with me in our improvised blind; she saw the whole thing and loved it. Question: how old do you think this buck is? We didn't have a scale, how much do you think he weighs? I had to get help to load him on to a 4 wheeler...
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Re: My first deer
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#6115380
01/03/16 01:51 AM
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JH117
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I'm new to hunting myself so not to sure on age, but congrats on your first deer! My first buck was last year and it's definitely a memory I'll never forget.
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Re: My first deer
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#6115385
01/03/16 01:52 AM
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Sneaky
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No idea, but he's got a big body. Nice Midwestern buck. Well done.
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Re: My first deer
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#6115415
01/03/16 02:09 AM
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Regular Guy
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Nice shot, and that is a nice deer too. More impressive is that you were able to pick up a pattern and set up a blind, and settle in with your daughter for your first one. Congrats!
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Re: My first deer
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#6115442
01/03/16 02:25 AM
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Buzzard Breath
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Thanks. I was out there every morning at 5:30am for couple hours then every evening for a couple hours plus driving around at night with a flashlight out the window looking for deer activity. It finally clicked what they were doing and it paid off.
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Re: My first deer
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#6115446
01/03/16 02:27 AM
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Joined: Oct 2009
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BOONER
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Congrats on some good hunting!
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Re: My first deer
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#6115484
01/03/16 02:44 AM
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Davezerg
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Congratulations man!! Be proud of your harvest!!
Like a good friend used to say, hope is the last thing that dies!
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Re: My first deer
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#6115578
01/03/16 03:32 AM
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Joined: Aug 2009
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D-Day
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Nice first deer...congrats.
Weight is hard to know...~140 lbs on the hoof I'm guessing.
The dog is a gentleman, I want to go to his Heaven not man's.--Mark Twain
If dogs don't go to Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.--Will Rogers
The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.--Mark Twain
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Re: My first deer
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#6115680
01/03/16 04:30 AM
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Jkd106
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Congrats you will always remember the first, and probably every other one too.
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Re: My first deer
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#6115707
01/03/16 05:03 AM
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CenTex
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That's what it's all about. Congrats! Love the double throat patch.
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Re: My first deer
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01/03/16 05:12 AM
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GimmeABuck
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Congratulations!!! He's got a really beautiful double white patch on his throat.
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Re: My first deer
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#6115720
01/03/16 05:13 AM
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jmh004
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Don't worry about the age. Good job on getting your first deer. Looks like a heavy animal,
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Re: My first deer
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#6115742
01/03/16 05:31 AM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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No idea, but he's got a big body. Nice Midwestern buck. Well done. MS = Mississippi.
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Re: My first deer
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#6115805
01/03/16 09:41 AM
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Western
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Congrats, that's the way you do it Maybe you just found another thing to share in the future with your daughter as well
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: My first deer
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#6115828
01/03/16 11:40 AM
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Sneaky
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No idea, but he's got a big body. Nice Midwestern buck. Well done. MS = Mississippi. Close enough.
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Re: My first deer
[Re: Sneaky]
#6115863
01/03/16 12:54 PM
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TFF Caribou
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No idea, but he's got a big body. Nice Midwestern buck. Well done. MS = Mississippi. Close enough. Midwest, south east, who is counting.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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