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Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 03:01 PM
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Capt.JVH
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My wife and I recently celebrated our 10 year anniversary. She has shown some interest in shooting an axis at the ranch I manage in Mason. We have some great deer this year and when I saw this guy growing out I new he would be a great first buck for her. After getting the green light from the boss I got to work putting a hunt together. It took a few trips but she finally got him Saturday evening. It is so green they are not coming out to feed much. I had to pattern him over the last few weeks and hope we could catch him crossing a pasture in the afternoon. A well placed bail of alfalfa in the pasture slowed him down long enough for her to hammer him with my 300 wsm at 177 yards. She made a great shot. To say I am proud of her would be an understatement. His body was absolutely enormous. My scale broke but I would put him over 250. His bases were almost 7 inches with 28 inch beams. I need to find someone to freeze dry the velvet on the antlers now so I can mount him. Here she is waiting for him to show. It took some doing getting my timer set on my camera but I finally got this good pic of both of us.
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 03:02 PM
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Navasot
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 03:17 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Congrats to both of you!!!
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 03:24 PM
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Elkhunter49
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Congrats on a fine trophy
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 03:25 PM
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BOONER
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Awesome man!!! Congrats to you both!!!
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 03:30 PM
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dkershen
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To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.www.NewHopeEquine.com - Health and Healing through Horses.
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 03:30 PM
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FANTASTIC!
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 03:32 PM
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Espy
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Congrats on the 10 yr anniversary and the nice axis
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 03:35 PM
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cbarnes
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Great Job Brother, and Happy Anniversary!
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 04:06 PM
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 04:14 PM
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Creekrunner
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Congratulations to her on her trophy and to the both of you on the marriage. Great photo of the two of you. You set it up perfectly.
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 04:23 PM
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Congrats on the 10! for 10 more. Great axis and love the lever action!!
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 04:33 PM
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Awesome! Congratulations to you both.
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 04:37 PM
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Congrats on a fine trophy
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 04:38 PM
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Wilhunt
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Mighty fine! Great photo and conrats to the two of you.
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 04:45 PM
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 04:45 PM
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SapperTitan
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Congrats to both of you!!!
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 05:05 PM
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That should become a tradition! Congratulations to you both. I agree re. weight his body looks huge.
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 05:27 PM
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Capt.JVH
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Thank you for the kind words everyone! I truly appreciate them all. We have gone through some pretty tough stuff together during the past ten years. We both found this anniversary to be a pretty big milestone. For you that don't know, our first child was born with severe disabilities and only made it to six years old. It put a huge strain on our marriage but we got through it. We are really trying not to take the good times for granted these days. She feels more like a war buddy than a spouse! thanks again, John
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 06:00 PM
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jeh7mmmag
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Congratulation on the 10 years. Congrats on a beautiful axis. And condolence on your loss of a sibling. You and wife have endured a storm of things that will make your life stronger. Hope you have many great days ahead. And thanks for posting the great picture of game you and wife.
�Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.� ~ John Muir
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 06:44 PM
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westtexaswatkins
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Time well spent together. Looks like an awesome hunting partner making some awesome memories.
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 07:21 PM
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texfork
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Congratulations , a great trophy and I am sure a memory was made .
Prayer is the "ultimate" wireless connection .
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 08:23 PM
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Pitchfork Predator
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Congrats to your wife, very nice axis buck.
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 11:16 PM
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FANTASTIC!
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Re: Anniversary girft to my wife, her first axis!
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04/18/16 11:48 PM
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dlrz71
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Nice!!!
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