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 Opening Day Success!!
#6905075
10/01/17 09:56 PM
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Hartca
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  Been watching this buck for a few years. Last year he was a 9 with 2 kickers off his G2. When he was eating last night i noticed he has a huge bump on his side and decided to shoot him. We just lost a buck last week that died for an unknown reason and I didn't want that to happen to this cool dude. He was actually better last year and I didn't understand why he grew so messed up until I found out just what that big knot was on his side! I cut around the knot and popped out a broad head! One of the guys kids had shot him the year prior and wounded him. I've always heard if you wound a buck his horns will grow back different the next year. Either way a great start to the season and an awesome shot for my 2nd ever bow kill! He ended up wth 12 points.
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905084
10/01/17 10:04 PM
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Dalee7892
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905086
10/01/17 10:05 PM
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Deerhunter61
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905126
10/01/17 10:56 PM
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Hogslayer5L
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Very nice! Perfect shot !
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905132
10/01/17 11:04 PM
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Simple Searcher
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Good looking deer, congrats and good shot 
![[Linked Image]](https://live.staticflickr.com/4340/36432483774_50a6be0c41_m.jpg) "Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905140
10/01/17 11:12 PM
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kmon11
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junior
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Great buck with history, congrats
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905144
10/01/17 11:14 PM
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Wilhunt
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905151
10/01/17 11:25 PM
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905154
10/01/17 11:29 PM
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Creekrunner
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...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905181
10/01/17 11:49 PM
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dlrz71
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 Awesome!!!! 
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905182
10/01/17 11:49 PM
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kry226
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Congrats.
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905258
10/02/17 01:12 AM
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905265
10/02/17 01:17 AM
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HuntingTexas
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" In God We Trust "
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905357
10/02/17 03:25 AM
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Brian C.
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God Bless Texas!!! Godspeed our Military!
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905368
10/02/17 03:55 AM
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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: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905414
10/02/17 08:08 AM
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pigplinker
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I had a buddy kill a buck YEARs ago that had a knot as you discribed. He cut into it also and found a broadhead. Deer are tuff animals to take down at times. Dang good kill though.
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905425
10/02/17 09:04 AM
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Old Stony
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I shot a doe a few years back, and found a broadhead stuck along the ribcage. Sometimes I wonder how many actually get wounded with arrows and never get recovered. I'm sure a lot are probably lost to arrow wounds.
Nice Buck !
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905531
10/02/17 01:05 PM
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D Rogers
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Injuries can do funny things to a deer. My pops killed a buck when I was about 10 that would have been a nice little 8 pt, but he had broadhead stuck about knee high in his right hind leg and it caused his left side antler to just be one long curly-qued spiral
~Dustin
"Life's complicated, man, like a dang ol' Rubik's cube, man. Talkin' 'bout blue and red, man. Dang ol' get one side, dang ol' messed up th' other side, man."
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905586
10/02/17 01:33 PM
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Wacm
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Congrats. What broad head did you use? Did you get a pass trough. Nice shot..I bet he didn't go far
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905645
10/02/17 02:20 PM
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Freeman
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905655
10/02/17 02:26 PM
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Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6905657
10/02/17 02:27 PM
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Hartca
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I used a Kill Zone 2" Mechanical. Heart shot, he ran maybe 75 yards. The blood trail tracking him looked like someone took a 5 gallon bucket of blood and just dumped it all over the place. it was awesome!
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Re: Opening Day Success!!
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#6906107
10/02/17 07:40 PM
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RockDocJoe
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Congrats! That's a unique buck with a great story.
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