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Re: Late season turnaround
[Re: TAT]
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12/31/17 01:52 PM
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Texas Dan
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Holy moly Dan!!!! You did it bud!!!! Way to go. What an amazing deer and way to stick with it!!!!! Was hoping you would get that one you were after and an even better one came out!!!! Now that's how to end a deer season!!! Thanks Tat. No question it can be a challenge choosing which stand to hunt when you know you have just a few hunts left. I've got three stands/areas that I've been focusing on this season, and the food has produced the fewest deer sightings by far. It came down to which stands have become best in the morning or evening, and which ones have gone cold. I just couldn't see the food plot staying cold all season and thought hand corning it might be just enough to do the trick. I corned it last weekend before I left and my camera had shown they had hit it during the overnight periods. I considered it a long shot, but corned it again this Friday around noon with thoughts the deer would hit it hard that evening, leaving enough for a morning hunt the next day. The four-point had appeared on camera, but the 14 about knocked me out of my blind when I first looked at him through my economical, Nikon ProStaff scope. Thanks again for the warm comments.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Late season turnaround
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/31/17 02:38 PM
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Awesome deer man! Congrats!
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Re: Late season turnaround
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12/31/17 02:58 PM
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Great buck well done I'm big fan hand corning it will stop a big one just long enough. Congrats and hard to beat 270
I know allot about everything-Everything about nothing!!!!
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Re: Late season turnaround
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12/31/17 03:06 PM
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Recently got a gym membership, strange folks! I like to show up the roid zombies with my full motion curls with the 55lb. bells. Not their cheater short stroked light weights. It's holarious.
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Re: Late season turnaround
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/31/17 03:24 PM
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That's a Toad good, good going.......
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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Re: Late season turnaround
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/31/17 07:40 PM
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Heck of a buck Texas Dan! Congrats!
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Re: Late season turnaround
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12/31/17 07:57 PM
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That is one beautiful buck. Well done and congratulations. Good ol' Remmy 700 too.
...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: Late season turnaround
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12/31/17 09:38 PM
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Texas Dan
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Thanks again for all the warm comments.
Still a week left. Stay after'em to the bitter end.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Late season turnaround
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/31/17 11:27 PM
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Great buck Dan - determination definitely paid off for you
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Re: Late season turnaround
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01/01/18 05:16 AM
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I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Late season turnaround
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01/01/18 01:13 PM
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Texas Dan
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Whoa!!!! That buck is awesome!
Did you get a complete pass through with the Federal Fusion? Thanks. Great question. Never found an exit hole or the bullet. I suspect it entered and lodged into the spine, given how the buck's legs just collapsed under him, starting at the rear. I've always been a CorLok shooter but decided to try the Federal Fusion after one of our more knowledgeable members suggested them as a better bullet. They cost a little more than CorLoks, but just look and feel a little better. It was a clean, cold bore shot too. I shot a doe earlier this year with Fusion 30-30 ammo on a clean, cold bore shot as well and found her about 20 yards away. That was a pass-thru shot to the heart and lungs that left a clear exit hole with apparently outstanding expansion, given the damage to the front shoulder.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Late season turnaround
[Re: Texas Dan]
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01/01/18 02:29 PM
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Re: Late season fast turnaround
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#7019653
01/01/18 03:10 PM
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Great looking buck! Congrats and happy new year.
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Re: Late season turnaround
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01/01/18 03:25 PM
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Nice buck! Glad he showed up for you. A reminder that perseverance pays off.
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Re: Late season turnaround
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01/02/18 05:35 PM
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WOW! Amazing buck, Congrats!!
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Re: Late season turnaround
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#7021521
01/02/18 05:48 PM
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Re: Late season turnaround
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01/02/18 09:57 PM
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Outstanding buck Dan! Congrats!
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Re: Late season turnaround
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01/02/18 10:03 PM
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Great Buck.
Fsmily from Houston County. Crockett, Austonio..Porter Springs....
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Re: Late season turnaround
[Re: Texas Dan]
#7021943
01/02/18 10:04 PM
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That is one of the best this year! Way to go Dan.
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Re: Late season turnaround
[Re: Texas Dan]
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01/02/18 10:11 PM
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Heck yeah! one day and one shot can turn an entire hunting season around. Congrats
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Re: Late season turnaround
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#7021992
01/02/18 10:27 PM
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Heck yeah! one day and one shot can turn an entire hunting season around. Congrats sure can, congrats!
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Re: Late season turnaround
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01/02/18 10:58 PM
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Jus shows to go ya,
you don't need a $10,000 rifle and scope with super tailored handloads to kill a beautiful deer
Great job and congrats Dan !!!
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Re: Late season fast turnaround
[Re: Texas Dan]
#7023807
01/04/18 02:09 AM
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Great deer and awesome splits. I've seen a couple of good ones in Houston county crossing the highway on the way to my lease. Almost got one with the truck in October.
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Re: Late season turnaround
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01/04/18 02:14 AM
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Congrats on a great buck
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Re: Late season fast turnaround
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01/04/18 05:58 AM
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Beautiful buck. Very well played.
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