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First Buck
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12/18/11 06:07 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 158
Razzbuten
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Woodsman
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For starters, I am new to the hunting thing so be nice to me if I don't know all of the lingo yet. Having gone a few times as a young teen, and then getting kinda screwed on a lease in my mid 20's I decided it was not for me. Then came my cousin convincing me to get on a lease he manages in Val Verde County. I started the year bow hunting at his place near Buffalo, TX, taking a Doe. This past weekend was my first chance out to the lease, and on my third evening (Friday) I watched a spike who had gotten himself torn up by another buck (gashes and puncture wounds in various places) for about an hour. He finally wandered off and I see a shimmer of gold in the remaining daylight in the 5:45 range. Below is the results from a 125ish yard shot using my Savage Model 99 .243 I bought as a teenager. He dropped where he stood which happened to be in front of a game camera, so I sat posing for a few minutes while I waited for my cousin to show with the truck. All in all a great feeling, and being my first I feel he deserves a spot on the wall. Hopefully next season will yield one of his buddies to add to the room.
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Re: First Buck
[Re: Razzbuten]
#2849386
12/18/11 06:10 PM
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Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
stxranchman
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Congrats on a great first buck!
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: First Buck
[Re: stxranchman]
#2849396
12/18/11 06:15 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
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LandPirate
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Nice buck and a great first. Congrats.
Mike Buda, Tx Hunt near Freer
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Re: First Buck
[Re: LandPirate]
#2849405
12/18/11 06:17 PM
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BuckRage
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congrats! he's a goodun
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Re: First Buck
[Re: stxranchman]
#2849411
12/18/11 06:19 PM
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Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 2,570
AaronM58
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Fantastic first buck man! Congrats!! I actually hunt with a Savage Model 110 .243. It's the first rifle my old man bought me. I've been using it for 15 years now. I've put a new scope and trigger in it over the years (I've put more money into that gun than what it's worth)....I just can't bring myself to hunt with any other rifle. Congrats again!!
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Re: First Buck
[Re: AaronM58]
#2849433
12/18/11 06:27 PM
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Joined: Nov 2010
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SapperTitan
Taking Requests
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Taking Requests
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Congrats on your first buck I didn't kill my first buck until I was 28
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Re: First Buck
[Re: AaronM58]
#2849439
12/18/11 06:28 PM
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Razzbuten
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Fantastic first buck man! Congrats!! I actually hunt with a Savage Model 110 .243. It's the first rifle my old man bought me. I've been using it for 15 years now. I've put a new scope and trigger in it over the years (I've put more money into that gun than what it's worth)....I just can't bring myself to hunt with any other rifle. Congrats again!! I actually also have a 7 Mag, but witht he jokes I got on the .243 from several of the 300 win Mag shooters, I decided to show them just how much meat is on those front shoulders they blow off. That lil Model 99 also dropped a Cull the following morning.
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Re: First Buck
[Re: SapperTitan]
#2849441
12/18/11 06:29 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 158
Razzbuten
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Congrats on your first buck I didn't kill my first buck until I was 28 I got you beat by 9 years. 37 here.
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Re: First Buck
[Re: Razzbuten]
#2849522
12/18/11 06:58 PM
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Posts: 62
cgwig
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Re: First Buck
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#2849577
12/18/11 07:15 PM
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BAJackson16
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Awesome story, I hope you are hooked for life now!
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Re: First Buck
[Re: BAJackson16]
#2849602
12/18/11 07:20 PM
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Joined: Aug 2005
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MikeC
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