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Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 12:52 PM
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FoxTrot
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How many folks here have a book deer? Dont give a rat's arse bout any pen raised deer. I want to see how many guys here have a legit book deer. Entered or not. I have 3 P&Y deer hanging on my wall but havent been lucky enough to break the Booner line. I have been lucky enough to see 2 book deer on the hoof. One in 2011 in Pike County, IL as he would have been well over 200" and I saw one driving down the road in Kansas last year...Bad thing is, I saw him 2 days in a row in the same spot. He was somewhere around the 190" mark, typical.
So, when and where did you shoot it?
I avoid Dick's and hope they fold.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
[Re: FoxTrot]
#5782167
06/10/15 01:00 PM
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redchevy
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I don't think I have even seen one that would be a legit booner, as in not behind a fence etc.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
[Re: FoxTrot]
#5782178
06/10/15 01:07 PM
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TexFlip
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I would if I coulda let mine grown another year.
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
[Re: FoxTrot]
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06/10/15 01:10 PM
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Stompy
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I haven't ever seen one either. Biggest I've seen is a 164" 11 point, that still haunts he today. I missed and another lease member got him a week later, that was way back in 1997.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
[Re: FoxTrot]
#5782181
06/10/15 01:10 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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I have only seen one B&C deer free range - was in high school and he was in the bar ditch with a doe. Small town and I knew everyone who lived in the area. Not one ever saw him that I know of.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
[Re: FoxTrot]
#5782194
06/10/15 01:18 PM
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rifleman
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Have a muley that meets awards minimum, grossed for all-time, but the G2s killed him. Still waiting on the WT and have my eye on one that may get the job done if he can manage to stay under a rock.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 01:22 PM
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SniperRAB
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So people can tell a BC Score on the Hoof That's impressive...Have had several killed on our place but never connected..Like Stompy said, hard to swallow but Happy for the guys on our place that did
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 01:22 PM
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SniperRAB
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I haven't ever seen one either. Biggest I've seen is a 164" 11 point, that still haunts he today. I missed and another lease member got him a week later, that was way back in 1997.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
[Re: FoxTrot]
#5782220
06/10/15 01:36 PM
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txhunter1010
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I have been lucky enough to go to different places around Texas and see some obvious Booners but I don't have the $$$ to take one home or a friend that nice...LOL....
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 02:00 PM
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jshouse
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hoping to this year, also, this thread is worthless without pics.
If I send my neighbors a text and ask them to give me feedback on my lawn and plant rye into a giant dong pattern, I'm probably going to get some less than positive feedback. Same goes here.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 02:36 PM
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FoxTrot
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So people can tell a BC Score on the Hoof That's impressive...Have had several killed on our place but never connected..Like Stompy said, hard to swallow but Happy for the guys on our place that did The 1 I saw in Illinois was obviously a booner, no doubt he would have went over 200". Words cant describe how massive this deer was. I saw him 2 days in a row in the same spot from my stand. He was on the neighbors property about 100 yards away. Between the 2 times I saw him, I got to watch him for about 10 minutes total. The one I saw last year in KS would have been borderline but he was huge. I would have been proud of him on my wall!
I avoid Dick's and hope they fold.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 02:40 PM
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FoxTrot
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hoping to this year, also, this thread is worthless without pics. Ditto...on both
I avoid Dick's and hope they fold.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
[Re: FoxTrot]
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06/10/15 02:43 PM
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SniperRAB
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So people can tell a BC Score on the Hoof That's impressive...Have had several killed on our place but never connected..Like Stompy said, hard to swallow but Happy for the guys on our place that did The 1 I saw in Illinois was obviously a booner, no doubt he would have went over 200". Words cant describe how massive this deer was. I saw him 2 days in a row in the same spot from my stand. He was on the neighbors property about 100 yards away. Between the 2 times I saw him, I got to watch him for about 10 minutes total. The one I saw last year in KS would have been borderline but he was huge. I would have been proud of him on my wall! Yes Sir, we have some Dandys on our Kentucky place ...was you Bow Hunting him
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 04:48 PM
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reeder05
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Wife has always wanted some Hard 8
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 05:28 PM
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txtrophy85
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I've seen a few that would have grossed over 170". Maybe a handful
All high fence but native genetics. One was on a ranch where no one had stepped foot in in 5 years
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 05:48 PM
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Seadog
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Next year!!!
I support Cap and Trade - Cap our spending and Trade Obama
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the Government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. - Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 05:58 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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#5782752
06/10/15 06:02 PM
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rifleman
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Next year!!! Hope you didn't use that as your birthday wish.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
[Re: FoxTrot]
#5782769
06/10/15 06:16 PM
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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#5782789
06/10/15 06:23 PM
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txtrophy85
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That's not all time thsts just the awards correct? I'm not a fan of the net score rules I believe if the deer grew it it should count symmetry be damned
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
[Re: FoxTrot]
#5782792
06/10/15 06:25 PM
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rifleman
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 06:25 PM
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Navasot
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Oh and this one 174
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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#5782804
06/10/15 06:32 PM
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redchevy
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If 165 typical is the min then I may have seen one.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
[Re: redchevy]
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06/10/15 06:44 PM
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txtrophy85
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If 165 typical is the min then I may have seen one. its 170" net for the all time a 165" deer is still a big deer People nowadays look at a 170" buck as being somewhat mediocre but you have to remember when the minimums were founded the set that as a RECORD, not something easily achieved. I know guys with big low fence ranches that will pass up 170" bucks to get a 190" or 200" but a 170" whitetail is a giant deer, any way you cut it
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Who has killed a Booner?
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06/10/15 06:50 PM
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rifleman
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Yep, and they pass them up bc they're not behind every bush.
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