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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 01:24 PM
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Great buck and a great story. This was when most folks were not worried about management, more about the hunting experience. Adios, Gary
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 01:38 PM
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 01:39 PM
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Was that deer and story in the Texas Trophy Hunter magazine? It seems familiar to me.. Awesome deer!
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 02:42 PM
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Great buck and a great story. This was when most folks were not worried about management, more about the hunting experience. Adios, Gary So true! 25 years ago I was hunting out of a tripod or fork of a tree close to game trails, no feeders just one with nature
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 02:46 PM
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Lifetime trophy and family heirloom now! Awesome!
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 03:12 PM
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Never get tired of seeing that buck or hearing you and your Dad talk about him. Thanks for sharing on the anniversary of 25 years
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 04:12 PM
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Awesome looking deer and moment shared with your dad.
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 05:19 PM
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Did y’all ever score him? Regardless of score, he’s awesome
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 05:26 PM
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What a freakin hoss! Especially for FreeCo. Seen some good ones over by the coal mine but that one takes the cake!
~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: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 05:29 PM
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Was that deer and story in the Texas Trophy Hunter magazine? It seems familiar to me.. Awesome deer! It was not in TTHA as far as I know. It was in the Dallas Morning News, Fairfield news paper, and at least one book by Ray Sasser.
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 05:32 PM
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Did he quit bow hunting after that? Can't get much better! LOL! No he kept bowhunting and he shot a pretty nice 10 point about 7 years later as well. He has traded the compound for a crossbow now though.
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 08:11 PM
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Now, how in the world did he kill that native Central Texas monster wearing that old school camo with no "Dead Down Wind" sprayed all over him? For goodness sakes, he doesn't even have any paint on his face. Photoshop......this just couldn't have happened! LOL.
Thanks for bringing back some memories.
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 08:13 PM
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Awesome and great story. I hunted Freestone about 20 years ago for a few years and never saw a good size buck.
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 08:28 PM
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 08:52 PM
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Thanks for sharing. Cool story and fond memories of those old hunts and woodland camo. I still have a bunch of those old clothes in a box, I know they'll still hunt. Great Buck!
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/24/18 08:56 PM
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/25/18 12:58 PM
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Great story and great buck.
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/25/18 04:14 PM
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What did he score or did I miss that fact?
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/25/18 06:10 PM
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Nice deer, and cool pictures
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/25/18 07:04 PM
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That’s awesome. Freestone has some great bucks for sure.
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/25/18 07:58 PM
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Don't remember exact score but he was 180ish
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/25/18 08:25 PM
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An experience like that is priceless!! Glad you have the mount and pics to go with it!!
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/25/18 08:55 PM
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/25/18 10:21 PM
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in todays market that would be how much $$$$$$$$$$$$
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY I SAW THE BIGGEST FREE RANGE BUCK OF MY LIFE
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10/26/18 07:44 PM
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I'd be proud as a peacock with that buck! Congrats on a lifetime memory!
Mmmm Hmmm
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