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SW Arkansas Buck
#7630379
10/12/19 12:10 AM
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circlep
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I had been catching this buck on game cameras for four years seeing him only a few times each season. Last season I was able to catch him tending a doe and that was his last mistake.I took off the first week of gun season because that's when I started seeing him on camera in the daylight. The first three days I saw a couple of good bucks but it was not the one I was looking for and on Wednesday evening I caught him chasing a doe in the pouring down rain. He was about 250 yards away and was running so I did not take the shot hoping the doe would bring him closer in the field but no luck. Feeders don't work here because my place has about 40 acres of big hardwoods and the deer will just walk past a feeder. I was thinking about going back to work the next day but I needed to feed cows that morning and work on a few other things. I got done about 11 and I could not stand it any more because I knew he should be with the doe and this was my chase to catch him making a mistake. So I decided to do some slipping around to see if I could catch them in the corner of a field bedded down, plus I decided to take a different route and check my cameras at the same time. I had just checked the second camera and had seen one doe. I was slipping down the edge of a field that was surrounded by big oak trees using there shadows to help cover me. I just came out of a drainage ditch in the field when I caught a movement out of the corner of my eye, I looked up along side the ditch and there stood a doe looking to my right. When I turned to look what she was looking at there he stood trying to get a better look at me but the sun was in his eyes and i was in the shadows. There he was 150 yards away standing in a grown up field and all I had to do was take the shot. But my nerves got the better of me and I could not shoot him free handed so I got on one knee grab my trigger stick and got calmed down. He was looking back at the down but she was not moving and that give me time to take the shot! He bolted, ran and I lost him in the tall grass but I knew that I had made a good shot. Found him in the field and there he was after 4 years of watching him. Here he as a 2 year old. He blew up as a three year old. Went down hill as a four year old. Not sure why. Gained back what he lost and added some as a five year old and I couldn't wait any longer! Back from the taxidermy. I had him scored so who can guess his score? He is the biggest deer that I have taken.
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7630387
10/12/19 12:28 AM
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ErikL
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630390
10/12/19 12:33 AM
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Joined: Nov 2009
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NORML as can be
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630393
10/12/19 12:35 AM
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krod777
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630398
10/12/19 12:39 AM
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CitySlickerHunter
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GREAT DEER!!!!!! I love the 2 saws.
"I can't be over gunned because the animal can't be over dead"-Elmer Keith 10/30/2012 I VOTED for The American
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7630446
10/12/19 01:37 AM
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stxranchman
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154-157
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7630468
10/12/19 02:12 AM
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DQ Kid
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Dude has se bone on him, I will say 152"
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630474
10/12/19 02:21 AM
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dlrz71
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630510
10/12/19 03:57 AM
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5Redman8
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630535
10/12/19 10:57 AM
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Stub
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Thats a real nice buck and good story, like the palmation and character congrats
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630566
10/12/19 12:13 PM
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Pitchfork Predator
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Outstanding buck, congrats! Looks like a mid to high 150s score.
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630587
10/12/19 12:45 PM
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snake oil
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"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630621
10/12/19 01:31 PM
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HuntnFly67
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Great deer. I’ll GUESS sub-150. Mid- to upper 40s. Congrats!
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630663
10/12/19 02:12 PM
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TEXASLEFTY
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Outstanding buck, congrats! Looks like a mid to high 150s score. I thought to myself low 160’s before deductions when I saw the first pic... might be wrong but that is what I’ll go with.. Congrats on a nice and well earned buck! Thanks for posting it up.
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7630802
10/12/19 05:50 PM
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Old Rabbit
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Before I scrolled down I guessed 153".
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7630870
10/12/19 07:24 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Mid 140s. Great buck, great character!
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7631020
10/12/19 11:40 PM
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dogcatcher
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7631488
10/13/19 06:44 PM
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Fowl Farms
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149"
Regardless of score he's a great buck
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7631853
10/14/19 01:46 AM
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circlep
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Score no deductions: 156 4/8. Great job on guessing score!
With deductions: 137 2/8
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7631977
10/14/19 10:30 AM
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pop r
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7632062
10/14/19 12:54 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
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Mr. T.
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Very nice!
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7632092
10/14/19 01:17 PM
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TKandMike
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7632145
10/14/19 02:17 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Score no deductions: 156 4/8. Great job on guessing score!
With deductions: 137 2/8 19" of deductions seems excessive. Is one of your numbers mis-typed?
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
[Re: circlep]
#7632796
10/15/19 01:48 AM
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circlep
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Numbers are correct scored at the Arkansas Big Buck Classic.
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Re: SW Arkansas Buck
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#7633149
10/15/19 03:45 PM
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heredeer
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