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Scouting find
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04/06/20 03:51 PM
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kdkane1971
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Re: Scouting find
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#7797498
04/06/20 03:57 PM
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dkershen
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Someone didn't survive the rut. Too bad.
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Re: Scouting find
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#7797510
04/06/20 04:02 PM
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unclebubba
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Any evidence of how he met his demise? Anyone else on the property report a lost buck?
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Re: Scouting find
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#7797522
04/06/20 04:13 PM
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Any evidence of how he met his demise? Anyone else on the property report a lost buck?
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Re: Scouting find
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#7797526
04/06/20 04:16 PM
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Texas buckeye
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Tough one to lose. But it is nature.
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Re: Scouting find
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#7797894
04/06/20 10:10 PM
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Re: Scouting find
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#7797994
04/06/20 11:37 PM
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dlrz71
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Re: Scouting find
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#7797996
04/06/20 11:41 PM
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RANGERRONG
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will make a good euro mount
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Re: Scouting find
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#7798007
04/06/20 11:49 PM
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Michael W.
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Would have made a nice trophy for someone.
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Re: Scouting find
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#7798115
04/07/20 01:25 AM
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Re: Scouting find
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#7798123
04/07/20 01:28 AM
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SapperTitan
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Tough one to lose. But it is nature.
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Re: Scouting find
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#7798200
04/07/20 02:41 AM
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Big8
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Re: Scouting find
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#7798598
04/07/20 03:20 PM
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kdkane1971
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Any evidence of how he met his demise? Anyone else on the property report a lost buck? I don't believe any of our guys killed him. I also found a doe and fawn within 75 yards of him. With all the broom weed we had this year the yotes were thick as thieves. I believe they were the cause the buck's demise, but that's pure speculation.
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Re: Scouting find
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#7798599
04/07/20 03:20 PM
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kdkane1971
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What do you guys think about his age?
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Re: Scouting find
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#7798686
04/07/20 04:46 PM
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Re: Scouting find
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#7798703
04/07/20 05:00 PM
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cullbuck
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Any history of anthrax in the area?
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Re: Scouting find
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#7800756
04/09/20 01:53 PM
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kdkane1971
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Any history of anthrax in the area? No sir no that I'm aware of - I haven't heard about any anthrax issues in our neck of the woods (Concho County)
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Re: Scouting find
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#7800816
04/09/20 02:44 PM
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NORML as can be
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Re: Scouting find
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#7800819
04/09/20 02:45 PM
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I'd have to bet that he was probably wounded either on that property or adjoining property and died there. Sometimes they can go quite a ways after taking a bullet through the gut or somewhere similar.
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Re: Scouting find
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#7800821
04/09/20 02:46 PM
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He's a big one. Too bad you didn't see him on the hoof.
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Re: Scouting find
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#7803608
04/12/20 01:31 PM
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kdkane1971
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I'd have to bet that he was probably wounded either on that property or adjoining property and died there. Sometimes they can go quite a ways after taking a bullet through the gut or somewhere similar. You may be correct; there's a county road which runs through a potion of our 2k acres and there's been a few instances of poaching over the years, albeit nothing like one would expect in east Texas. I don't believe it was any of our hunters - not many hunt in that area and there were no reports of a lost buck. Of course he could have also been hit on that county road and had enough strength to make it to where I found him, which was within 100 yards of said road. My money is still on the yotes. I found a doe and fawn dead nearby as well, in approximately the same state of decomposition. I cleaned him up and scored him yesterday - ended up just shy of 130.
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Re: Scouting find
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#7807118
04/15/20 07:17 PM
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kdkane1971
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Removed my December buck from its burial spot and while cleaning him up decided to clean up the deadhead too.
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Re: Scouting find
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#7807249
04/15/20 08:46 PM
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LG
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Re: Scouting find
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#7807586
04/16/20 01:25 AM
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NewGulf
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That's a shame. Glad you found him.
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Re: Scouting find
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#7807641
04/16/20 02:09 AM
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Damn shame but you made the best of it.
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