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That's a true whopper! Congrats! Dig your rifle and handload too.
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Dang man great looking buck I'm impressed!
The backstraps on that dude should feed a good sized deer camp; beautiful rack too!
I love yer choice of cartridge/bullet. I have a lifetime supply of those little gems also.
Congrats!
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Outstanding! Nice rifle and deer.
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Great buck, Congrats!!! "but only 18 inches inside" Wow, I need to find an area where 18" inside is small  I've been killing bucks for decades and only had the privilege to get maybe 4 18+.
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"but only 18 inches inside" Wow, I need to find an area where 18 inside is small No doubt! Haha.......
Now with even more aplomb
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Didn't say it was small, except next to this one. ![[Linked Image]](http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/ole_270/ScottDeer.jpg) Cheesy got this one while still in high school. 27" inside spread. Took me 8 years to equal it, but that buck wasn't as wide, just very high. I guess everybody's "Trophy" index is different. To me, unless there is unusual mass or length, 20" starts the wall hanger category. I have taken a few of them, but only mounted one.
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That is a nice KS buck! Congratulations!
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I guess everybody's "Trophy" index is different.
True. It's all about location for me. On the land I grew up hunting, a 115" buck goes on the wall even as funny as that sounds to some. My family hunted the land since deer were introduced and after many decades of hunting 120" was about the best ever killed. We've bested that deer a couple times the last 5 years, but the fact remains that many 4.5yo+ deer only get to 100-115 and 150-160lbs on the hoof. It took me 30 years of hunting to get a old 118" buck there and you bet he'll be on the wall despite having quite a few much larger. In some other areas I hunt here at home the same 115" class deer is a young dink. The one area that really surprised me was up in IA. We hunted up there with friends several times and guys would have 150 class racks nailed to the wall lol. The deer they did mount were pretty unreal.
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Very nice buck you got there.
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Great buck especially for Kansas rifle season!
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What a great buck! Congrats!
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Got around to rough scoring this buck today. Grossed 161+. Kind of surprised me, guess I was looking at the big 8 on my trail cam pictures too much. As usually happens, guess which buck showed up at the field around my house three days after I shot this one? That 8 pointer doesn't have as much mass but with tine length close to 15" who cares. Cheesy is hunting him here on the last day of the season so there's still hope
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Grand. Heck of a buck, Old270.
'Tis far better to walk alone than to follow a crowd going the wrong way.
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