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Leaving after work on friday and arriving in the dark didn't leave any time to scout, so we started bright and early on saturday. Thinking we could find one of the two nice bucks I'd spotted last monday, put us out on a good vantage point at daylight. It was spitting rain and heavy overcast, but hardly any wind. I glassed off to the west and found a bunch with 12 bucks in it. None of these looked like any that I'd seen last week. A closer look with the spotting scope showed us this nice heavy buck with great prongs and deep hooks. One look and she said, "Thats the one I want!". After closing the gap to 185 meters, she made a perfect shot with my lightweight .260. We hung back and let the boys go to him. We could hear them yelling, "He's bigger than yours dad!". My little .260 is no longer mine now......she did tell me I could borrow it from time to time.....grin! The three boys were all over mom's buck, with knives ready. The sun tried to shine for a few minutes and the camera was humming... I think I detect a slight smile...
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Slight smile, heck that's a I got your number smile...grin
Very well done!
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Rain delay, back at the camper.... Later in the afternoon, it did break and we got him skinned, boned and on ice. A great weekend we wont soon forget!
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Congratulations again! Beautiful buck and looks like a whole lot of family fun.
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Awesome as usual, neat to see the whole family involved. Congrats.
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Boy, that is a beauty of a buck, congrats to mom, and also the "guide & crew".
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scenarshooter; Thanks so much for sharing your usual great photos with us Pat. If there's anything better than seeing families out hunting together, then I can't think of it at the moment.
Please pass hearty congratulations on to your wife on that cool looking buck.
I know less than nothing about pronghorns, but the hooks and forks do look very interesting to me.
You get a tip of the hat for spending the time to ensure this family event took place. These things don't occur in a vacuum as we all know, so well done sir!
Thanks again, all the best to you and yours in the upcoming week and good luck on all of your upcoming hunts.
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Awesome pics. Not a bad lope either. Congratulations.
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Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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a family doing something fun and educational, together. something we don't see much of these days. congrats on being one of the better dads out there. great looking family too!
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Tell her congrats ! Does she know how to load for her new rifle.. Grin !
Looks like the boys had a lot of fun too. Nothing beats a great weekend like that !
Great job Pat !
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Outstanding all the way around ! An odviously great family day for all. Well done, Pat ! Great post. E
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Congrats to Mom! Special when the whole family makes memories and hunts together!
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Great buck! Nice photos and story....
Great job...
Regards,
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I hear that, quality family time.
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Great job!
Tell Mom congrats from Texas...thats a beauty of a buck!
Between Mom and the boys, you're going to have to tell George to speed up his delivery timeline for the Sinclair orders!
By the way, how bout those Rangers......
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Thats waay too cool!
Thanx for sharing,
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nice Antelope and i love seeing a family sharing the great outdoors.
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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