THANKS TO ALL OF YOU...
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Now I have some more time. First I want to show you 1 of the big 6's offspring that I killed,(at least 3 or so) and that's how I knew he was out there and why I was looking for him.
I found a few pics but this one is the best to see the genetics in the rack. He was also killed w/in 500 yds of his daddy.
He and his bros/half bros had EXACTLY the same antler formation and were killed in the same area. This next pic is FROM the cutover where the little 6 was killed, looking to my box stand. It was steep uphill, cameras don't do elevation justice.The distance was 148 yds AGAIN 300 WM, 180.
The big 6 was killed less than 500 yds, in a straight line, on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL.
Footnote: this is FUN playing gun/hunting writer.
This next pic is FROM where a middlin 8 pt was killed 11-12-11. The pic is on the opposite side of the same hill and same box stand. My right foot is TOUCHING the buck laying on the ground, while I'm looking at the stand. I know it looks like I cut the trees around my stand but I PROMISE I didn't.
The next pic is of the 8 pt laying IN the re growth, where I shot him. I shot him in the NECK, the distance was 197 yds. ( I had said elsewhere 194 yds, record said 197 which is correct.)
If Websterparish reads this, it should look like some of his hunting area.
Here is his pic. What you see is the COMPLETE, TOTAL, blood trail.
In this RE growth, I could NOT find the whole, dead deer on my first attempt. I had to go back, get in the stand and pick a landmark and then go to where he was laying (lying). Sometimes 'blood trails' are HARDER to find.
This is the last pic of the 8 pt. A better look & my Tikka T 3 SS 270. He was just big enough to get SHOT
on opening day last fall. He weighed 142 lbs. spread of @ 14.5". On our lease this was a 3 1/2 yr deer. Our 1 1/2 yr olds weigh 100-110, 2 1/2 yr weigh 120-130. Pine plantations are not HIGH in protein.
I only have pics of 1 more buck killed in 2010--later.