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Congratulations to you, BGG and of course to young Gruff. That put a smile on my face.
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Awesome deer, congrats young fellow.
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Congrats to Jr and Sr goatgruff, well done all the way around. Now switch the kids loads to IMR 7828 and 100 gr Hornady SP's, what you experienced with the btsp is why I don't use them anymore the SP holds together better. Magnum man
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That is awesome! Nothing better than seeing the kids getting out and enjoying the sport!
Congratulations bud! There simply cannot be a better feeling in the world
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One heck of a shot for any age. The lesson of hard work, patience, and persistence will last forever. Congrats to you and your son.
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Congratulations. Great memories for the two of you!
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Thank you ALL for the kind words. I'm still on cloud nine here. I gave him the option of having it mounted or doing a european and tanning the hide. He wanted the mount, So I need to get off my ass and finish the caping. I'm going to flesh out the back half of the hide and order a home tanning kit for the fun of it. We'll see how it works out.
He's been afield with me for several years, and many hours and miles already. Best hunting pard a guy could ask for.
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Absolutely super! Congrats to both of you. I guarantee that'll be a day you two talk about for a long time.
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BillyGoatGruff; Thanks for sharing this special family hunt with us, it's threads such as this which are among my favorite here at our 'Fire. Please extend hearty congratulations to your son on that cool rack - I love mulies with sticker points. I'll send you my customary tip of the hat too though sir, as hunts with our children don't happen in a vacuum - as you note they are often years or an entire lifetime in the making. Well done sir. Thanks again, all the best to you and yours this fall and good luck on your remaining hunts too. Dwayne
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Congratulations to young BGG!!
I'm surprised to hear that the Hornady didn't quite do the deed for you. Stuff happens though.
I've been shooting the 243 and 6mm remington for the last few years. My favorite bullets are the 95 grain Partition and the 95 grain Ballistic Tip. Both of them dig deep.
Very cool cutting tool you picked up for the young man! May he enjoy that knife in the game fields for a hundred more years before passing it on to his son.
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awesome BGG and son!! bet you guys won't wipe that silly grin off for a week!!
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That's awesome! Congrats all around.
The look on his face says it all.
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Pretty nice one to get started with...congratulations!
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Congrats to your son and you. Look like he has some good equipment and off to a great start.
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Nice 1st buck and great shootin'
Take your kids and your grand kids huntin' and shootin'.
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I've always been different with one foot over the line.....
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Awesome all the way around!
I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
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Awesome!
Tell him congrats for me.
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Cool looking buck! Great job young man.
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