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33 above zero. No coats, funky Micheal Jackson glove liners or ear muffins needed. I don't have a river, or an island, or a cool story like Sammo. But second day of late deer come along, and I popped a goofy fork-ed, funk-ed, [bleep]-ed up whitetail. Yesterday the game warden was out at the ranch checking out my bird operation. We jumped a whitetail buck outta a thistle patch, and he ran to the creek bottom. I joked that if I was faster, he'd be writing me a ticket for chooting from the truck with no orange on. I went looking for him after the copper left, but couldn't find him. This morning while feeding, I seen a deer flit thru the trees. I went below where I thought it'd be, and run into a couple does followed by this guy. He never gave me a real good look, but I saw mass. When I could see some body between trees, I let him have it..... ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4437_zps0f25df16.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4440_zpsb10fdd46.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4436_zps58d27d25.jpg) Screw a buncha dragging and lifting... ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4222_zps0f8fe974.jpg) And the obligatory heeler/heart shot.... ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4450_zpsba36cdb1.jpg)
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Great buck!!! Are you seriously not getting that guy shoulder mounted?
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Damn! Great Buck! Congrats!
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Great buck!!! Are you seriously not getting that guy shoulder mounted? I was gonna ask the same thing.
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There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Very nice buck! Great mass , cool how the antlers fork. I haven't seen that a lot on whitetails.
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What a terrific buck!
And a great hunting saga. ("I saw this big buck so the next morning I shot him. The end.)
That dog take your photo?
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Monster ! Huntsman,you ever smile ?
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Well done Don great pics, story, and a fine heavy buck. Tell us about the gun and load Magnum Man
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Haha!
Awesome buck hunts!
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Great job! Where did you get that kydex phone holster?
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I like your way of dragging a lot better than mine.
Congrats on that bruiser.
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Nice buck! Good story and pics too.
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That buck has a lot of character. Congrats.
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Don, now that is frikken UBER!
Really nice buck!
Insane mass and splits and forks. Character all over the place!
Think grandpa might have been a mule deer?
Dwayne was wondering about 'hanging weight' so I bought a scale.
Curious to hear what that buck of yours weighs as well.
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Mass wins any day! Should make a dandy set of rattlin' horns....
Now with even more aplomb
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God I love to shoot one like him somday! Nice Deer! hope your at least doing a Euro mount!
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It would make an awesome euro-style mount.
Unbelievable buck!
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huntsman22, Is that a muletail deer? Seriously that's a beauty and the .260 done it. What are they eating out there? Look like a deer saw out at the Rocky Montain Arsenal, and we all know what in the ground out there!
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Cool Hunts;
Congrats.
That is one different rack !
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Like SamO said, that thing is UBER.
The dog has the wild eye look.
Congrats.
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That dog sure as hell ain't letting go.....grin
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That deer is a stud! Great story too!
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Too bad the warden wasn't there to enjoy the moment with you!
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Heck of a deer.
Damn nice cape wasted looks like there, but thats life.
Do something with those antlers. Don't just toss em in the barn. Too good to just toss.
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thanks guys. 'swede, he may be muletail.He did have a white tail, tho... I'll show a pic. We gots both and have kilt a couple small crosses. As to the Arsenal, my sis is a photog and has pics of some absolute toads from there..... MM, rifle is a Montana 260 running 120 BT's. I found the cup, but the core blew on thru and left a nifty exit. I'll toss a pic. fats, I made the kydex when my leather one wore out... Sam, I didn't bother to weigh him. Forgot there was a scale in the barn...... 'ring, I'll do a euro. Still have a little cleanup to do tomorry. pic on the way.... ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4462_zps2d054f82.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4452_zpsf44a547f.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4453_zpse8b40dea.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4224_zpsb18672e0.jpg)
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I'd be curious to see what the cup weighs when you de-gunk it.
Now with even more aplomb
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The 'gunk' is what gives it character....
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Like the sodbuster-burning outlaw guy in lonesome dove, I was 'feeling bloody' today. In between busting the buck and other various chores, I woodsman-ized a porkypine. ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/critters/IMG_4218_zps12fc48ca.jpg) Then, when that blasted bloody feeling overcame me again, I shot, bled, and hauled 3 beeves to the locker plant..... ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/critters/IMG_4214_zps2e31394c.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/critters/IMG_4431_zpsf22de7ba.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/critters/IMG_4451_zps40cca848.jpg) It was a busy day.....
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What a bloodfest, bloke. 
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The little reddot blood splatters on the lens in the knife pic is a nice touch, dontcha think?....
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Slummin' my ass. Who's the young dude in the hat?
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Wtg Don, thats a stud! W/mass to spare. Also I always admire the dude who
sports the [bleep] out of a Kimmy 260 like I do. Btw I stole the idea from you many moon ago when you kilt that bull and had the pic of your rifle, paint, and rack together. It was hours later that I bought one. Made my 17th 6.5 addition to my stable. Good on ya dude.
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Clean living pays off! Awesome buck.
Wish Kimber would bring the .260 back. And I purely love that Woodsman.
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Good buck Don. Don't let everyone know about our whitetails please. Colorado ain't nothing more than a weed state.
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Member: Clan of the Turdlike People.
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When I grow up I want to be just like Don!
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Man thats a beauty! Always find the bucks with real mass most impressive, and that ones got it. Looks like nice hunting weather too.
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I've always been different with one foot over the line.....
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OK, guys. Edicate me on these whitetails. This buck is a fugging 4-point, far as I'm concerned. What do I need to do, to be considered 'in the know', like all the cool kids? Count every little protruberance and call it a frigging point? Add every day since his birthday, and say neat stuff like, "He's a 5 1/2 year old"? Hell, I'd be laughed outta the sale barn if'n I told the auctioneer I was selling selling 1 year and 7 month old spayed heifers instead of just plain ol' yearlin's. Help a feller out, here.....
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Just like everyone else has said, nice buck. Cool story too.
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Damn nice cape wasted looks like Wasted? It's not like capes don't grow on deer...... I reckon if a feller was to want to mount his deer, he otter mount it with the one god gave it.
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Huntsman,you ever smile ? What do I have to smile about? Now the real work starts....And I take my work, vewwy, vewwy seewiously.....grin
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I'd be curious to see what the cup weighs when you de-gunk it. 48.3 with gunk. Lets call it 48 even, huh?
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Who's the young dude in the hat? My stunt double.
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Clean living pays off! Awesome buck. If I quit Copenhagen, you reckon I could get a really big one?
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Colorado ain't nothing more than a weed state. Like, wow man. Groovy......
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Don: That's sure a nice buck. Congratulations KC
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When I grow up I want to be just like Don! Being bald, deaf, half-blind and pot-gutted is no way to go thru life, son....
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Looks like nice hunting weather too. I tossed the vest and gloves off to the side outta the pic....But yeah, beats Montana for weather.
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Nice.
After you weigh it can I get a pecker length and ball size?
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I'll let you do your own calc's on ball size, mathman. The May Skipjack is for size reference/scale. ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/tools/IMG_4442_zps92d97816.jpg)
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That's a hellofa nice buck Hunts.
Nice work.
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Gorgeous buck.
Apparently you didn't learn about 22-250 ammo's universality either. What a shame, coulda made 20+ pages. (grin)
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That's a whale of a buck, Huntsman!
Don't know what else would happen, but you quit Copenhagen & you could probably buy a ranch! At least if you go through it like most folks I know.
Love the mass on that buck...and that pistol is too cool.
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Thats a hell of a nice buck!
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huntsman; Thanks for taking the time to share your hunt with us Don and congratulations - what bases on that buck!  I really enjoy seeing the ranch photos that you, Sam and a couple others here share too, so please continue on doing them if it's not too, too much bother. Thanks again Don and all the best to you this winter. Dwayne
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Damn Don!
Thats a SERIOUS whitetail!
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Crazy cool rack on that buck! Congrats on a dandy!
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Danged if I didn't see another one in the same place this morning. I grabbed the glasses and climbed the bluff and watched him bed down on the neighbors to the north. He wasn't as tall, but wider, even, and just as heavy. I'm going back up after bit and see if he's still there. Also saw 7 muledeer does on the south end.
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I'd be curious to see what the cup weighs when you de-gunk it. 48.3 with gunk. Lets call it 48 even, huh? Nice. Then it wouldn't be a stretch to say that the 6.5mm 120 NBT is roughly 50% jacket and 50% lead, give or take a bit. Fairly good for a cup/core. I found about the same when I recovered a cup from a 168gr .30cal BT a few years ago. The lead came out when it stopped against the hide.
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Who's the young dude in the hat? My stunt double. You musta had some eagle-eyed handsome young man spot it for you too, like the antelope buck.
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I had my bi-focular coke bottles on. Didn't need to be helped by the handsome this time.
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Congrats - that sure is a awesome looking whitetail & it sure has serious mass!! Really interesting antlers, kind of part way between whitetail/muley looking??
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Excellent buck; must be nice mixin business & pleasure like that  !!
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That is a stud of a buck! Good job Don...
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Congrat's on a nice buck!
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Oh my, that is a dandy buck Don!!!!
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Hey Jpro, looky what I found stuck in the spine. It looks fairly complete, so maybe the exit was caused by bone? It fits perfect in the cup. I reckon the cup tumbled out to the hide, while the lead stayed fused to the vertebrae. ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4477_zps51574b22.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4478_zps7311629c.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4481_zps49c19596.jpg) all together it weighs 70.2 gr....
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Don, how far away was the buck when you shot him?
You simmer and pressure wash for the final skull clean?
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He was maybe 150. I'll just soak till everything is rotten, then wirebrush it and pull what I can outta the skull and nasals with a wire hook, soak some more and hit the carwash. Then he'll soak in Dawn for a few days, brush with gasoline, dawn again, then peroxide.
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Nicely done man.
A euro mount would be cool.
And never, ever, drink Crown Royal Maple and pick out buck brains and skull meat. I hear it can make a man very nauseous.....
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Hell of a buck Hunts....congrats!
Have always had good luck on critters with the 120 BTs out of the .260.
You ever boil them with baking soda?
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haven't cooked one for a long time, it's a PITA. I reckon I'm lazy and let nature take its course.
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Interesting that you got an exit on that one. Dead is dead, either way!
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Nice buck, I bet that put a nice grin on your face.
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Wow! That's a dandy buck! Well done sir.
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I bet that put a nice grin on your face.
Uhhh, yep....grin ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/elk%20season/IMG_4439_zps5f8edbad.jpg)
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Another toad!! Congrats Huntsman!!
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Nice Don.
Cool, different look !
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I bet that put a nice grin on your face.
Uhhh, yep....grin Dang Don, that buck's grinnin' more than you are........ Nice boneheads and knot holes, by the way.
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