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Jiminy Cricket, what a deer!
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Very good buck! Doing it with a slugger is so cool.
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Live weight was prob around 350lbs. Big bodied deer.
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Great buck! That fella looks like he was a beast!
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Great buck - looks better than 180" to me...
Great job..
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That's a nice buck! Why do they even have bow/slug zones anyway?
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JG, this deer was in a Bow/Shotgun area. I had taken my bow for that reason but the slow hunt didn't cooperate with that. I also took my rifle but didn't end up using it. This was Day 6 so I switched to the shotgun to get it done. Old rusty Rem 870 with some Hornady FTX slugs. Shot ended up being about 60-65 yards after he got up and fed away from me. I had crawled to about 40 but couldn't see enough of his body because of the terrain. I had to let him feed out a little and then I stood to get a good enough view. Quartering away. Went in near the last ribs and came out behind the offside shoulder. Wobbled about 50 yards and tipped backwards. Fun times. I crawled him for about an hour and then sat on him for another hour or so before he stood up. Had good cover and wind to get it done. Thanks guys. What an exciting hunt, and what a good looking buck!
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Mercy, that is a dandy mule deer!!! And with a shotgun.... Congrats!!
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