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![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/download/Number/112846/filename/P1060202.JPG) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/download/Number/112847/filename/P1060197.JPG) I was fortunate enough to take this nice 8 pointer last Tuesday, which was a cold calm morning after a day of very high winds.
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Keep your head on the stock,wood on wood
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Great buck,that dang thing is is a monster. Down here 120 lbs is a good deer,150 lbs is great,above that its a monster.
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Allllright !
Monster for sure.
Congrats.
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Aināt easy havin pals.
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I was hunting on a half section of low fence cattle pasture and was scanning thru my binoculars along the tree/brush line and found him standing at the edge of the brush. As I was getting my scope on him he was turning to go back into cover. At the first shot I'm almost sure I hit him but he didn't flinch, jerk, or buck, just kept casually walking away. I kept shooting 2nd and 3rd shots as I could see him slowly walking thru the brush and trees and then he was gone.
After giving him about half an hour I went to check and found him laying about 40 yards from where I first shot. He had one hit where the tipped TSX 168 had passed thru behind his shoulder missing major bone. Evidently the other two rounds I had fired were deflected in the brush or had hit some branches.
There were no scales available, but he was much broader across the rump than some other bucks hanging in the barn. One guy examined his teeth and seemed confident he was more than six years of age. In comparing him in my memory of some mule deer I had been around that were weighed, I'm guessing he would field dress about 170 and live weight a bit over 200.
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Nice buck. There are some huge bodied bucks out in that country. A buddy of mine used to always hunt right across the OK state line and killed several that went between 170 and 185 dressed weight
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Thatās a heavy boy...Congrats š
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Very, very nice work sir congratulations!!
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He's a bruiser. He is so big it makes it hard to judge the antler spread. Congratulations.
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Congrats! Nice buck!
We are heading up there Thursday.
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What a hog. Good job.
Cal and distance?
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hard to judge the antler spread. . Tejano, The only measurement I took before dropping off at taxidermist was the inside spread = 18 1/2", the remaining measurements are probably pretty typical for a 6 year old. Jaguartx, It was a Tikka T3 Lite 30-06 with 168 tipped TSX, range was about 120 yards.
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