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A couple of more very rushed pics in the dark.
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Mike: That close to where you live? I did not think you had whitetails close by.....very nice deer! I LOVE big bodies on bucks;yes,as much as big racks
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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It's about 4 miles from where I'm sitting typing to you.
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My wife took a 300 pound Minnesota whitetail with her .243 fell over dead just like the little 200 pound ones. Shot placement, you don't need a magnum for whitetail. Especially in the woods where 50 yards is the norm.
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I LOVE big bodies on bucks;yes,as much as big racks BIG +1. You shoot a porker like that, he'll have some decent headgear. Even if he doesn't, you took down a mature deer. Great buck Mike!
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They get that big, I'm not counting points.....
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Shot a Rosie O'Donnell of a buck in Manitoba a couple years back with the ML, and never did get a good look at the head - saw the body moving through the bush, waddling, with front shoulders like a holstein. Bang. I called the guide and he asked how big/how many points - I said "who the hell cares".....
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Way to do it........
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Skane, 7STW,
Those sure are some awesome bucks. Congrats! Skane, what did they estimate the live weight of your buck to be?
Bob: Way to start a great thread!!!
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Thanks fellas for the kind comments.I've only had a digital camera for acouple of years.Wish I had it for this mule deer I took 4 years back.He was heavier than my whitetail.
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CLB: Thanks! Everyone luvs big deer
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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This is the biggest bodied whitetail that I've ever killed,he was bigger than a mulie that I shot in Alberta that weighed 267 pounds and the whitetail I killed in Mississippi that weighed 240 pounds. The picture doesn't quite do him justice. He was killed last November in North Dakota,the date on the camera was incorrect. I used a 270 Winchester with a 140 grain Hornady. The buck went less than 20 yards and left a massive blood trail in the snow while he was doing it. I hit him just behind the shoulder as he was chasing a doe. The bullet ended up just under the hide and weighed about half its original weight and was about twice it's original diameter. If there is something that would have killed him deader quicker,I don't know what it is.
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Cool buck doc! Apparently the deer in ND didn't get the "we're impervious to the 270" memo....
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Britt: NICE buck! He qualifies for "big"! T'was the frontal area of the Hornady that got him.....those piss-ant 270's......wonder how we kill anything with that cartridge!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Ah, yes. Some very nice deer gentelmen. If your worried about the .270 doing the job, you can go to the ".270 Improved" aka the 30'06...... All right. My kudos to Dober for thinking that up. E
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Skane, 7STW,
Those sure are some awesome bucks. Congrats! Skane, what did they estimate the live weight of your buck to be?
Bob: Way to start a great thread!!!
CLB CLB- Reckon I'd guesstimate around 340-350ish live weight... I've never weighed one with the entrails still in tact so it's merely speculation.
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Skane, 7STW,
Those sure are some awesome bucks. Congrats! Skane, what did they estimate the live weight of your buck to be?
Bob: Way to start a great thread!!!
CLB Isn't there a formula that field dressed weight is about 75% of live-weight? If so,the live weight of Skane's buck is about 380 pounds, I think.I could be off on the formula...... Oh, Canada! CLB- Reckon I'd guesstimate around 340-350ish live weight... I've never weighed one with the entrails still in tact so it's merely speculation.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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He DID have a big heart. Like I said, I'm not up to speed on that, but I've heard about that formula and it's likely true. Unlike a lot of hunters, I guesstimate on the light side......<grin>
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