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Used my Big Foot Sasquatch T/D recurve and Simmons Tree Shark broadheads. Killed him little over a mile walk from the house in Shawnee National Forest. Boned and packed out..almost killed me..anything bigger will have to be two trips..getting too old and feeble. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v71/Iflytrout/Big%20Foot/Highpoint%20Buck/Graveyard8jpg7_zps7f558b2d.jpg)
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Well done, Hoyt. Not too old and feeble yet I reckon!
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That's a good southern IL buck Hoyt. Congratulations. What county are you hunting in?
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Eat Fish, Wear Grundens, Drink Alaskan.
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Congrats, doing it the hard way...well played
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Super! Great buck, especially on public land. Well done.
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Nice buck, beautiful bow - great job.
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Thanks for the congrats..Scott, I'm hunting Galatin and not seeing any deer lately. I've only seen one other buck bigger than this one and it walked up on me while I was getting my climber together after coming down the tree..happens at least once a season with me.
Seen a whole bunch of little bucks earlier and some little one's chasing does..but no sign of a whole bunch of big ones that I got on my trail cams after the season last yr.
The only standing corn left around here is a big field right where I hunt and it's killing me.
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Very nice there for sure, Hoyt.
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Well Done indeed Hoyt!  DIY Public Land in the crowded east, and with a REAL bow, no less!  Kudos!
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That's a nice buck! I have always wondered how much practice it would take to become proficient with traditional gear? That would certainly up the fun factor to get one shooting instinctively.
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If someone on here from Michigan sent me an instant message inquiring about Shawnee..I lost it before I could reply..so send again..thanks.
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Well Done indeed Hoyt! DIY Public Land in the crowded east, and with a REAL bow, no less! Kudos! +10
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Wow! Pretty hard to do it better than that. Nice buck and great job!
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Wasn't me Nice Buck with a curve! my Great Great grandfather is buried in the Shawnee Forest died a few days after the Government forced him to sell his land. head stone still there.
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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Congrats nice buck and with a recurve no less ,hats off to you Sir
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