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#1 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Duval County west of Freer
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After watching him for several years, I finally pulled the trigger on my first drop tine buck. He has looked different every year since he was 3 years old. His rack looked really unusual the last 2 years (see my previous thread titled “what happened to this buck”).
The hunt started out a little late Friday evening. My 8 yr old daughter and I didn’t get in the stand until 3:50. Feeders go off at 4:00. We got settled in a deer started slowly coming out. Had several young bucks and does eating in the senderos with no sign of rut. About 4:45 a mature 10 pt walked out under my east feeder. He’s a 150 class type deer that I will most likely let one of my other lease members shoot later in the year. Finally about 5:30 my buck showed up. He walked in from behind the feed pen and jumped right in to eat out of the trough. He always came in this way. After watching him eat for 15 minutes he finally decided to check a doe in front of the pen. I couldn’t shoot him in the pen without taking a chance hitting a hog panel. When he was about to jump out, I told my daughter to be still so I can take the shot. He jumped out and stopped broadside right in the middle of the sendero. I squeezed the trigger on my trusty weatherby mark V 7 mag. The recoil shook the stand but I could tell he was hit good. I watched him hunch over and take off in the brush. I looked at my daughter and told her I got. She was still watching down the sendero and said I just saw him fall. I looked back and their he was laying dead in the sendero. He ran in the brush and came back out 40 yards closer to me then fell over. What luck because he ran into some of the thickest brush and cactus on the ranch. A priceless moment with my daughter. She was so excited that she was with me when it all happened. He was 7.5 years old and ended up scoring 172 4/8. I’m sure that I will never get a chance to ever shoot another buck with this much character. |
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#2 |
Nubbin' Buck
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Huntsville
Hunt In: Kimble
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Awesome buck! Congrats
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#3 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Belton
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Pretty dang cool
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#4 |
Six Point
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Tolar
Hunt In: Hood,Stonewall,Kansas,Colorado
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Nice buck and nice your daughter was there for the memories!
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#5 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: gholson, tx
Hunt In: Concho
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Kewl buck, congrats
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#6 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Brenham & Richland Springs
Hunt In: Richland Springs & Washington on the Brazos
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Nice buck, congrats to you.
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#7 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: San Angelo, TX
Hunt In: Irion County
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Heck of a cool buck!!!! Big congrats on the drop tine....
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#8 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Helotes
Hunt In: anywhere invited
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That is one awesome buck!
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#9 |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Athens
Hunt In: Jack/Coleman/Henderson
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Awesome!!!! Congratulations
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#10 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Spring,Texas
Hunt In: West Texas, Dryden area, Forestville, Canada
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Nice buck! Congrats
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#11 |
Ten Point
Join Date: May 2012
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172! Wow great buck!
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#12 |
Four Point
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Kerrville
Hunt In: Kerr County, México
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Very nice!!
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#13 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Duval County west of Freer
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Thanks everyone.
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#14 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2011
Hunt In: Kerr & Lavaca County
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i dont care what he scores, i love that buck! congrats!
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#15 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Liberty hill
Hunt In: mason county
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Great Buck ,Congrats,Love the rack on That one
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#16 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Sorry Azz Houston
Hunt In: San Saba,TX
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Congrats! Super buck.
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#17 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Sumner Tx
Hunt In: Lamar county
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Awesome buck! Congrats!
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#18 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Princeton
Hunt In: Eastland County
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Great character!
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#19 |
Ten Point
Join Date: May 2014
Location: San Antonio
Hunt In: Sutton/Val Verde/Edwards
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A buddy of mine was at that ranch on a mgmt hunt this weekend and sent me a pic of that buck. I had no idea a TBHer took him. Congrats!
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#20 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Duval County west of Freer
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Thanks. Was your buddy the guy that shot the huge 7 pt? I met a few new guys that hunt in a different pasture at the check in station.
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#21 |
Nubbin' Buck
Join Date: Oct 2016
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Awesome deer. Congrats to you.
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#22 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Brazoria county
Hunt In: Brady,McCulloch Cnty, Brazoria cnty, South Africa, Namibia
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That is a awesome looking buck.. Congrats!!!!
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#23 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Hunt In: Ranger & Granbury
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Super cool buck, congrats.
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#24 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: South Tx
Hunt In: Medina County, Bandera County
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Congrats
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#25 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2017
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That sure is a dandy
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#26 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Lindale, Texas
Hunt In: Antlers, Oklahoma
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Cool buck!
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#27 |
Ten Point
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Texas
Hunt In: San Gabriel, Colorado and Rio Grande watersheds
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Funky awesome headgear! Congrats on the buck.
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#28 |
Spike
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Alice,TX,America
Hunt In: Benavides,TX
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Good harvest
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#29 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Lewisville
Hunt In: Coleman
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Nice!!
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#30 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Clear Lake Tx
Hunt In: Old Mexico, Centerville Tx
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One cool deer!!
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#31 |
Four Point
Join Date: Feb 2009
Hunt In: Throckmorton, Parker, Wise county
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super cool deer! congrats
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#32 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Austin,tx
Hunt In: Upton, Crane County
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172..................
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#33 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Nov 2013
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Congrats! Cool deer
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#34 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Duval County west of Freer
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#35 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Tilden & Utopia
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Congrats!
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#36 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Duval County west of Freer
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Thanks everybody.
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#37 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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Congrats! He's wild looking!!
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#38 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Lindale
Hunt In: Behind the house and public in Texas; Kansas Unit 5
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Congrats
Any idea what caused the crazy growth? Any injuries discovered after he was down? |
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#39 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Duval County west of Freer
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I did not notice anything. He looked pretty healthy. I talked to a neighbor Saturday that saw him several times through the years and he had a picture of him with his entire V mesh cottonseed feeder attached to his rack. Evidently he hooked it while feeding and it got stuck. This was after the season 2 years ago. He carried the entire mangled v mesh feeder on his head until he shed. I’m thinking something happened during that time to mess him up last year for sure. 2 years ago he probably hooked the v mesh and damaged one side.
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#40 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2018
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Amazing buck, glad you and your daughter got to experience that together!
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#41 |
Four Point
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Great Buck....Congrats.
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#42 |
Four Point
![]() Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: League city
Hunt In: Victoria
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Awesome Buck!!!
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#43 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Henderson
Hunt In: Front yard or back yard
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That's a good looking buck. Congratulations!
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#44 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Fruitvale, TX
Hunt In: Harper, TX
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Wild looking deer. Congrats.
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#45 |
Six Point
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Hockley, Tx
Hunt In: Kinney Co
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What did you end up aging him at?
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#46 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Seguin, TX
Hunt In: Webb, Guadalupe and Caldwell Countys
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That is a really cool looking buck and the picture is excellent, congratulations.
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#47 |
Four Point
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Montgomery, TX
Hunt In: Texas
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Definitely one to be proud of, congrats
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#48 |
Ten Point
Join Date: May 2014
Location: San Antonio
Hunt In: Sutton/Val Verde/Edwards
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#49 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Duval County west of Freer
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#50 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Location, Location
Hunt In: Spite of Wife's Complaints
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Nice buck!
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