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helo18
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Posted: October/29/2011 at 23:16 |
I am terrible at scoring whitetail, not that the score really matters, but I am curious as to what you think this one might score. I know he isn't huge. His body is massive for whitetail in this area. 200+ lbs dressed easy I think. This is my first big game kill for the year. Biggest whitetail I have ever shot too.
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jonoMT
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Wow! Nice one. Is that out in the area where you're working? We may not have the monsters like they do in Saskatchewan but that is a good one in my book. I haven't the slightest idea how to score one but just know you'll get a lot of good eating out of that buck.
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Reaction time is a factor...
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jonoMT
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BTW, your stock doesn't look shiny anymore.
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Reaction time is a factor...
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helo18
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I shot this guy around Lewistown. Up on the land of the outfitter I used to work for. My dad and I go up there every year, usually doe hunting, but I have permission to shoot anything I have a tag for. First time I have shot a buck. There were three in the group, and one other one was as big as this one. Sadly, I missed the shot on the black bear I saw up there. He was really steep down hill, running from me, and I think I shot right over the top of him. Oh well, next time. I was a bit bummed about that till I saw this deer. Had to take him in my mind.
Jon, we took a little 0000 steel wool to it. Took the shine away. I think it turned out great. |
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Wow! Very nice whitetail Helo!
My dad harvested a buck VERY similar to yours a few years back. His scored 126 although i think your buck has a slighly better spread, side to side.
I'd say roughly a 130 for your buck. Nice shooting, congrats
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Nice buck, Andrew.
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Well done Andrew. Heavy bodied good looking buck and you can't eat antlers anyway. Still a very good looking symmetrical rack. Will look very nice on a wall.
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Congratulations with your whitetail Andrew.
A VERY nice buck if you ask me, let´s see how you mount him when that time comes.
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lucytuma
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Thats a really nice buck Helo, almost perfect in symmetry. I'd also say he goes in the 130's and is a pretty decent trophy in my view.
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Bitterroot Bulls
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Agreed 130s
Nice buck ... and you should get plenty of burger off that guy.
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Beautiful animal... Bigger than almost anything around my area... there are a few near that size, but they are nocturnal and skittish. Almost never see them. Can sometimes capture one on a gamecam, but they are wise to those as well.
Antler stew sucks...
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Congrats on your nice buck...
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Nice buck
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handsome deer |
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Way to go Andrew!!!
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130's also
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Well did sure didn't take you long to christen that new stock! Nice respectable Buck!!!
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nice, that's a big old deer
they don't get that big bodied down in Texas congrats |
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helo18
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Thanks for the kind words. I am still pumped about getting him.
He is the biggest whitetail I have shot and the biggest body I have shot. I think he may be bigger than any mule deer I have shot in the body department. He is bigger than usual for the area but they had a lot of good green grass for most of the summer, so that helped. |
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