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Topic: Whitetail 2011
Posted By: helo18
Subject: Whitetail 2011
Date 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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Posted By: jonoMT
Date Posted: October/29/2011 at 23:39
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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Posted By: jonoMT
Date Posted: October/29/2011 at 23:40
BTW, your stock doesn't look shiny anymore.

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Posted By: helo18
Date Posted: October/29/2011 at 23:48
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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Posted By: shooter07
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 04:30
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 Excellent


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Posted By: cheaptrick
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 06:48
Nice buck, Andrew. 

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Posted By: Dogger
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 07:22
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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Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 07:29
ExcellentExcellentExcellent 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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Posted By: lucytuma
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 08:27
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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Posted By: Bitterroot Bulls
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 08:31
Agreed 130s
 
Nice buck ... and you should get plenty of burger off that guy.


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Posted By: Kickboxer
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 08:42
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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Posted By: coyote95
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 08:51
Congrats on your nice buck...Thunbs Up

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Posted By: Urimaginaryfrnd
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 12:42
Nice buckExcellent

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Posted By: martin3175
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 22:50

handsome deer



Posted By: mike650
Date Posted: October/30/2011 at 23:22
Way to go Andrew!!!   Cheers

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Posted By: SVT_Tactical
Date Posted: October/31/2011 at 07:17
Excellent


Posted By: stickbow46
Date Posted: October/31/2011 at 10:05
130's also ExcellentExcellent

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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: October/31/2011 at 16:52
ExcellentExcellentExcellent Well did sure didn't take you long  to christen that new stock!  Nice respectable Buck!!!


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Posted By: ccoker
Date Posted: November/03/2011 at 13:49
nice, that's a big old deer
they don't get that big bodied down in Texas

congrats


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Posted By: helo18
Date Posted: November/03/2011 at 19:20
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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To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

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Posted By: cheaptrick
Date Posted: November/03/2011 at 19:23
Originally posted by helo18 helo18 wrote:


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.

He's "big"...Wink



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Posted By: helo18
Date Posted: November/03/2011 at 19:27
Originally posted by cheaptrick cheaptrick wrote:


Originally posted by helo18 helo18 wrote:


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.


He's "big"...Wink



Hahahaha, I may have got a lit carried away on my emphasis.

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To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

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Posted By: cheaptrick
Date Posted: November/03/2011 at 19:38
Just teasin, Brother. You should be proud. Well done. 

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Posted By: helo18
Date Posted: November/03/2011 at 19:59
No worries. I found it funny. And I am really round.

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To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

GEORGE WASHINGTON


Posted By: jonoMT
Date Posted: November/03/2011 at 22:16
Originally posted by helo18 helo18 wrote:

And I am really round.
It's just the camera that makes you look that way!


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Posted By: jonoMT
Date Posted: November/03/2011 at 22:16
Sorry, couldn't resist...as I set down my piece of cheese so I could type.

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Posted By: budperm
Date Posted: November/04/2011 at 05:58
Originally posted by jonoMT jonoMT wrote:

Originally posted by helo18 helo18 wrote:

And I am really round.
It's just the camera that makes you look that way!
 
Nope....Mirrors do too! I know the hard way...


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Posted By: helo18
Date Posted: November/06/2011 at 16:32
Originally posted by jonoMT jonoMT wrote:

Originally posted by helo18 helo18 wrote:

And I am really round.
It's just the camera that makes you look that way!


Hahaha, I will just blame it on the fat fingers.


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To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

GEORGE WASHINGTON


Posted By: trigger29
Date Posted: November/06/2011 at 17:17
I was first going to say 125, but he should score well for mass, and is very symmetrical. Being so even, and heavy, I'd say he'd go 130. I score by pope & young standards. Don't know how Boone & Crockett scoring is done, so I can't say how he'd score on their scoring, or if they score them the same way.
 
Either way, he's a nice buck, and you should be round. Bucky


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Posted By: gremcat
Date Posted: January/19/2012 at 23:29
I think mid 120's but it's hard to say. The bigger bodied deer always fool me.



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