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First Day WT Success!
Decided to go out for this first time last Saturday to see what was lurking in the woods. It was un-seasonally warm with rain and fog patches which made me question if I should even go out. I started out at 8:30 and slowly worked my way along a bush road sitting and rattling a couple of times with no luck. After going about 3/4 of a mile I stopped for a break at 10:00. Once done I stood up and shouldered my pack preparing to move along. I decided to take a look down the road from where I came and seen a big bodied deer silhouetted in the fog against a pine tree over 200 yards away. A quick scope look told me it was a shooter. I dropped to one knee, lined him up and took the shot. Full disclosure, I would have preferred better shooting conditions being un-rested and carrying a heavy pack shooting in foggy conditions but that's what we deal with. I knew he was hit hard by the way his tail shot straight out but disappeared in the mist. When I got to where he should have been he jumped up and noticeably struggled to head off into the bush. I sat and had a tea and waited 20 minutes before taking up the weak blood trail in the wet leaves. He went about 75 meters and another shot put him down. I was very surprised that he was a 6x6 with beautifully colored antlers. He weighed in at 165# at the butchers and I'm guessing it'll score mid 150's. I google mapped the distance of the shot later and was surprised it was 250 meters!
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11-09-2021, 08:25 AM
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Great buck!
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11-09-2021, 08:28 AM
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Nice buck.
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11-09-2021, 09:00 AM
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sweet deal congrate.
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11-09-2021, 09:01 AM
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Great buck! Congrats
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11-09-2021, 09:04 AM
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Great story/beautiful deer.
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Congratulations! Great buck!
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11-09-2021, 09:24 AM
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Nice deer Pistol!
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11-09-2021, 09:26 AM
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Oh my that is a gorgeous buck!!! Congrats!
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11-09-2021, 09:51 AM
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Too early you should have held out for bigger lol
Great buck no way I would have passed on him
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11-09-2021, 09:54 AM
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That’s a dandy!
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11-09-2021, 09:55 AM
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That's a great buck!! Congratulations!! A shoulder mount would look fantastic.
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11-09-2021, 10:04 AM
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Awesome Whitetail! Congrats!
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11-09-2021, 10:16 AM
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Ya that's a good one! Well done!
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11-09-2021, 10:21 AM
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Very nice buck. Well done. Sometimes we forget to look behind us... sometimes It takes a while for a sneaky buck to come in and check out the rattling
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11-09-2021, 10:31 AM
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Awesome buck. I would think your in the 160’s easy as a a 6 point. Great deer
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11-09-2021, 10:36 AM
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Beauty buck! Congrats to you!!
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11-09-2021, 10:39 AM
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awesome
Very Nice deer congrats
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11-09-2021, 10:53 AM
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Niiice. Like the darker choc antlers. Got to luv it
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11-09-2021, 11:58 AM
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That’s a great looking buck! Congrats!
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11-09-2021, 12:23 PM
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Beauty buck congrats. That’s awesome
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11-09-2021, 12:41 PM
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Awesome bush buck!! Congrats!
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11-09-2021, 12:50 PM
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nice mature whitey..congrats!
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11-09-2021, 01:03 PM
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Nice clean typical. Well done!
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11-09-2021, 01:29 PM
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Great whitetail, congrats!
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11-09-2021, 07:33 PM
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If you decide not to shoot another one until you see one bigger than that, have plenty of PATIENCE pills. Really fine WT.
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11-09-2021, 08:21 PM
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Dandy Buck! Congratulations Cool!!!!
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11-09-2021, 08:36 PM
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Very nice....congrats!... 
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11-09-2021, 10:01 PM
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Great looking buck........thanks for posting
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11-10-2021, 06:39 AM
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That's great buck for a 1 day hunt, congrats! 
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