East Texas buck
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01/18/2016 2:43 PM
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eastex
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Well I have had a tough season, the property I usually hunt my dad owns and use to be a great place to hunt but the hunting pressure has gotten out of hand. I quit hunting out there and figured I would try another place that I haven't had very good luck out of the past several years. I put out a game camera hoping to see a legal deer on camera (one with an unbranched antler or one with a inside spread of 13"s or greater)... I went back to check the game camera 4 or 5 days later and was surprised to see a good deer on camera. He was a heavy 9 point with tall tines but looked like he was just legal as far as width but definitely mature deer. I hunted him a couple mornings but every afternoon for a week and I thought my season was over because I went on call for work for the very last week of deer season. A couple days went by and I got curious so I went out there to check my game camera and sure enough he was there 2 afternoons in a row so I decided I would sneak out there and hunt. Well I get out in the stand with my Encore 308 and sitting there and to the right of me there is a road and all the sudden I catch movement on the road and look up to see a good deer trotting away from me. he is in the road but there are a bunch of overhanging branches that are in the way of shooting plus i'm not one to pull the trigger on a iffy shot. I tried stopping him twice and then I finally yelled "HEY" at him and that got his attention and he stopped right before jumping the property fence(he was about 125 yds) he was facing directly away from me but turned his head to the right where I had no shot. Luckily he turned his head back to the left still facing away from me and the only thing that was open was a small part of his neck so I put the cross hairs on the white patch on his neck and started a slow squeeze. It seemed so perfect that the deer seemed to drop before I realized the shot went off. I got down and he was a little bigger than I thought. I shot him using my Encore and my MGM 308 barrel that I bought from Mark Hampton. He scored 131 3/8 which is a great deer for around where I hunt. I know yall see Texas on tv shows and in south and west Texas that is the good deer hunting you see and hear about. Also I have been deer hunting for close to 20 years and this is my best deer ever. Thanks for looking and pics to come shortly.
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Re: East Texas buck
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#168484
01/18/2016 2:48 PM
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s4s4u
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Congratulations on a fine shot, and hanging in there. Looking forward to the pics.
Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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Re: East Texas buck
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01/18/2016 2:53 PM
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tradmark
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Congrats. Very nice shooting. I used to live in tyler and remember the road hunting some of the guys talked about. Never saw a decent buck hunting or just driving around! That is a helluva score out there.
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Re: East Texas buck
[Re: eastex]
#168486
01/18/2016 2:55 PM
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This is a phone pic so not the greatest, but you get the point.
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Re: East Texas buck
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01/18/2016 2:56 PM
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Zee
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"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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Re: East Texas buck
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01/18/2016 3:03 PM
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karl
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Nice Deer! Congratulations!
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Re: East Texas buck
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01/18/2016 3:15 PM
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REDHAWK1954
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Congratulations! That is a great way to end a tough season!
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Re: East Texas buck
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01/18/2016 3:39 PM
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Very nice! Congratulations!
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01/18/2016 3:44 PM
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junebug
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Nice. I especialy like the hunting partner,sure he didn't take the shot and you claim it?LOL
Last edited by junebug; 01/18/2016 3:44 PM.
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01/18/2016 3:58 PM
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KRal
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Very nice! That's a great deer no matter where he came from. Congrats! Excellent shot, as well!
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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01/18/2016 4:14 PM
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eastex
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Thanks fellas I am very happy with how it turned out. And junebug that is my 4 month old and he is my best trophy!
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01/18/2016 5:22 PM
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junebug
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AMEN to that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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01/18/2016 7:25 PM
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Re: East Texas buck
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01/18/2016 8:28 PM
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WiseGuy
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Bigger ain't always better....according to who???
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01/19/2016 12:12 AM
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That is a good buck. Congratulations on having two wonderful trophies.
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01/19/2016 12:17 AM
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Re: East Texas buck
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01/19/2016 12:57 AM
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BRASF0311
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Great hunt and very nice buck. Congratulations.
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01/19/2016 1:33 AM
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abner
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Nice buck, way to go. Congrats.
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01/19/2016 1:51 AM
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Very nice deer ... A trophy by all standards.
Grats.
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01/19/2016 2:07 AM
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eastex
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01/19/2016 3:09 AM
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01/19/2016 4:02 AM
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cherokeetracker
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Real nice deer. Congratulations
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01/19/2016 12:51 PM
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SChunter
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Congratulations Eastex!
Great deer
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01/19/2016 6:31 PM
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Boartuff
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Congrats on a fine deer! We can't get em if we're not out there. Just never know how a day may turn out.
~BT~
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01/19/2016 8:27 PM
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Sawfish
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Nice North Texas deer and great shooting.
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01/19/2016 10:13 PM
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Gary
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01/20/2016 12:18 AM
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Casull Time
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That's a good looking Deer - Congratulations !!
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01/20/2016 3:59 PM
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good looking buck! congrats!
"If you are going to go through all the trouble to put a hole in something, why not make it a big one?"
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01/27/2016 3:04 PM
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dvan
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T/C's~Ruger's~Striker~XP~S&W & the Quest Continues
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Re: East Texas buck
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01/28/2016 8:52 AM
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RobertWalters
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Thanks for sharing your story, congrats on the great shot!!
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