 Finally drew some blood.
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 Shot him from about 40 yards with my 4 3/4" FA 454. He was about 15 minutes behind a group of 4 does.
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Re: Finally drew some blood.
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11/26/2008 6:59 PM
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Nice deer Gary! Congrats!
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very nice gary how wide is the rack looks super. congrats
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11/26/2008 7:18 PM
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Re: Finally drew some blood.
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11/26/2008 7:34 PM
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Nice buck and nice shooting, congratulations!
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Re: Finally drew some blood.
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11/26/2008 7:35 PM
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very nice gary how wide is the rack looks super. congrats
larry About 18 inches. G2's are 8". The brow tines could have been better but such is life.
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Re: Finally drew some blood.
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11/26/2008 8:03 PM
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Dam right! That is a nice buck there Gary! Was he shot in the front shoulder? Looks like a bullet hole there!
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Re: Finally drew some blood.
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11/26/2008 8:05 PM
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Yep front shoulder going in took off the top of his heart and out right behind the leg on the other side.
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11/26/2008 9:20 PM
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Gary, that is a beautiful buck!!! That's awesome being able to take him with iron sights...SWEET....KRal
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Re: Finally drew some blood.
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11/26/2008 9:54 PM
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Awesome Gary!!!!!!! I love your hat. He he he.
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Re: Finally drew some blood.
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Very nice buck! You really have to have skills killing it with such a short-barreled gun....
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11/26/2008 10:00 PM
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congrats....nice width too.
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11/26/2008 10:27 PM
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Gary,Good Shooting and Very Nice Deer. Where'd ya get him?
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11/26/2008 10:32 PM
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Gary,Good Shooting and Very Nice Deer. Where'd ya get him?
I got him up in Loudoun.
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11/26/2008 10:43 PM
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Gary very nice buck there, I'm headed out on Friday morning in one area, and then of Saturday will head back out with my son inlaw back over to his grandpas place where I got my buck. I got 2 doe tags to fill.
Awesome buck there.
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11/26/2008 11:07 PM
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Re: Finally drew some blood.
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11/26/2008 11:16 PM
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Dandy buck there buddy!! No snow? Hmm...I'll send some down thay way.
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11/26/2008 11:17 PM
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You know they had snow south of us last week but we only got flurries.
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11/27/2008 12:05 AM
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SWEET!! Nice harvest Gary!
That short barrel make it look like a monster rack. 
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11/27/2008 12:22 AM
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Nice buck Gary! Good shooting.
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11/27/2008 12:53 AM
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Great Buck Gary! I'd love to shoot a whitetail in the trees!!! Great Picture
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Re: Finally drew some blood.
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11/27/2008 2:16 AM
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That short barrel make it look like a monster rack. ...and the fact that Gary is only about 5'1" makes that deer look huge!!
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11/27/2008 2:31 AM
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And it is not by any standards? LOL
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11/27/2008 3:32 AM
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Awe man, I'm jealous!!!
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11/27/2008 3:58 AM
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Great deer Gary...must have a heck of a spot...keep it up and keep us filled in...
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11/27/2008 4:28 AM
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Always nice to see a fellow HHer with the GOODS. Nice buck.
Safe shooting
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11/27/2008 6:15 AM
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Nice buck Gary! Very impressive with the short barrel and open sights! What bullet did you use?
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11/27/2008 6:49 AM
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Congrats!
Happy for you Gary-Nice buck!
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11/27/2008 11:42 AM
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Way to go, Gary. Nice wide buck. I recently picked up a previously owned but basically brand new 4 3/4" .454 83 also. It's quite accurate and I'm very pleased with it.
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Gary you are still grinning about it huh! LOL Still a good shot with a shorty iron sights!
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Nice buck Gary! Very impressive with the short barrel and open sights! What bullet did you use? I used Winchester's X454C3 load. It is a reduced recoil load but still very capable for hunting and very accurate; roughly equivalent to a .44 Magnum. 250 Gr. XTP. Load Details I shot this one today with the same load. In VA we have to shoot a doe before we can shoot a 2nd buck and another before we can shoot the 3rd. Overall I saw 6 bucks today and about 8 does. 
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11/28/2008 2:02 AM
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That is called meat in the freezer as far as I am concerned. Congratulations Gary.
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I did learn a lesson today though. Don't drop a deer in it's tracks if you intend to keep hunting the same area. Some other deer came in and saw her laying there dead or perhaps caught a whiff of blood and spooked pretty hard. Everything is very close in there where I was hunting but I know they didn't see me. She literally was dead at the base of the tree I was in and a buck got within about 10 feet of her and came unglued.
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Especially with the fact that Gary is only 5'-1", it make the deer look big.
Nice harvest Gary.
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