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11-08-2005 | 01:30 PM

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by23856

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From: Omaha Nebraska USA

RE: Official Team Monsters Inc. (2) Thread

WOW! We're about the most non talkative team on the board.

Well, we have another score on the board, guys. This past weekend I was able to nab two P&Y bucks, my first ones ever. The larger of the two luckily (for us) came first, on Sunday morning around 10:30. I had him home and ready to take to the butcher's when my buddy arrives and talks me into going hunting that afternoon with him. So a quick trip to the store for some bags of ice to fill his cavity with, and I get cleaned up and head back out. Then the second guy walks by and the temptation was too great. Both deer were on does when I got them.

At 10:30 Sunday morning I'm sitting in my climberwith myhead resting on my hand still thinkingabout the day before. You see, my buddy shot an 8 that I missed earlier that morning. I had been watching that 8 all season from my back door and just sort of figured he was mine. Then I shot over his back at 25 yards when I had my chance on Saturday morning. My buddy comes over at noon as I'm going in for lunch. He heads to the woods asI go in to eat.As I'm coming out from lunch an hour later, he's walking out of the woods carrying a bloody arrow and wearing a sh*t eating grin. He got my 8. I'm happy for him, of course, but I start wondering if there are any other nice bucks around. I definitely hadn't been seeing any.

So now I'm back in my stand on Sunday morning, a little discouraged and thinking of any other spots I might go to to get a big buck. I hadn't seen anything but turkeys since daylight, when suddenly I hear some tell tale crunching of leaves coming up over the ridge on my left. I turn my head, peering through the drying leaves that cover my flank, and see a big doe casually walking a course that will take her 25-30 yards in front of my stand. I tell myself, "Doesn't look like she's being chased, but I had better stand up and get ready just in case." As I start to stand I see antlers rising up over the crest of the ridge. It looked like a candelabra!!! I try to get my emotions under control as I watch the doe's path to see where I'll have a clear shot at the buck as he follows her. Jimminee Cricket!!! There's only one very small hole through all the brush, at about 30 yards. I purposefully choose these thick areas for the cover they provide me and because the deer prefer them as well, but now it may work against me.

I draw the bow and neither deer notices me. Maybe the cover isn't such a bad thing after all, I think. The buck approaches it, I level and steady my bow, say a quick prayer and release as hisright shoulderenters the window. Hisnext step takes his vitalsinto the arrow's path and itslices through the ribs and lodges in his left shoulder blade. 40 some odd yards later he comes to rest.

I'm getting a rough score of 156", due mainly to his mass and main beam lengths. Seven of hiseight mass measurementsare 4" +, the other being 3 7/8". The main beams are 24 1/4" each.

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