Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes and for the kind words on the buck. Oddly enough, these two bucks are not related, I think...it's approx. 4 miles between the spots I've shot these two. It's highly unlikely they are related but it's uncany that I've taken these two back to back years...[8D] Imagine if both finished with equal sides. I know last years buck scored almost 80 inches as is and would have been close to 130 if both sides were equal...LOL

I'm mighty happy with this buck this year as well. The way the whole hunt played out with Kurt by my side in the blind was fantastic. We won't forget it for some time. We all but had a buck in for him tonight, a real decent six and a dandy 8 point...tomorrow 11-12 is his birthday, we're hoping to do it again.

Oh by the way, he missed a gobbler today, nothing but feathers....[&:] In his defense, it was with a bow.