Wow AR - that buck is beautiful. Honestly - he looks like a carbon copy of Mr. October, but Mr. O's tips don't curl up like that, and his G4's were a little smaller. I bet that buck scores higher than your initial estimates - he'll even net out really well since his sides appear to match perfectly. What a buck! Man, I bet you were happier than a pig in mud.

I went out this morning again before work - my time is chipping away because it's not even getting daylight until after 6:30, which gives me just an hour-and-a-half each morning. Oh well, off the next two days. I saw a hog of a buck today, running a doe down in this saddle that I will be hunting tomorrow. Not sure what or how big, but he dwarfed the doe, and I caught a glimpse of rack through the brush. He's big. Could have been Mr. O, who knows? Now that the leaves are off, it's extra frustrating, because you can see the deer, but can't get them into range. I had a huge gobbler come into range, but he was just over the bank and never presented a shot. My morning was effectively ended when two stray cats came through, and got into a huge fight right behind me. I wanted to make Cat-Ka-Bob's out of either of them. They made a holy ruckus between 7:30 and 8:00 when I finally got down and slipped out.