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I had a great time at the IL Deer Classic today. Drove up with Mobow and met Bols just after we got there. Went to the Bowtech Booth first and met Greg/MO, BowtechShooter and MeanV there. Shot a few of the new Bows and I caught Mr. Hoyt himself (mobow) shooting I believe it was the 101st. That is Greg/MO in the background. Later we met Justin and Dukemicheals with their ladies. We saw Christine at the Cambells booth. Talked to all of the guys at the WKP booth and got copies of The Grind. And met Deerslayer at the WKP booth. It was a great day with good friends.
Enjoy the pics!:)


Then we went and checked out the HEADS. WOW, there were some monsters there on display. The first one is the buck I got the sheds to earlier this year. You can see them on the pedestal of the mount. I gave them to Ryan, who killed the deer. It grossed in the 180s and netted 160 2/8 Typical.

The sheds.


More deer.




Neat brows

Wide

Weird
Ya think he could shred a tree?

Beautiful

GERM, Mr. Mass is dead:)
More MASS

My Taxi Friend mounted these lockede bucks. The big guy scored 193"

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Wow!! Those are some incredible bucks!!

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It was a pleasure to meet you JM and Mobow and Bols. Wouldv'e loved to talk more hunting with you guys but I was afraid the woman would get restless and walk away with someone else.:)

It's bad enough I leave her for so long during the season.. I need to earn those brownie points!

Yeah.. and how about those bucks this year! I have NEVER seen so many 200" whitetails ever! Their was like 10 or more. Not to mention all the 180"+ whitetail. After a while I didn't even want to look at the 150's anymore. It was ridiculous!

A pleasure to meet all you.

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Nice pics John! I have some of the same pics so I'm glad you posted them cuz I didnt feel like posting all of them. I hope you guys had as much fun as we did, and maybe next year you can win the Bow like we did.:)

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Duke, was great to meet you as well, and hey........if you wouldn't have been watching so closely, I think bols was gonna walk off with her...

And hey, get that girl some taller pants, would ya??:D:D

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Actually Don did win one. But he can't show a pic because he works in a Hoyt shop and would get fired.;)It was the Canary Yellow model. Not sure what poundage it is.:D

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Nice.

I can't stop her.. I can only hope to contain her.

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Nice looking deer........... huge!! I'm going to have to go one of these years. What county/city was it in?

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Bloomington IL

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And yes, I shot some of the bowtechs. I shot the General, the 82nd, 101st, and the marquis. My favorite, and if I WERE to get one (which I won't) it would be the 101st. I just really liked the draw cycle of that bow. My least favorite was the 82nd, the draw cycle being it's downfall to me. I just didn't like that sudden drop into the valley.

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It was good to see some familiar faces at the IL Deer and Turkey Classic.

It was also refreshing to know that Justin and Duke indeed have women, or atleast paid women to show up with them in order to put to bed previous rumors of them being more than just friends. [8D]

In all honesty, Duke it was a pleasure to talk to you for the first time.

Justin had some top secret box in tow all day. He wouldn't let that thing out of his sight. ;)[8D]

And it was also my first time meeting Meanv, Bowtech_Shooter, and Greg/Mo. Great talking to those guys and putting faces with names. The Bowtech booth was a happening place I don't think they got much of a rest all weekend. And it was nice,they didn't shoot me with an 82nd even though I had my Hoyt shirt on Saturday.

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And to those "techies".. Greg and Bowthech-Shooter.. it was a pleasure to meet you gentlemen too. Even though your presence on the forums have caused many men and women to betray their old bow manufacturer and go to bowtech in very high numbers these last few years.

The evil Empire has begun!

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That's funny! I got the powder blue model. I will post up pics sometime this week!

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Yep great meeting everyone also!!! Mobow It must be a hoyt thing because I shot all of them also and it came down to the general and the 101st and the 101st felt the best to me also I didn't like the 82nd at all!! Walt

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It was a good time,I talked a bit with Greg,Ralph & Vickie .The locked up racks looked really neat this year also.I can't believe I didn't spend any money this year,I had planned on getting some more ASAT but didn't see their booth.

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Sounds like a great show! Those are some serious bucks on display! Very nice for all you guy's to meet one another.

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Not only is Mobow shooting a bowtech, i believe that is also a WB on there :Dcool pics John, wish i could have made it, ill be therenext year ;)Did you give that wedgie to bolls that i requested?? :Di had a hit out on him from both of ya [8D]

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Some awesome bucks for sure

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Ohh yeah, I see how it is blood! You're putting hits out on me like you are the "Rock"father or something. Sending your cronies John and Don to do all your dirty work. [8D]

Too bad ya didn't make it....I had a $100 waiting for ya.

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Walt, I felt the same way that you and mobow felt about the 82nd and 101st. If I was to get either one, I do believe it would be the 101st.

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Remember the briefcase Marcellus Wallace carried around in Pulp Fiction? It's kind of like that. :D

OR it was just my external hard drive with all of my footage from this season on it that I picked up from Mr. WKP himself. I'll leave it up to you to decide.

It was great seeing you all as usual, and I'm looking forward to the "Coon Creek Hunt Club" get together this summer. ;)

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I saw the internals of the box, but I do believe you hollowed out that external HD and stuffed it full of cashola and "big buck magic mojo powder"for next season.

So,since that is the truth of the box, itis more like the briefcase that Marcellus Wallace carried aroundin Pulp Fiction.

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nice pics..

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Man, sounds like that was a fun show. Cant wait till Iowa this weekend

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It was the standard Bowtech Hostage;)Nice pics jm!! You sure looked good shooting that Bowtech mobow:DThe Bowtech booth was a busy place, but that's what makes it so much fun to work in it. Actually come to think of it, I don't know how you could call that work it was a Blast and it was Great to meet a lot of new faces.

Dan

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I didn't get the chance to stop by the bowtech booth! BAH! I did, however, get to meet a bunch of the guys at the WKP booth, I am very glad I got the chance to do that! I got to talk with talltines for awhile and got to shake the hands of many of the HNI crew, once again, nice to meet you all and I wish i could have stayed and talked, but the show was extremely busy!

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The rock father :eek:I like it :Dall in good fun bro, if i were there i would have done it myself :Das for the $100.00, i would not have taken it anyway, you won it fair and square ;)

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Hey man - it was good meeting you. After you left I told Mike I felt bad for not talking longer, but you're right, the show is definitely busy. We were there for a few hours and still didnt' have a chance to look at everything and talk to everyone I wanted to.

One of these years we'll actually plan something where we meet up for awhile and grab some food and perhaps a few beverages.

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Heck my buddy Steve and I went over to shoot bowtech bows and they put us to work moving the display before they would let us!! I hate to see what they are going to make a hoyt shooter do before I buy one of there bows!!! Walt

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Pat and I did that to you[8D]Thanks for the help!! A little last minute change allowed us to expand:D

Dan

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Just teaseing you Dan!!! It was worth it just to be able to sit there and shoot all three bows over and over!! Thanks again!! Walt

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I Agree!! It's always Fun being around a bunch of Bowhunters:D

Dan

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It was great to meet so many new faces and of course see some that I've known for a while now.

stickbow26, Thanks for the help, it was greatly appreciated...;)