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Old 11-07-2011 | 01:55 PM
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Here is a pic of the whitetail buck that I shot yesterday. My dad and I rough scored him at 135.



Making a long story short...

I had a week of very bad luck. I missed three different bucks due to the fall away arrow rest on my bow not falling away. (Word of advice, don't buy a Ripcord rest.) I switched rests (I'm now a Whisker Biscuit fan.) and got sighted in again.
Yesterday morning this buck showed up with a doe. I had to wait for it to get light enough to see exactly how big he was. Then I had to wait even longer for him to turn broadside so I could get a shot. When he finally did, I smoked him through the heart/lung area from 20 yards. No blood trail at all. Found him later about 100 yards away. I had actully walked past him about 15 yards earlier in the morning and didn't see him. Talk about a rollercoaster season!

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Old 11-07-2011 | 04:14 PM
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A real nice Buck for sure. I'm a WB fan also,once you get it right it stays there. I happy your luck changed in time to nail that guy to the ground.
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Old 11-07-2011 | 05:24 PM
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That is a real nice buck you got there...
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Old 11-07-2011 | 06:32 PM
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That's a nice one for sure. Congrats and I too am a big fan of the whisker biscuit rest. I'm a big believer in "the simpler you keep it, the less things can go wrong".
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Old 11-08-2011 | 02:25 PM
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ive used whisker biscuit for awhile now with no complaints. nice buck congrats
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Old 11-08-2011 | 05:58 PM
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Nice Buck! Congrats! Hope all goes well from here on out with your new rest.
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Old 11-08-2011 | 06:21 PM
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Great Buck!
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Old 11-08-2011 | 08:21 PM
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Outstanding buck, sir!!
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Old 11-08-2011 | 08:40 PM
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Thanks all.

Don't know what the problem was with the Ripcord but I'll be sending it back. I had their previous model on my old bow and didn't have any problems at all. Whatever the problem, I'm shooting the Whisker Biscuit from now on. I definitely don't want to go through that again.
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Old 11-08-2011 | 10:15 PM
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Congratulations on a very nice buck
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