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[align=center]Cody Thomas #10 All-Time Typical[/align]

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[align=center]1/23/2006 - Cody Thomas of Savannah, Ga. took the #10 All-Time highest scoring typical buck ever killed in Florida with this 13-point killed on private property in Leon County on Nov. 20, 2005. The 235-pound buck sported a 19-1/2-inch inside spread and netted 154-6/8 inches (165-4/8 gross) in the Florida Buck Registry[/align]

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He must have wandered over the border with Georgia.

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1st Place
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[align=center]Felton Sheffield, Gainesville, Fla. 12-point, net score of 159-0/8, taken in Alachua County[/align]



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2nd Place
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[align=center]David Rogers, Miccosukee, Fla. 13-point, net score of 150-2/8, taken in Leon County[/align]



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3rd Place
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[align=center]Michael Cruce, Hampton, Fla. 10-point, net score of 145-4/8, taken in Alachua County[/align][/align]

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Wow!! I did not realize deer could walk all the way from Ohio to Fla. LOL just kidding reb, Nice buck!

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1st Place
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[align=center]James "Jimmy" Cason of Williston claimed the #1 typical buck killed in Florida during the 2004-05 hunting season with this beautiful 12-point taken with a .30/06 on Nov. 26, 2004 while hunting on private, family-owned property in Marion County. The trophy buck had a 20-6/8-inch inside spread, gross scored 163-1/8 inches and netted 151-5/8 after deductions.[/align]



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2nd Place
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[align=center]Jay Leonard of Crawfordville placed second in the Buck-Of-The-Year contest with an amazing 10-point killed in Suwannee Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area in Hamilton County on Oct. 30, 2004. Leonard killed three great 10-points in one week, including the state's second-highest scoring typical, which grossed 147-7/8 inches and netted 145-1/8, making it the highest-scoring buck ever killed on a mobility impaired hunt in Florida. Leonard's buck had only two inches in deductions and sported a 18-1/8 inch inside spread.[/align]



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3rd Place
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[align=center]Scott Chaires of Tallahassee tied for third with a great 13-point killed in Jefferson County on Dec. 26, 2004. The trophy rack gross scored 152-5/8 inches and netted a 144-6/8 after deductions for minor differences and three abnormal points. The massive rack featured 23-inch main beams, towering 11-inch second points and an inside spread of 15-5/8 inches.[/align]



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3rd Place
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[align=center]Jack Hittinger of Tallahassee took an impressive wide-racked 10-point on Dec. 11, 2004 in Leon County that earned him a tie for the #3 typical killed in 2004-05. The huge rack featured a whopping outside spread of 22-5/8 inches and an inside spread of 20-6/8 inches with a 14-5/8 inch tip-to-tip spread. The monster buck grossed 147-4/8 inches and netted 144-6/8 after deductions.[/align][/align]

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:D:D:D:DThey walk form Canada to A-Hi-O.:D:D:D:D

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Nice Buck!! That's the beauty of Whitetail deer they can adapt to just about any envirnment!

Hey Reb, Djaeat yet?

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eh thems are tiny deer....;)

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hey reb we got some deer thats almost that small;), somebody better call ted nugent though cause they put the camera mans name on his[:-][:-][:-][:-][:-]

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reb what are you doing telling people we have deer in florida???? everyone knows you can't kill big deer in florida...

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The farther South you go, Then they really get small!


The shoulder height of Key deer is between 24-28 inches. Does weigh 45-65 pounds while bucks weigh 55-75 pounds. Rutting season activities begin in September, peaking in early October and decreasing gradually through November and December. Some breeding may occur as late as February. The gestation period is 204 days with fawns born April through June. At birth fawns weigh 2-4 pounds. Antlers are dropped February through March, and regrowth begins almost immediately so that by June, bucks with 2-inch stubs are seen. Antler growth is completed by August, and velvet is rubbed and kicked off in early September.
Key deer feed on native plants such as red, black and white mangroves, thatch palm berries and over 150 other species of plants. Key deer can tolerate small amounts of salt in their water and they will also drink brackish water, but fresh water is essential for their survival. They must also have suitable habitat to ensure their future existence.

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Rebelhog demanded it. Did not take a stab at it or hint around about it guys. Demanded it.

Rebelhog, we each will give it to you.

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All fake

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Ouch that hurt reb! LOL but I did notice that these "Buck of the year deer" were all less than one sixty:D Now this is a real buck!!!

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10-4 good buddy! That's a Buck!

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sweet deer!

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Fla deer are really tiny, you only get one a year, and they taste bad.;)

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HERES TWO KILLED NOT FAR FROM CHIPLEY FL, LAST YEAR (04, 05). BY A 16 YR OLD

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Size is relative to the area hunted.If you were to show up at a big buck night in my areawith any of those Florida deer,they wouldn't get much attention at all.

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Good Job, 1-ON-1

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SJ,you have game we don't have and we have game you don't have.[8D]

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235 pounds in Florida. Is this a typo Reb? I can't imagine a wild free range deer growing that large in Florida. The body size and height gets smaller as you go further south (Bergmann's rule)

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SJ,you have game we don't have and we have game you don't have.[8D]

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I will gladly give up your game to huntour bighorn,elk,moose,mountain goat,cougar,black bear,pronghorn,bison,mule deer and our large whitetails.:)

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Georgia Boy Comes to Florida and Takes Monster Buck
Cody Thomas of Savannah, Ga. had no idea he would be harvesting Florida's ...
Benners, who is listed twice in last year's Florida Buck Registry for taking ...
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Thanks, we have enough Canadians down here already. I take all mine andhave taken many of yours.:)

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REBEL HOG,not for sure on the details, but a few years back, buckmasters golden laurel buck came from florida.

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the first pic the deer was shot on my b-day.I was wonderin how my present escaped :Dreal nice deer for FLA

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reb there is no nice deer in fl :eek:i hope to come down and go hunting this year so keep telling everyone that there are no nice deer in fl:eek:

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I have hunted in St Marks and appalacacola and I have met the #2 guy in some camp ground in the walkulla area. I hunted these tidal marshes along the gulf and hunted the piney wood rooters and there were so many that you could be kinda choosey cause they would come out and feed on the fiddler crabs.. Found some nice sheds and got a dinker but hogs all over. Just depends on how hard you want to bring it back. Kinda seems like when you shoot it the fun stops and the work begins, I never did like work. ;)

Bobby

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that's the truth when it comes to hunting in florida especially with deer.

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It is a major factor when hunting elk in the mountains or moose in the swamps.The work starts when a large carcass hits the ground.

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not as good as Iowa bucks

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that's why "us" floridians are better hunters than everyone else. our deer are smaller (smaller targets), which makes "us" better marksman and our terrain is tougher (swamps, poisonous snakes, skeeters, gators, etc.). :D:D:D

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I have hunted that area for11yrs straight. I hunted Aucilla WMA. It covered 3 counties, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor, all on the gulf side west of hwy#98.We camped at the St Marks River andhighway #98. I quit going when the State took Wakulla and Jefferson counties and renamed it FlintRock WMA and charge $200 to hunt.Before we use to hunt three counties andjust State hunting license and $25 WMA stamp. Aucilla WMA use to be 73,002 acres and now it's 47,552. It consists of the sounthern tip of Jefferson county and Taylor county on the west side of Hwy #98. Wakulla countyand the northern 3/4 of Jefferson county were cut out and named FlintRock (25,450 acres).
Apalachicola WMA is above FlintRock with 581,837 acres and covers, Franklin, Leon, Liberty and Wakulla counties. I believe Rusty-O-Ranger lives in that area.

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RH, thats where I was talking about, we camped out on the st. marks and hwy 98. Right across the st. marks river was a diner called Outz's Oyster bar where we would pig out on 25 cent appalachacola oysters and A $1.50 for smoked mullet, man that was just as good as the huntin trip. We'd hunt the wakulla flats and the otter lake side when the refuge first opened and hogs all over and found a bunch of nice sheds in the flats. I did get turned around at dark-thirty while hunting the flats and I finally met up with my friends, game warden and search party at 2:00 a.m.. I was out on the flats and I started working my way towards this light, the water was getting deeper and deeper, and come to find out I was actually working my way to a buoy marker. I could hear voices calling my name but the wind was not in my favor as I started working my way back to the voices. I finally worked my way to the game warden and I said, "man am I ever glad to see you". He told me that he had better things to do then to stay up looking for my a$$. He chewed me up one side and down another. The hard part about was everytime I chequed through the chequeing station, everyone would rib me. But I did get the last word in by chequeing out a 4x4 buck, one doe and two hogs. [X(]

Bobby

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I believe Rusty-O-Ranger lives in Crawfordville.

Go to hunting map, all this will be on the west side of Hwy#98

Go to Map area to see Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor Counties, this use to be Aucilla WMA in the good old days!:)


St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge - US Fish & Wildlife Service

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Boy that brings back memeriors. I have several friends in melbourne and one in selfner that went last year and they were some what disappointed compare to what it use to be. One of them didn't even see a single deer from the stand. Hogs aren't near as numerious and have gotten educated real quik.

Bobby

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Yep, it sure does bring back memories!
When my wife's family moved to Fl in 1957, they settled in Seffner. We go to church in Seffner. We got married in Seffner!My father-in-law had a welding shop by the house and Don Garlits use to hang out there.

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reb...my wife and I were thinking seriously about moving to north Florida. I'm going to let her look at these pictures. This may have been the straw to break the camel's back. Great bucks.
C7

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Alright guys...the jokes up, thoses are ALL GEORGIA DEER, WE HAVE NO DEER IN FLORIDA....Go see Stubblejumper north of the border, they have all the deer you need up there eh..:eek: