First buck took 3years
 

I have been hunting for three years now and i finally caught a break. Every year i take a couple does and never really see many bucks. This year i must have done something right. I guess '' something right'' must have been getting mad and going back towards my truck half our after daylight. I had been watching an open field that never has deer in it for more than the first few minutes of daylight. After not seeing anything i deceided to pull out and go elsewhere. Just got back to the truck ( 200 yards away) when i turned around and right where i had been laying in a fence row stood the biggest buck i had seenin person. before i knew it i was laying flat on my gut with him in the scope. I will post a picture as soon as my wife gets home to show me what im doing wrong..

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how do i post pics? it keeps telling me that its the wrong file type. Im trying to load a jpeg. HELP?

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Try uploading a pic on a website like www.photobucket.com or http://www.imageshack.us/ Then it will give you the link and you can post it.

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Here are links to a couple of pics of my first buck, 12 pointer.

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p37/s3monkeys/buckpic4.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p37/s3monkeys/buckpic.jpg

Does anyone have an idea on how this buck would score?

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Great buck!!!!!!!! Bad luck can always turn to good luck in a heart beat!!!! Congrats!!!

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Holy crap! What a buck! It will be a long time before you top that one. I don't know what he'll score but he'll score very good as symetrical as that rack is and a genuine 12, wow. Let us know when you get him scored.

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I have never caped one, so i have to wait til tommorrow night to get my buddy to cape him right and then he goes to the taxi. I should know a green score tommorrow. They say you should shoot a small one so you can top it easier....Im screwed!!

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GREAT DEER!!!

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Great buck, my guess is about 160-165.

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It green scored at 160 7/8.

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holy crap thats a great buck......... thats a wall hanger for sure.

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Awesome deer!
3 years huh? I've been hunting 20+ years at this poin and haven't killed that nice of a buck. Congratulations!

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That's a great buck!

And, Garminator: Great estimate on the score...

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Congrats on a great buck!

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I must finally be doing something right. This is the first year i have seen any good bucks. It pays to do the research and sit still.

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WOW JCB ... great buck and very nice symmetrical rack to boot!! One day I'll be lucky enough to take a trophy whitetail like this one ... some day soon I hope. ;) How did the cape job turn out? I was told to not cut the throat to bleed 'em if I wanted to mount a deer - looks like you cut it's throat, right?

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Im still waiting for the guy to get here to cape him out. No, i didnt cut his throat. It has a bullit hole in his neck from the kill shot. I had to put a second round in him because he didnt want to lay down and wait for me.LOL I lost a big one once... Hopfully never again.

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Nice Buck Congrats !

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I think that deer is worth a three year wait.Good job. Congrats on the buck!!!

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Nice Buck Congrats to you!

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Beautiful 12 pointer!

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Nice deer what state did you get that big boy?

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That is a central missouri whitetail.

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thats a nice buck and its a main frame twelve something thats not real common. Great deer!

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thank you for the praise. It is a trophy of a lifetime for me. It is at the taxidermist and I already have a spot picked out on the wall where he can live happily ever after.

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It may take me another few years to get another one. Went bowhunting last night and at thirty yards i shot a fence post that I didnt see. The deer just looked at me. I think it was smirking at me. Didnt have the heart to take another shot. You know how hard it is to hit a T-post at thirty yards? LOL