2017-2018 Picture Post
11-02-2017, 04:57 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 5,062
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Took this guy last Saturday night at 5:00. Came in dogging a doe, and grunting all the way. Shot was about 15 yards, he never even knew I was there. I have a ton of trail cam pictures of him from this past summer.
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Took this guy last Saturday night at 5:00. Came in dogging a doe, and grunting all the way. Shot was about 15 yards, he never even knew I was there. I have a ton of trail cam pictures of him from this past summer.
http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2162/yj0Vcc.jpg
Last edited by BigDaddy12t; 11-02-2017 at 05:01 PM.
11-13-2017, 07:56 AM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 564
Tagged out on 11/11/17 at 715am on a 25 yard shot with my Hoyt PowerHawk and Beeman Arrows tipped with G5 t3 mechanicals.
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sorry for the blurry thumb...the posting procedure here is different then other sites I visit. Click the blurry thumb and it is much clearer
Last edited by teedub31; 11-13-2017 at 07:58 AM.
11-13-2017, 01:01 PM
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: mcdonough ga
Posts: 147
backyard buck..raining this morning so i started not to go..so i sat around and sat around...'bout 15 minutes went by and i told mama i'm goin huntin...went out and i promise , i wasn't there 5 minutes and this brute made my day...40 yds w/my new tikka 260 rem..11th buck i have seen this year
Last edited by davidg; 11-13-2017 at 01:06 PM.
12-10-2017, 07:50 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,903
My wife and I have been watching this Warrior on game cameras for a few years, but had only seen him in person once inside season, last year, but not long enough to get a shot. I finally got my opportunity last Thursday. The broken tines and main beam, plus the cuts and punctures all over his neck and shoulders tell tales of brutal fighting this fall. He broke off his kicker and his right G4 sometime between Oct 27th and 31st (3rd pic), then broke off half of his left antler - and 3 points along with it - sometime between Monday and Thursday last week. A bit out of normal for me, I used a rifle this season instead of a handgun; a buddy from work built an AR at my shop this summer, then left it with me for storage, and since he's not a hunter, just a steel banger, I told him I was going to put it to good use! Custom Ruger AR-556, 20" 6.5 Grendel running factory Hornady Black 123grn ELD-M's. Hit him at 33yrds, punched the shoulder, cut his heart in half, and turned his lungs into Jello salad. Recovered the bullet under the far side hide, 20yrd run and dump. My taxidermist offered to rebuild his rack based on all of the pictures we have, but I'm planning to leave him just how he was taken, the story is more important to me than the points. Very grateful for the opportunity to bring this big boy home.
12-10-2017, 08:33 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 3,359
My wife and I have been watching this Warrior on game cameras for a few years, but had only seen him in person once inside season, last year, but not long enough to get a shot. I finally got my opportunity last Thursday. The broken tines and main beam, plus the cuts and punctures all over his neck and shoulders tell tales of brutal fighting this fall. He broke off his kicker and his right G4 sometime between Oct 27th and 31st (3rd pic), then broke off half of his left antler - and 3 points along with it - sometime between Monday and Thursday last week. A bit out of normal for me, I used a rifle this season instead of a handgun; a buddy from work built an AR at my shop this summer, then left it with me for storage, and since he's not a hunter, just a steel banger, I told him I was going to put it to good use! Custom Ruger AR-556, 20" 6.5 Grendel running factory Hornady Black 123grn ELD-M's. Hit him at 33yrds, punched the shoulder, cut his heart in half, and turned his lungs into Jello salad. Recovered the bullet under the far side hide, 20yrd run and dump. My taxidermist offered to rebuild his rack based on all of the pictures we have, but I'm planning to leave him just how he was taken, the story is more important to me than the points. Very grateful for the opportunity to bring this big boy home.
12-11-2017, 01:41 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,903
The battles have been brutal out there this year, I've never had so many bucks on camera with broken tines and antlers. I have a 3yr old 8pt with an entire antler broken off, then this guy breaking an antler in half... I run cattle right next door with a mineral tank, and run mineral blocks all year long to get deer in front of the camera, and I've never had any deficiencies out there, so it has to be a function of big boys banging into each other.
12-11-2017, 02:45 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 3,359
Two of them. One is about as heavy in mass and body, but not quite, as the one I took, pretty typical 11pt. The other is the eldest living of a "tall rack" bloodline we've had for about 8yrs on this property. I expect he's the one who broke this dude, his rack is really high, narrow, and shallow, with bases that look about as big as my elbow. I'll see about getting a pic of him posted - or maybe my wife will get lucky and tag him before the end of archery season.
The battles have been brutal out there this year, I've never had so many bucks on camera with broken tines and antlers. I have a 3yr old 8pt with an entire antler broken off, then this guy breaking an antler in half... I run cattle right next door with a mineral tank, and run mineral blocks all year long to get deer in front of the camera, and I've never had any deficiencies out there, so it has to be a function of big boys banging into each other.
The battles have been brutal out there this year, I've never had so many bucks on camera with broken tines and antlers. I have a 3yr old 8pt with an entire antler broken off, then this guy breaking an antler in half... I run cattle right next door with a mineral tank, and run mineral blocks all year long to get deer in front of the camera, and I've never had any deficiencies out there, so it has to be a function of big boys banging into each other.