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Getting three whitetail does all fired up with a fawn in distress call........had to beat them off with rocks and my fist Oh man I love that story!!! hahaha!

Danielle, if you like maybe we can go shooting some time I am a really good shot... just ask everyone on here Bah HaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!!! Hey Casey, Obviously you are no better with the women than you are at shooting...... Maybe you should be asking all these girls for some shooting lessons, instead of a date.... Dirk D. Hey girls..... (HC1 & HC2)..... We had a wonderful time hunting with you both and I (we) are so very proud of you both! The two of you put grown men to shame in the woods! Thanks for being you and for letting us come along.... not that you could have stoppped me from tagging along .... but thanks for making it so fun!! UG Gino, im smarter than I look, I was trying to kill two birds with one shot homey!

huh, i thought it was centerfire 22 cal or greater, but i may be mistaken!

Been trying to get ahold of him to no avail. He called me today from his cell phone, and as soon as I picked it up, no one was there.Kinda makes me a little worried to tell the truth!

Funny thing is,no one really knows the behind the scense stuf... stuff like i am looking at spending quite a bit of my hard earned money to repair that bucks antlers, and put him on the wall. I am looking for a shed that matches his base, so i can have my good friend and taxidermist (scottyboy) repair the horn and put him on the wall. I am looking for a cape ( if anyone has one, hit me up) to use as his is obviously worthless. please do not EVER accuse me of not being respectful/grateful to the animals I have taken. I have made an attempt to put every animal I have ever taken on the wall, no matter how big or small. Granted, I had a spike bull not go on there because the rotting velvet stunk, a cow elk i didnt know how to put the skull onthe wall or cape it out (i was 12) and my spike coues buck one of my dogs ate the skull as it was sitting outside in the peroxide/water solution. I am grateful for every second I can spend in the woods. Weather it be alone, with long time friends, family or a new found hunting companion. I have never considered myself a unethical hunter, in fact maybe I am "TOO" ethical. As in that is why I took the last shot that I did on this buck. He was bascially dead, but was trying to get up. I wanted to end it as soon as I could, (i would want the same if i was in the deers shoes) and as soon as he started to get up again, I decided to put another bullet into him. It just so happens, he fell to die i might add, right as soon as my 2lb trigger engaged. I could have sat there and waited for him to die, as he had no heart or lungs so to speak but I felt it "ethical" to take the final shot as he was making a last ditch attempt to evade me. soap box removed now.

Helicopter story.. thats a good one: So, on our way to the glassing point, Jim tells us to have our guns ready, as illegals sleep there, and we think there drug runners or scouts. John and I thought he was messing with us, yet he told us he was serious. Well he had said he had never seen anyone there, but it is easy to tell they use it. so sure as heck, when we walk up there, there are two for sure, possibly more illegals sleeping right there. so we back off one point and glass! After we were done glassing, I called in the BP. Well, the boys in green ( actually these guys were in brown, BORSTAR) shw up, the helicopter lands and drops two agents. We tell them were to go and they head off! The next day when we go to the point, it is obvious they found there hiding area and ripped all their stuff apart.

Re-read the last line of my last post please.

I forgot to tell you guys the best part. On Saturday, Jim, Jake, myself, and John Noble had a funny conversation. All day, I had been saying one of my biggest fears is shooting a buck through his antlers. I guess that not only did i do that, that i flat out shot his antler off! Bobbyo, wow man, way to really drag down a a thread that was a decent thread. I am not upset with the size of the deer, but mostly that I blew his antler off with a extremly mis places shot.

Is a 204 legal for deer? is it .20 cal and less or .22 cal and less?

Scott, what a first post to make! I wish I was there with you guys!

I graduated in 2003, shoot me some names chances are i will know who ever graduated in 2002

Danielle, if you like maybe we can go shooting some time I am a really good shot... just ask everyone on here

We mis judged him. thats part of why i wasnt very happy. I thought he was 97/98 (we both did) and that that was close enough to my goal, all though it was only the 3rd day, I should have passed.

Dads gun: Remington 700 bdl 7RUM with boone and crocket scope. Gabe stopped the buck with a grunt or two in a saddle, perfectly broadside 220 yds. swing and a miss! dad was celebratin his shot some how and rolled his ankle.

Thursday night before the hunt, Jnobleinaz and I go out. We glass up 2 nice bucks. One we call a "club" buck, as his right side looked like the side of my hand, with 4 or 5 points sticking up. We decided he wouldnt score real well, but was neat. ther was also a 97-100" buck with him. We decided to get them opening morning. We didnt get them John glasses up 3 nice bucks. We got up to where they were bedded and couldnt find them. John was walking around the bowl when the perfect scenario fell into my lap. nice buck goes to top out through the saddle and Gabe (azpacknhorns) stops him. I miss. Dad kills a buck at 531 yds with one shot! Sunday, I go out with a man who is idol when it comes to hunting. He glasses up a buck at 790 yards. his first words were "big buck, big buck" Immediately my heart starts pumping. I find the deer, and look at him through Jim's spotting scope. The buck needs a better look. We get to 360 yards and Jim finds himin the same bed. We both look at him and are thinking he is 97-98 inches. I couldnt pass this up as he was bedded perfectly, and i thought he was in my target area i wanted as far as score. I get all set up, adjust my dials and i wait for him to quit licking himself. about 20 minutes later, he lifts his head and i push the safety forward..... BOOM! THWACK! I ask Jim where he went and he tells me. I find him in the scope hes walking thorugh the trees looking like he is about to fall. I can see the bullet hole and it is perfect, just a little low. He walks out from behind a tree... BOOOM... THWACK! he goes down. Jim and I can see him laying behind a tree coughing up blood. Well, we walk the ridge up behind him, and I end up seeing him laying there looking at us! I immedately put another one in him, through the base of the neck, and i find the bullet while skinning him in his rear ham ( 91 grains left, not bad fired from 50 yds) Well, to my surprise, he tries to get up again! He gets his rear end up then falls... He then gets it up again, and at this time I put another in him. At the exact moment I shoot, he falls forward and to the left and puts his head infront of the bullet! it entered just above the eye, blows his right antler off, and exits at the rear of the head! I was pretty bummed about it but oh well. Dads buck grosses 87 4/8, mine grossed 92 6/8.

what a buck! congrats!

nicely done!

I have one that is much more graphic ( and i thought that one was worse than it is). if anyone wants to see what a 270 wsm with a 140 accubond does to a skull plate at 50 yards, pm me with your email address and i will send it to you.

heres whats left of mine.

Allright, you asked for it... here it is. this is my "field pic" Im just waiting to see how long this lasts before I get Pm'ed asking me to take it off.

I only know Scott, but Brian is right, they are good people. Personally, I think the 4 generations picture should win best photo for the contest, but thats just me! Congrats guys! Scott, since my tag is filled, if you need a extra set of eyes, let me know! Send me a PM or get my # from Brian.

Epp, you know how bad I would get ripped for a pic like that?!

Shot a buck through the base of the antler/head.....

Shoot 130 accubonds out of the 270 and your golden! my back up is my 270 win with 140 accubonds.

When I was a Cab, we would whoop anyone at any time in any sport ( that I played, the others sucked lol). Dads buck is about 88" according to my tape, and mine with a 14" spread ( which is about what he had) goes 92 6/8