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I caught this buck chasing & tending a doe at daylight this morning here on my farm in north Alabama. He would not leave this doe... and it was his demise. She led him out into a standing soybean field and as it got lighter I could see he was an exceptional buck. His rack looked like a picket fence. I watched them for about 45 minutes as the buck postured and bluff charged to run off two small bucks.   Shot was a little over 200 yards with my .280 Remington model 700 with a Zeiss Terra 3x9 scope. I really like this gun & scope. The buck is a 7x7 and rough scores 174 gross. Don't know the weight, but he was not terribly big and was probably not over 4.5 years old. Happy Thanksgiving! -------------------------------------------- National Rifle Association - Life Member National Wild Turkey Federation - Diamond Life Sponsor Pope & Young Club - Associate Member | ||
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Wow! What a buck!!! DRSS | |||
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Whole lotta points, one of the nicest WT/s I've ever seen. Congrats and glad you got to watch 'em play so long. Thanks for sharing with us, George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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Congrats. That's the nicest Bama buck I've ever seen. All We Know Is All We Are | |||
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Dang! That is a dude! Is this early for the rut in your area? I seem to remember the Bankhead herd had an early rut, but didn't think other parts of Alabama did - I thought that was pretty localized around Bankhead. I'm sure you know that South/Central where I hunt is late Jan/early Feb... Antlers Double Rifle Shooters Society Heym 450/400 3" | |||
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Wow, now that is a beautiful whitetail! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Thanks guys. I'm in the very north part of the state, just a few miles from the Tennessee border. I have always noted rutting activity around here to be picking up the week of Thanksgiving into the first week of December. You don't have to go too far south from here and the rut gets later. Happy Thanksgiving! -------------------------------------------- National Rifle Association - Life Member National Wild Turkey Federation - Diamond Life Sponsor Pope & Young Club - Associate Member | |||
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That's a really great whitetail!!! Congrats!!! MSG, USA (Ret.) Armor NRA Life Memeber | |||
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That thing is a corker!!!! | |||
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Jaws! Nice Thanksgiving Day Buck. ___________________ Just Remember, We ALL Told You So. | |||
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Great buck! I love the mass on him. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Thats a real nice buck...congrats!!! | |||
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Wow!!! That is certainly the best buck I have ever seen from down there. Congratulations to you.  ______________________________________________ The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who are bereft of that gift. | |||
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Awesome buck! Congratulations! ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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Holy crap .What a stud!!!!  | |||
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Nice buck but it took you 45 minutes to decide to shoot him.  | |||
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Absolutely fantastic!! Huge Congrats. To take a buck like that in AL is even more special. You must be doing a great job managing your deer | |||
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What a hoss... | |||
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Great buck!! | |||
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WOW! Great buck! Congrats! Trophies are not dead animals...they are living memories. | |||
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Now be honest, it took you 45 minutes to calm down to make that shot! Exceptional deer! | |||
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ha, ha... I did have time to calm down before the shot which is always good, but it took 15 minutes to get light enough to realize what a nice buck it was and he was not in position for a safe shot considering the backdrop. I had to wait for him to move a bit. -------------------------------------------- National Rifle Association - Life Member National Wild Turkey Federation - Diamond Life Sponsor Pope & Young Club - Associate Member | |||
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That must have been an agonizing wait hoping for him to move for a safe shot. Unbelievable buck. | |||
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Wow!! | |||
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Truly a dream buck. Congratulations NRA Endowment Life Member | |||
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Holy smoke, I have lived in Alabama all my life and never have I seen a buck like that. Back in the 1950s they stocked some deer from Michigan in certain areas and those areas do have an early rut. That deer must have genes from that stocking. | |||
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Exceptional just might be the biggest understatement in the history of AR. HOLY COW!! | |||
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Thanks guys! -------------------------------------------- National Rifle Association - Life Member National Wild Turkey Federation - Diamond Life Sponsor Pope & Young Club - Associate Member | |||
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