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Buck from opening week of Minnesota Deer Season

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15 November 2010, 20:58
Northman56751
Buck from opening week of Minnesota Deer Season
Here's a couple of pictures of the buck i took on Tuesday, Nov. 9th right before dark. He was chasing a doe (dumb ass)!!!

Weight........wasn't that heavy. Dressed out, he weighed in at 185 lbs.

13 scoreable pts.- inside spread was 19"






Brett Mattson
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15 November 2010, 21:32
DC Roxby
Beautiful buck! Congrats.


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15 November 2010, 21:40
Dago Red
congratulations! I think that's a great size, and good looking rack.

Red
15 November 2010, 21:44
Doc
Yea, those dumb bucks...always thinking with their dumbsticks. Nice buck! What did you kill him with?


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15 November 2010, 21:54
plainsman456
Nice buck.
Everyone should be so fortunate.
15 November 2010, 23:46
505 gibbs
that's pretty impressive, give some details on where he was shot, private/public, managed/unmanaged, gps coordinates (haha, joking), but seriously...
15 November 2010, 23:49
Bobby Tomek
That's an absolute brute. Congrats!


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16 November 2010, 00:08
AB Joint Outfitters
That's a heck of a buck!!! Congrats.


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16 November 2010, 06:08
Northman56751
Info on the buck/area

We have 320 acres south of where we live that we hunt on. Bought most of the land about 20+ yrs. ago and have been hunting there ever since.

We have about 6 different food plots (varies on the year) on the land and amazingly, have yet to kill a big one on any of the fields. Most of the bucks we kill are off in the woods.
We plant corn, soybeans, clover, a little alfalfa and usually try something new.

The deer over the years have almost seemed to go totally nocturnal. Don't see them like we used to.

We also have a timber wolf problem up there. There is a pack not to far from our camp and they seemed to swing through every once in awhile. In fact, i heard the pack howling tonight......and they weren't that far away. Eeerie feeling !!

Caliber i used to shoot the deer:
338 Win. Mag. - go big or go home !!!!

Seriously...........i usually use a .280, but didn't get time to site the gun in before season. I travel quite a bit for work, have a 3 1/2 year old at home (with wife), got home from the elk hunt only a week before deer hunting. and just didn't get time. Did a nice job though.........


Brett Mattson
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E-mail: brett@hosted-hunts.com
Cell: 218-452-0774
Life Member NRA
16 November 2010, 06:50
Sevenxbjt
Very nice buck congrats.
16 November 2010, 17:10
Hot Core
Hey Brett, That is a WHOPPERY Trophy Buck where I hunt!!! I'd be inclined to "keep" that set of Antlers. Big Grin

And a very Adequate Cartridge tu2 with nice flicks too!
16 November 2010, 17:57
Norton
Great deer......170ish?