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Well, I was truly surprised to take this buck late this morning. I first saw him two days ago while sitting in my stand with the crossbow. He was teasing a couple of does in my hay field but never got closer than 105 yards.

Today was the firearms opener. It was also very cold for SW Missouri, just 11F when I went out to my stand. After sun up the resident does and fawns cavorted around my frosty field for about an hour. No bucks hanging around at all. I figured the big guy I saw two days earlier had done his duty and moved on.

About 0930 I was thinking about getting some breakfast and warming up but decided to just tough it out. Boy am I glad I did. At 1006 hrs I saw movement at the very back corner of my field. Got my bino's and was happy to see it was the same buck that I saw on Thursday. I watched him trot straight to me along the edge of my field and was hoping he'd keep coming closer but he stopped and looked over at my woodland where those does and fawns bed. I figured he was going to turn and head across the field to get to them.

Nope, I guessed wrong! He instead turned to go jump the fence into the next door land. I put an end to that thought with a simple spine shot which put him down very quickly. This is the largest antlered buck I have ever had the fortune to put in my freezer. He has some strange bladed ends on his main beams. Very good spread past his ear tips too.

I killed this buck at 97 ranged yards with my sporterized Argentine Mauser in .30-06. He's gutted and hanging and I am still frozen but quite happy today.







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Nice!
Defiantly worth the wait!


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Posts: 1219 | Location: E Central MO | Registered: 13 January 2014Reply With Quote
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Very nice buck and very cool antlers with lots of character on those "blades".


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Congratulations! Damn nice buck.


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Posts: 12928 | Location: LAS VEGAS, NV USA | Registered: 04 August 2002Reply With Quote
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Congratulations, really great looking buck.


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Good for you Ann.

Am happy for you, thanks for sharing and with nice pictures too.

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Thanks guys! I never expected this buck to still be around. I felt truly blessed to have him show up again. I just hope he bred the resident ladies before I put him down.

The deer population has been pretty sparse this year. Only one of the resident does had fawns for 2018. The rest appear to have lost what they had. Not much for bucks around either and I saw none of the usual yearlings that I try for in archery for the freezer. I am not sure if it is disease, predators, drought or over harvest last year but the lack of deer is noticeable on my property.


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Nice buck
 
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Very nice!

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Excellent buck. Patience pays off again. Congratulations
 
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Good shot and nice Buck!! tu2
 
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Well done Ann!!! Beautiful buck!

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I was surprised to find this on one of my game cameras. This is the buck I shot walking up the fence line towards me. Eeker



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Eeker There's me picking him up! Pretty good camera, eh?



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A perfect 10. Good shooting.
 
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I shot a buck like that last year in MN (maybe a bit smaller than yours), but this year no such luck (little 8 pt). Our deer population in northern MN is doing really well; I saw lots of deer last week.

Wowza Ann, almost as cold in MO as MN!


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Way to go Ann, congrats on a fine buck.


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Nice buck tu2


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Well done, Ann! tu2 tu2

I really like the character on those antlers...truly a nice buck.


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Great buck Ann
Big big congratulations


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Very unique buck, Ann, congratulations!


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Congrats Ann. I shot a six point buck and a mature doe on 11/16/18 about 30 miles north of your old stomping grounds in Michigan.


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Nice buck Ann


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Nice buck and story. Get’s me psyched up for a rifle hunt I have booked in northern Missouri next Fall.
 
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Nice buck and story. Get’s me psyched up for a rifle hunt I have booked in northern Missouri next Fall.


What area?


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Nice buck Ann and I like your recovery method. Nothing like a loader!


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Thanks for sharing the photos, the story and the view from the tractor seat. I think we have the same tractor.


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Thanks for sharing the photos, the story and the view from the tractor seat. I think we have the same tractor.


I've got a little Massey Ferguson 1428 I bought with cash in '04. I have hauled that tractor with me to two other states so far. I can't live without it!


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Nice buck and story. Get’s me psyched up for a rifle hunt I have booked in northern Missouri next Fall.


What area?
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Missouri can be great deer hunting. I know the northern portion has a lot of crop land and the bucks do very well there. I'm in the Ozarks so there is nothing but natural mast trees and enough woodland and pasture to keep the deer interested in the area. Most of the time I only have options at spike bucks/yearlings. They sure eat good!


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