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First set...155 Gross whitetail
« on: January 01, 2013, 05:20:45 PM »
I put out a cam behind the house a few days ago and started getting pictures of this buck.

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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2013, 05:22:02 PM »
I went out this morning and saw this antler laying on the ground next to a spot where they alway bed.... about 7 yards from my camera.

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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2013, 05:23:26 PM »
Very cool getting before and after pics!
Bring a GPS!  It's awkward to have to eat your buddies!

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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2013, 05:24:14 PM »
NICE! :tup:
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2013, 05:26:55 PM »
That was the good news.... The bad news is that my camera was missing. About an hour later one of the neighbors showed up with his two boys (probably 9-10 years old). The boys had seen an antler laying on the ground on my property. They went to pick it up and then saw the camera. They were afraid the camera took their picture so they threw the camera off in the brush. Fortunately, the Dad got to the bottom of the story and they brought my camera and the  shed back to my house. It's refreshing to see parents doing the right thing. I was relieved to learn it was young kids rather than adults. I find it forgivable for young kids to do something like this... these are learning opportunities for youngsters. The day got even better because the side they had picked up in front of my camera was the bucks other side.

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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2013, 05:29:15 PM »
The right antler was 65 7/8 and the left was 70 2/8
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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2013, 05:30:24 PM »
We are hoping to train our pup "Booner" to find them in the future. Everyone has to earn their way around our house.
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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2013, 05:32:04 PM »
looks like he has got it!!!

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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2013, 05:32:38 PM »
CHeck the cam for shed pics....QUICK, I need to know. :chuckle:   Thats awesome. 

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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2013, 05:33:35 PM »
CHeck the cam for shed pics....QUICK, I need to know. :chuckle:   Thats awesome.

First thing I did  :chuckle:.... My batteries died last night after 80 pictures  :bash: ... I knew it was getting low but I thought it could make it one more night
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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2013, 05:37:48 PM »
Wow good parent right there, maybe you could show them you are a good guy that can teach them how to find there own. Plant some small ones and take them for a hike on there property so they can find them. How old where they?
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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2013, 05:44:53 PM »
Wow good parent right there, maybe you could show them you are a good guy that can teach them how to find there own. Plant some small ones and take them for a hike on there property so they can find them. How old where they?

They looked to be 9 or 10 years old. I can definitely understand the allure of that big antler laying there on the ground. I was very pleased with how the Dad handled the situation. We talked to them about trail cameras and why you shouldn't mess with them and we told them they did the right thing for telling their Dad the truth. I know they were nervous.

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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2013, 05:46:20 PM »
 :tup:
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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2013, 05:53:14 PM »
Right on!

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Re: First set...155 Gross whitetail
« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2013, 06:12:00 PM »
That is simply awesome.
A double-forked G-2 on a Whitetail . . . I think I've only seen that once (in real life) - how rare!
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