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First whitetail buck
« on: January 25, 2016, 08:45:32 AM »
During my third (and hopefully final) year of grad school here in Alabama, I finally got a chance to spend a couple days out hunting. I shot my first whitetail ever in December (a doe), and was blessed to get my first whitetail buck yesterday. Shot him at about 5 horizontal yards, but was probably 30' above him. He came out of some thick stuff about 20 yards away and walked right underneath me at 11:00 am. The 7mm mag drained most of his blood out before he went 30 yards and piled up. The rut is in full swing down here right now - there were no does in sight, but I'm pretty sure he was on the prowl. He was a mature 5.5 year old. I don't think I've ever been more excited about harvesting a deer!

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Re: First whitetail buck
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2016, 08:49:34 AM »
Great looking whitetail.  Thanks for sharing. :tup:
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Re: First whitetail buck
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2016, 09:04:04 AM »
Well done sir.  :tup:
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Re: First whitetail buck
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2016, 10:29:46 AM »
That's a great buck, congratulations!

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Re: First whitetail buck
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2016, 07:45:17 PM »
Great looking buck!  Congratulations  :tup:

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Re: First whitetail buck
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2016, 07:48:08 PM »
Nice buck and awesome beard! :tup:
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Re: First whitetail buck
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2016, 07:47:46 AM »
Thanks, everyone! Now I just need to find a good taxidermist who would be willing to mount this deer in the next few months before I move back out west...but I'm not holding my breath. The season has been running for about 4 months now, and there is still about three weeks left. I think most of the taxidermists down here have there hands full of whitetails to mount at this point, and I doubt anyone would be willing to have this done before I leave. This may be a long shot, but is it feasible (and somewhat economical) to mail a frozen deer head/cape to Washington?  :dunno: Probably would cost an arm and a leg. Matt Klope at Whidbey Island Taxidermy did my last mule deer and he did an awesome job, and I would love for him to do this one too.

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Re: First whitetail buck
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2016, 09:57:17 AM »
Get the hide tanned and then you have some time.
Just ship the tanned hide and horns. :twocents:
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Re: First whitetail buck
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2016, 06:28:57 AM »
Good point, thanks. I may do that.

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Re: First whitetail buck
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2016, 03:01:04 PM »
Well done. That's a great buck.
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