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Ritzville A Tag
« on: June 17, 2009, 07:49:42 AM »
Just wondering if anyone out there drew this tag?

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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2009, 05:18:10 PM »
I shot this Ritzville buck in 05.

I had to get permission to hunt on private land. Most of it is.

While scouting in August I drove around with an ice chest full of watermelons giving them to farmers I talked to.  Nice folks.  

I hunted the east side of the unit but now wish I had scouted the western side.  I'm hearing big bucks there.

« Last Edit: June 20, 2009, 03:06:42 PM by Bobm »

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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2009, 05:23:45 PM »
It looks like you did pretty good on the eastside, atleast I would be happy with that deer.

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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2009, 07:44:28 PM »
any other pics?

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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2009, 09:25:49 PM »
Ok,  since you ask and it's about Washington.

Here is my set up for the shot.  It rained hard earlier and the air was wet for a wicked bullet trail right to the deer.
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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2009, 09:30:11 PM »

Here's another pic I pulled up.

Blurry but shows the buck in the back ground down after he was shot.
He's that brown blob on the opposite hillside.



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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2009, 09:33:56 PM »
That buck must not have had much there to rub the velvet off his antlers. 

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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2009, 09:35:30 PM »
Yeah,  that's what I thought after he was down and that was a late in November hunt.

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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2009, 10:08:00 PM »
Nice looking buck bobm! :tup:
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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2009, 10:14:28 PM »
Thats crazy, my Ritzville B tag in '05 had same issue. Velvet irritated his antler. Only this one really screwed up the one side trying to get it off.

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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2009, 11:03:02 PM »
a lot of the mule deer we shoot in that wheat country still have pretty good amount of velvet on them.
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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2009, 11:07:22 PM »
Not the biggest bucks in the state but decent.  That velvet not rubbing off is really wierd. 

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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2009, 11:08:48 PM »
i always thought they didn't have anything to rub it off on except wheat and thats why it  hung around later than normal...
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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2009, 11:10:09 PM »
Not the biggest bucks in the state but decent.  That velvet not rubbing off is really wierd. 

your right but I had to shoot something on the last day.  :dunno:

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Re: Ritzville A Tag
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2009, 11:18:09 PM »
Not the biggest bucks in the state but decent.  That velvet not rubbing off is really wierd. 

your right but I had to shoot something on the last day.  :dunno:

I think hes just talking about the unit? I dont think hes picking on your buck?   :dunno: I might be wrong.........

 


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