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Offline coastalghost

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Late tag success!
« on: November 21, 2010, 02:48:06 PM »
Well,  I finally drew an EW late tag after 9 years of puttin in.  Weather kind of sucked most of the time...was hoping for more snow.  I did manage to find a pocket of does down lower with a bunch of bucks on the outskirts.  The third day i spotted this guy from quite a distance.  He looked wide but I couldnt tell his mass.  I decided to leave him alone and see if there was something better out there.  The 17th rolled around and I went back to the hole to find him.  He was still there and had 10 does with him.  I put a nice stalk on him and shot him at about 60 yards.  He just kept getting bigger as I got closer to him.  28 inch spread with lots of mass.  Def. worth the 9 year wait.  I couldnt be happier except for the pack out lol.  Almost felt "wrong" to be carrying a modern firearm during the heavy rut with no one around...almost.










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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2010, 02:49:43 PM »
yessir, you killed a winner!

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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2010, 02:50:50 PM »
Great looking buck.. Whats with the blue grees eye in the second picture?  Is that deer blind in that eye or is it a reflection of some kind?

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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2010, 02:52:33 PM »
WOW what a toad congrats
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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2010, 02:53:08 PM »
Nice going!!  That's a great buck!
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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2010, 02:53:35 PM »
very nice buck! congrats to you :IBCOOL:
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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2010, 02:54:19 PM »
awesome deer congrats
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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2010, 02:54:43 PM »
nice buck, congrats
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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2010, 02:56:17 PM »
Great looking buck.. Whats with the blue grees eye in the second picture?  Is that deer blind in that eye or is it a reflection of some kind?
Not sure Michelle...his eyes looked normal on the ground...maybe a reflection from a large lake...lol.
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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2010, 02:57:51 PM »
WOW!!! Well worth the wait if ya ask me! CONGRATS

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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2010, 02:59:49 PM »
congrats! Is that a mission buck?

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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2010, 03:13:13 PM »
My guess is Slide ridge or Mission, but it doesn't matter.  Its a beautiful buck.  For a minute i thought someone nabbed 303. 

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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2010, 03:16:06 PM »
Dandy Buck Nels, thats a smoker man!!

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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2010, 03:23:09 PM »
Outstanding! He's got the width and the mass. You tagged a great buck. Congratulations on the draw, and doing something worthwhile with it!

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Re: Late tag success!
« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2010, 03:35:11 PM »
Great looking deer.  A good one for the wall.
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