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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: coastalghost on November 21, 2010, 02:48:06 PM

Title: Late tag success!
Post by: coastalghost 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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Post by: high country on November 21, 2010, 02:49:43 PM: yessir, you killed a winner!
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson 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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Post by: turkey buster on November 21, 2010, 02:52:33 PM: WOW what a toad congrats
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Post by: Lowedog on November 21, 2010, 02:53:08 PM: Nice going!! That's a great buck!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 21, 2010, 02:53:35 PM: very nice buck! congrats to you :IBCOOL:
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Post by: scoyoc5 on November 21, 2010, 02:54:19 PM: awesome deer congrats
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Post by: bearpaw on November 21, 2010, 02:54:43 PM: nice buck, congrats
Title: Re: Late tag success!
Post by: coastalghost on November 21, 2010, 02:56:17 PM: Quote from: Michelle_Nelson 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?
Not sure Michelle...his eyes looked normal on the ground...maybe a reflection from a large lake...lol.
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Post by: agchawk on November 21, 2010, 02:57:51 PM: WOW!!! Well worth the wait if ya ask me! CONGRATS
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Post by: boonerboy on November 21, 2010, 02:59:49 PM: congrats! Is that a mission buck?
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Post by: boneaddict 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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Post by: bucklucky on November 21, 2010, 03:16:06 PM: Dandy Buck Nels, thats a smoker man!!
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Post by: Guy 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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Post by: h2ofowlr on November 21, 2010, 03:35:11 PM: Great looking deer. A good one for the wall.
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Post by: HornPorn on November 21, 2010, 03:35:29 PM: Nice buck! I cant believe you walked away from that buck. Good thing you found him again later in your hunt.
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Post by: Dave8pt on November 21, 2010, 03:40:04 PM: Would be more than happy to wait 9 years to nail that toad!
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Post by: singleshot12 on November 21, 2010, 03:40:51 PM: Beautiful buck! Did he chip that point when he fell?
Title: Re: Late tag success!
Post by: coastalghost on November 21, 2010, 03:42:12 PM: Quote from: HornPorn on November 21, 2010, 03:35:29 PM
Nice buck! I cant believe you walked away from that buck. Good thing you found him again later in your hunt.

Its a terrible tag to own. Your always thinking "there must be something better out here". Years ago I saw some that would blow this one away so thats the only reason. Plus I knew he was staying there with all the does.
Title: Re: Late tag success!
Post by: coastalghost on November 21, 2010, 03:44:45 PM: Quote from: singleshot12 on November 21, 2010, 03:40:51 PM
Beautiful buck! Did he chip that point when he fell?

No broken from probably a fight. He was def. a fighter...scars all over his face. He had an abcess on one of his hind quarters looked like a tine stuck into his bone.
Title: Re: Late tag success!
Post by: RUTNBULL1 on November 21, 2010, 04:03:51 PM: Quote from: HornPorn on November 21, 2010, 03:35:29 PM
Nice buck! I cant believe you walked away from that buck. Good thing you found him again later in your hunt.
:yeah: Was wondering what kinda glass you had to judge him with the first time? Definitely a shooter, nice buck for sure!
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Post by: MuleySniper on November 21, 2010, 04:04:30 PM: Stud buck! Way to go. :tup:
MS
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Post by: BLR 243 on November 21, 2010, 04:28:37 PM: Nice buck Nels. I'm wondering if u could kill a buck like that with a 243 ? :chuckle:
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Post by: eastside boy on November 21, 2010, 04:30:51 PM: Dandy!!!!.....congrats
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Post by: PolarBear on November 21, 2010, 04:31:34 PM: Very nice! Congrats!!!
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Post by: coastalghost on November 21, 2010, 04:37:33 PM: Quote from: BLR 243 on November 21, 2010, 04:28:37 PM
Nice buck Nels. I'm wondering if u could kill a buck like that with a 243 ? :chuckle:

Not enough power blr...hehe. Need to get yourself a 7 mag....you know, Jud's favorite caliber..lol.
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Post by: fishingnut71 on November 21, 2010, 05:41:43 PM: awesome, glad to see it!
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Post by: Hoythunter on November 21, 2010, 05:54:29 PM: What a brute, awesome!
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on November 21, 2010, 05:59:19 PM: Beauty!
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Post by: 509er on November 21, 2010, 06:09:02 PM: Nice buck!
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Post by: SkookumHntr on November 21, 2010, 06:20:12 PM: Good looking Buck!
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Post by: ELKBURGER on November 21, 2010, 06:21:14 PM: Dandy buck for sure!!
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Post by: billythekidrock on November 21, 2010, 06:31:09 PM: Congrats Nels.
I was wondering where you were hiding.
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Post by: 400out on November 21, 2010, 06:51:21 PM: Awesome job coast! that is a dandy buck :IBCOOL:
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Post by: jamng on November 21, 2010, 06:59:26 PM: Thats one nice Buck..... Congrads to you for the draw and the sweeeeeet Buck... JAMNG
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Post by: cooneyes on November 21, 2010, 08:00:26 PM: Great buck! Next year will be 9 years for me putting in...my time is coming. I would love to get a buck like that!
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Post by: Wanttohuntmore on November 21, 2010, 08:42:57 PM: Nice buck! It does feel sort of wrong hunting with nobody else around.. Almost! HA! That's been my wife's only experiences so far, a moose and quality deer hunt. I'll take her out for general season next year and show her how it's really done!
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Post by: saylean on November 21, 2010, 08:48:24 PM: Thats a great buck. Looks like you put the tag to good use.

Congrats to you!
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on November 21, 2010, 09:32:21 PM: Stud of a buck!
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on November 21, 2010, 09:53:15 PM: Great Buck!! :)
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Post by: shedcrazy on November 21, 2010, 10:27:27 PM: Great buck, way to go!!
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Post by: BLR 243 on November 21, 2010, 10:57:47 PM: Quote from: coastalghost on November 21, 2010, 04:37:33 PM
Quote from: BLR 243 on November 21, 2010, 04:28:37 PM
Nice buck Nels. I'm wondering if u could kill a buck like that with a 243 ? :chuckle:

Not enough power blr...hehe. Need to get yourself a 7 mag....you know, Jud's favorite caliber..lol.
Remember the line from True Grit When Rooster says about the turkey Lebeauf shot ( Too much gun) Ha Ha.
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Post by: dewandgin on November 22, 2010, 09:01:48 AM: Very nice Buck ;)
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Post by: C-Money on November 22, 2010, 09:08:17 AM: Great buck! Glad you filled your tag with such a dandy! Congrats! 243....7mm mag, just what did you shoot that big guy with?
Title: Re: Late tag success!
Post by: coastalghost on November 22, 2010, 01:30:44 PM: Quote from: C-Money on November 22, 2010, 09:08:17 AM
Great buck! Glad you filled your tag with such a dandy! Congrats! 243....7mm mag, just what did you shoot that big guy with?

7 mag low neck shot...didnt want him going any farther downhill...lol.
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Post by: poohdog on November 23, 2010, 08:28:55 AM: Well done nice buck.