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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Hoythunter on November 21, 2010, 03:00:29 PM

Title: Idaho Bruiser!
Post by: Hoythunter on November 21, 2010, 03:00:29 PM: Not much to say other than you gotta love the rut! This was the first I've seen of this buck as he was coaxed out of his hiding hole and was chasing a doe... I hope everyone is having a great fall and I'm looking forward to the WA archery season getting underway.
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Post by: coastalghost on November 21, 2010, 03:02:07 PM: absolutely gorgeous buck! congrats
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Post by: agchawk on November 21, 2010, 03:02:18 PM: WOWOW!!! What a pig! Thanks man, you just made the Idaho Whitie I got today look like a fawn...LOL!

CONGRATS! I LOVE the color of that rack too.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 21, 2010, 03:04:27 PM: that's a fantastic buck! congrats to you :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on November 21, 2010, 03:05:10 PM: That is an awesome looking buck! Congrats!
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Post by: boneaddict on November 21, 2010, 03:10:12 PM: NICE!
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Post by: h2ofowlr on November 21, 2010, 03:12:49 PM: A nice looking buck.
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Post by: BOOM!! on November 21, 2010, 03:26:11 PM: beautiful buck!!
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Post by: bucklucky on November 21, 2010, 03:27:35 PM: Congrats on the dandy buck!
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Post by: RUTNBULL1 on November 21, 2010, 04:05:53 PM: Sweet whiteyyyy! :drool:
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Post by: Hoythunter on November 21, 2010, 05:00:41 PM: Thanks, with limited hunting time this year I couldn't ask for anything better. Any guesses on the green score? Gross of course, nets are for fish.
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Post by: Superhunter333 on November 21, 2010, 05:29:16 PM: 161 7/8
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Post by: DeerThug on November 21, 2010, 05:34:09 PM: Wow got me going. Heading back thanksgiving night for the last deer hunt. Got 4 tags to fill. Think we can do it and these pics jsut add fuel to the fire.
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Post by: bornforhorns on November 21, 2010, 06:02:43 PM: Wow, nice buck Hoythunter, can you give us a shot of him "head on". What's he have for a spread?

Were you still hunting, in a stand, rattling, grunting, etc. ? Details PLEASE!

Great job.
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Post by: Superhunter333 on November 21, 2010, 06:13:05 PM: Quote from: bornforhorns on November 21, 2010, 06:02:43 PM
Wow, nice buck Hoythunter, can you give us a shot of him "head on". What's he have for a spread?

Were you still hunting, in a stand, rattling, grunting, etc. ? Details PLEASE!

Great job.
easy there junky..........details please :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: ser300wsm on November 21, 2010, 06:18:00 PM: Very nice buck, congrats to you... :brew:
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Post by: bornforhorns on November 21, 2010, 06:19:38 PM: I know...I got carried away...don't worry won't be heading to Idaho anytime soon. :chuckle:

Just curious moreso, I tried all the whitetail tricks last week, had a nice buck show up right after I tilted my Primos doe can call but can't say if it was a coincidence or by design...he was already on a doe. Needed about two more seconds to get a good shot and those two seconds never came.

God I want a nice whitetail!!!
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Post by: Hoythunter on November 21, 2010, 06:20:22 PM: Bornforhorns - good questions; here is the only "head on" pic I got. As you can see he isn't very wide, 15 8/7". I've been having good success with rattling up until this past weekend. I tried rattling my favorite spot Saturday a.m. with no luck; this guy came out of the thick, doghair timber in the afternoon directly after a doe. He appeared to be running her pretty hard but I wasn't waiting around to see much more. In fact, all I really got was a brief look at his G2 as he was running thru the brush and I knew he was a shooter buck, once he presented himself with a clean body shot I took it and was ecstatic once I walked up to him because he exceeded all my expectations (no ground shrinkage for once!) once I got a hold of his head gear.
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Post by: bornforhorns on November 21, 2010, 06:33:49 PM: THANKS! I think he's even more awesome now!

That's a picture I'll store away as something to set a goal towards. I have some nice muleys but you got what I've really desired the last couple years. I would love to put a Washington tag on a deer with that character.

Great job! I assume your getting him mounted? Awesome pictures.

My favorite post this year.
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Post by: fly4fish on November 21, 2010, 07:46:16 PM: Nice one!

Monkey?
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Post by: Basket Rack on November 21, 2010, 08:15:17 PM: Really nice buck.
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Post by: Tman on November 21, 2010, 08:26:56 PM: He looks a lot wider than 15 in the picture? Is that inside the main beams?
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on November 21, 2010, 09:37:21 PM: Congrats on an awesome buck!!!
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Post by: Jackjr on November 21, 2010, 09:42:49 PM: WOW :yike: Nice Buck Man
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Post by: Lowedog on November 21, 2010, 09:47:15 PM: Great buck! Congrats!
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on November 21, 2010, 09:48:32 PM: Great Buck! Mice pics in the snow with the creek background 2!!
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Post by: Hoythunter on November 22, 2010, 05:57:04 PM: Thanks! Tman - yes, 15 7/8" inside is all he went