Congrats Cuz Pat! Its been a slow go here after i scraped one with a bullet and missed another because my son played with my turrets.

Congrats Cuzpat

Guys,

I put a tape to my bucks 9th point today. Technically, by the contest rules here, I'm going to list him as an 8 point. He has a 9th point but it is only 3/4" long. So, for the contest I'll call him an 8 point and for myself I'll call him a 9 point. He has an inside spread greater than 12" and he has 3 tines longer than 6". He weighed 165 lbs.

After my drought, I was really glad to be able to finally see a club legal buck and get to kill him.

Appreciate the congrats.

Here is the stand I was hunting Monday afternoon and is the spot where he came out. Thankful that I was able to let the air out of him.


Field PIC I.


Field PIC II


Loaded up & ready to roll PIC


Sorry it took me so long to get PICS posted.

Y'all stay after them.

19 more days left!

nice one! i am hoping to add a doe to the mix this week or next. on 2 of the properties it has closed as of 12/31. hunting with a friend next week to see if i can bag one.

That's a fine buck Cruz. I like that little unit you have the deer in . Can't say I've seen one.

It's called a VersaHoist.

Guy up in Tennessee builds them.

The rack is hinged on the bottom back side and when you don't have a deer or anything in it you can fold it up. Has a hand winch that you flip the lever on and let the rack all the way to the ground. Drag your deer into the rack, flip the lever, and winch him up.

No lifting whatsoever.

It is pinned to a set of mounts that bolt to your front rack on the ATV. If you want to take the whole unit off of the ATV then you pull the pins and slide it off. The mounts stay attached to the ATV.

I love it. No more lifting a deer for me onto the back rack of my 4-wheeler. Some of the best coin I have ever spent on deer hunting equipment.

Here's a PIC of the 2nd doe I killed during ML season where you can see the whole unit, including the hand winch.

Buttons count as anterless for contest? If so, I have us 1

The contest rules does not say "antlerless". It specifically mentions doe and buck. My guess is "no", it cannot be counted but you may want to get clarification from Ronnie.

Even though a buttonhead is an antlerless deer it is still a buck.

Here is a copy & paste from the rules posted by Ronnie.

5. Each team member may enter 1 doe and 1 buck.

Here is the buck I killed a while back. If I don't kill one bigger this weekend I enter him in the contest.

Shiloh, you can upgrade, so go ahead and put him in.

i messaged to get clarification on doe/anterless

Unfortunately not Todd.

no worries

I'll probably change that next year. Only makes sense to me to count as a doe. Any and all suggestions I am all ears y'all.

Ronnie Lipham

Thanks Ronnie. I am with you. maybe next year make it anterless instead of a doe. Of course, i was trying for a doe and had 4 in the field, but picked the wrong one to shoot.

I know I have not been in touch. Surgery went good did not want me climbing so sat in chair a lot.
Nothing to shoot but got us a few points this weekend.
Finally got the ok to climb 3 weeks ago.
Killed a 5 point (one brow tine broken) Saturday 17 inch inside but still a young deer and a doe yesterday.
Did not see a deer this morning.
Congrats to all that killed!! hope next year will be better health wise.

Cobiaphil,

Did you get your PICS posted in the kill thread?

If you did not, please do.

We need your points.

If you don't know how, send them to me and I'll post them for you.

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Ditto Phil