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It was a fun but at times frustrating hunt up in Illinois last week. Temps climbing into the 70's. Much of the corn still standing for the deer to stay in. Had a real good 8 point that might have come in range on day one get spooked by a little beagle dog and bed down in a thicket 44 yards in front of me. Too thick no shot. Saw another real good 8 point too far away the next day. Then the hot weather kicked in and deer movement just shut down for two whole days. Finally on day five the weather got a little better and they started harvesting the corn on the farm we were hunting. This buck came out of the corn behind 3 does. First he stopped at 25 yards but there were 2 limbs criss crossing exactly where I needed to aim. He ran foward a bit to 20 yards and stopped again. Had my pin on him and just before I could hit the trigger he started moving again. As he passed my tree at 10 yards I shot him. I hit a bit far foward into the shoulder but that Grim Reaper broadhead blew through his left shoulder passed through his chest and buried into the bone of the other shoulder so hard that I tore the broadhead up with a pair of pliers trying to dig it out later. My arrow snapped in two as he took off back out into the field. As I watched him run his chest started getting lower and lower as he ran until he just buried in the field and flipped over. Not bad for a do it yourself hunt on strange land. 11 point with a split right brow tine. Weighed 225 on the farmers scales.  
The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.
- Abigail van Buren
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10 point
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Awsome man. Congrats That's a Stud 
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Congrats! 
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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12 point
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Wisdom doesn't always come with age.
Sometimes age shows up all by itself.
Roll Tide
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Freak of Nature
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Fine buck Todd,congrats.Now pass the backstrap ! 
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4 point
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Nice.
I am too positive to be doubtful. Too optimistic to be fearful. And too determined to be defeated.
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Administrator
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Congrats!
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
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8 point
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Dumb luck. Why didn't you tell them how I scouted that area for you and put you on that deer. J/K Seriously, I'm glad you finally got one up there. Next time it will be us with the 160" at the archery shop. Enjoyed the trip, ready to go again.
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8 point
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Congrats Todd. I love the split brow tine.
I know what you mean about the weather. It was like being at home. Lows in the 40's and highs in the 70's.
"I'm just an old chunk of coal but I'm gonna be a diamond some day."
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12 point
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Way to go..that's a nice one..
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8 point
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I can't believe you shot that young deer!!!! He would have been a fine one next year. J/K I'd have shot at (emphasis on at) him twice if it were me. Congrats on anoter good bow buck this year. Now which wall you gonna put this one on?
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Booner
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12 point
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Dumb luck. Why didn't you tell them how I scouted that area for you and put you on that deer.
I can't believe you shot that young deer!!!! He would have been a fine one next year. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Talk your trash. I'm already so far up on you two this season that yall are gonna have to fly to Canada and hire Jim Shockey as a guide to catch up. LOL! And hell, I ain't even picked up a gun yet. I'm whooping on yalls @$$ like a coked up Ricky Ricardo turned loose on a conga drum.
The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.
- Abigail van Buren
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Originally posted by Todd1700: Dumb luck. Why didn't you tell them how I scouted that area for you and put you on that deer.
I can't believe you shot that young deer!!!! He would have been a fine one next year.  Smartass!
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Freak of Nature
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LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!!
- - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
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Freak of Nature
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"I'm not near as critical about how big they are as I once was. Smiles are more important now! We will grow more deer."
Jimmy G.
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congrats on a great buck
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NICE!!!!
Take your kids hunting instead of hunting your kids.
I'd rather be LOST in the woods than FOUND in the city.
Drive a hybrid, I need your gas.
Your mind is your primary weapon. Never let it get rusty.
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