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Growing up all during deer season my pawpaw would take me my brother and my 2 cousins hunting anytime we wanted to. He would check us out from school when we wanted to hunt even though he knew he was gonna get in trouble with our parents. He taught all of us more than we could ever understand and if he ever told us that someone needed to sit in a particular spot it was a fight fir who got to sit there because he was right. He passed away December 28 of last season from Alzheimer’s and I already knew that I was getting his browning BBR 7mag that he had always took to Colorado hunting. On the day that we buried him I took his rifle and went and sat in his favorite spot just to clear my mind. Then a buck came out and I freaked out and made a bad shot and never recovered him. I was able to take a couple of does with it last year but still wanted a buck. This afternoon I was able to get to a greenfield about 4 and decided to take his rifle since I haven’t all season. Around 450 a small doe a spike and a 4 point came out. A few minutes later the spike runs the last 2 does out of the field then comes back and then he comes back and feeds. Eventually the 2 young bucks leave and just the small doe is feeding about 100 yards away. I’m watching her through the scope because it’s so dark I can barely see her when another deer walks into the scope. I realize it’s a buck and has a decent rack so I immediately knock the safety off and get on him and squeeze the trigger. He dropped right where I shot him and I couldn’t be more happy. Can’t say there wasn’t a tear shed but this is the proudest I’ve been in a long time over a mediocre buck. If someone would post the pictures I would greatly appreciate it
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Good deal 
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That's the good stuff right there
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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PM to you
Shoot me the pics and I'll post them up for ya
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Very nice and congrats I bet pawpaw was grinning
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Posting the pics for GP32 ![[Linked Image]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/64/c4/I0YjtL7J_t.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/58/7a/ICJqTkiX_t.jpg)
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Heck yea - way to go Gutpile - great story and that a cool buck - got a sticker around the base too - congrats
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self
We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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Thanks for posting congrats buddy
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Thank y’all. It’s crazy that I have ran a camera in this field since September and never seen this deer. Even checked it before I hunted and he wasn’t on my camera
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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Ben Franklin
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Congrats man, that's awesome!
Love a good hunting story, love my family and friends. Some people you can't, but acted like do.
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Congrats to you and Pawpaw.
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Congrats , Pawpaws are special !
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Congratulations bro. My dad just gave me my paw paws old 20 gauge pump the other day. Wouldn’t be worth much to anyone else, but it’s going turkey hunting this spring!
Micah 6:8
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Congrats! That’s a true trophy right there
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Congratulations bro. My dad just gave me my paw paws old 20 gauge pump the other day. Wouldn’t be worth much to anyone else, but it’s going turkey hunting this spring! . To GutPile32 and Turkey Joe, I will tell you, it never gets old killing one with a gun that was handed down from a person that meant something to you. I even enjoy shooting squirrels and coons with my uncle's old bolt action .22 more than I do my newer 10/22. To take a line from the SEC, "It just means more."
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill
The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. Thoreau
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