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I almost didn't hunt Saturday afternoon and really wanted to stay at the camp and watch football, but since I've been working every other weekend, I figured I'd better get my lazy butt out in the woods! I was hunting on the edge of our old pasture (which was planted in pines 4 years ago) with a food plot to my left and an acre of standing corn to my right. I had a doe and a fawn come out into the food plot about 30 minutes before dark. I stayed locked onto them, and kind of got "tunnel vision", focusing on them so much. I looked out into the pasture and saw a spike and another buck easing up the road toward me (from the opposite direction of the other 2 deer in the field). The bucks got about 50 yards from me and began sparring. They didn't make much noise, but it was enough to get the other 2 deer's attention and they also began moving toward me. It was getting pretty dark at this point, so I still couldn't tell a whole lot about the second buck, but knew he was a 2 year old deer (based on his size compared to the spike) with a tall, narrow rack. The 2 bucks kept coming down the road (which comes within 15 yards of the stand), just like they were on a string. The spike turned before he got to me, but the other buck came on down the road. He got to 15 yards and I couldn't take it anymore! I drew on him and gave him a 2-blade Rage at 15 yards. He ran back up the road about 50 yards and then stopped. He stood there for 10-15 seconds and began walking; I was looking at him through the binoculars and could see blood on his side as he walked. I finally lost sight of him, but figured he wouldn't be far. I waited until it was pitch black dark, climbed down and had to see what I could find at the site of the shot. My arrow was drove up about a foot into the ground and was COVERED with blood. I tracked him about 20 yards up the road and stopped there to give him some time to expire. I went back to the camp and gave him an hour before we picked up the trail. We tracked him on down the road and didn't have to go very far. He was piled up right there where I'd lost sight of him from my stand, but was still alive. So, I had to give him another arrow. 7 point - 125 lbs. He's not much, but he's my best Alabama bowkill and I'm proud of him!   I think this is him from a few weeks ago, but it's hard to tell: 
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Booner
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Congrats!  If YOU are happy with him, that's all that matters! 
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Thanks for sharing and congratulations on a fine bowkill 
"Don't let a dead deer kill ya"
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8 point
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Congrats Brain, a trophy is in the eye of the beholder. Good Luck with the rest of the year.
There are no rainy days...
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10 point
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"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope
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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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4 point
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Congrats on a fine buck. Continued good luck!
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12 point
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Wisdom doesn't always come with age.
Sometimes age shows up all by itself.
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Freak of Nature
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If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.-Mark Twain
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4 point
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Good story! Nothing wrong with the deer either.
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Old Mossy Horns
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Great kill...congrats!
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Administrator
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Congrats good story, thanks for sharing with us.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
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8 point
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Great story. Congrats
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6 point
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congrats, Shane
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Doesn’t Know His Code
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Doesn’t Know His Code
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IKNOWMYPHUCKINGCODEDAMMITYOUDICKHEAD!!!
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8 point
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Congrats man! Just have patience and they will get bigger!
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3 point
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I talk to the fish, I talk to myself, I think fishing, I think about fish and I wonder why I am sitting in my office tapping out this tale and not somewhere ripping lips right now.
I've gotta go, my addiction is calling
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Freak of Nature
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Congrats!!!
"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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4 point
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Congrats!!
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