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Opening day! #6631216
10/02/19 06:10 PM
10/02/19 06:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 449
NE Ohio
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USAFtrapper Offline OP
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NE Ohio
84° saturday evening. Best hunt of my life.

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Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.
Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631218
10/02/19 06:11 PM
10/02/19 06:11 PM
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 5,101
Northern Michigan
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Northern Michigan
Holy crap! That is a real whopper!


Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631220
10/02/19 06:13 PM
10/02/19 06:13 PM
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,020
ohio
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Posts: 1,020
ohio
NICE!


jim
Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631223
10/02/19 06:20 PM
10/02/19 06:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 4,024
ND
grumley701 Offline
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ND
I see why Ohio is the place to hunt..Awesome buck, congrats!


Pure Blood
Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631226
10/02/19 06:25 PM
10/02/19 06:25 PM
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 2,971
Oklahoma
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Oklahoma
Dang nice deer! You should be proud.

Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631227
10/02/19 06:25 PM
10/02/19 06:25 PM
Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 480
St lawrence county, ny
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Posts: 480
St lawrence county, ny
Congrats on a great buck !

Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631234
10/02/19 06:36 PM
10/02/19 06:36 PM
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978
potter co. p.a.
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potter co. p.a.
very nice but we need details man--details. grin









Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631236
10/02/19 06:39 PM
10/02/19 06:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2019
Posts: 6,635
Wabash, IN USA
Flipper 56 Offline
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Posts: 6,635
Wabash, IN USA
Nice buck!!


"Where Can A Man Find Bear Beaver And Other Critters Worth Cash Money When Skinned?"

Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631240
10/02/19 06:50 PM
10/02/19 06:50 PM
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,308
MT
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snowy Offline
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Posts: 10,308
MT
That is a great buck. Thanks for sharing.


Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631282
10/02/19 07:27 PM
10/02/19 07:27 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 745
Tennessee
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 745
Tennessee
Nice one, congratulations. He has some character - like the crab claw and split brow.

Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631337
10/02/19 08:20 PM
10/02/19 08:20 PM
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 3,172
Wyoming County Pa.
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Posts: 3,172
Wyoming County Pa.
Congrats that's nice one.

Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631368
10/02/19 08:50 PM
10/02/19 08:50 PM
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,665
PA
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PA
I can not tell how many points it has but I would say a lot .Without you giving any detail it is certainly a dandy . You look young so you have a whole life time to top that one . Congrats and good luck

Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631371
10/02/19 08:53 PM
10/02/19 08:53 PM
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 6,117
Northern Wisconsin,Rhinelander
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Muskrat Master
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Posts: 6,117
Northern Wisconsin,Rhinelander
Great buck!

Chris


>>In God we trust<<
Re: Opening day! [Re: Hodagtrapper] #6631373
10/02/19 08:57 PM
10/02/19 08:57 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,981
Rock Springs, WI
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Zim Offline
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Posts: 5,981
Rock Springs, WI
Holy smokes, that is a dandy!
Congrats, Zim

Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631379
10/02/19 09:02 PM
10/02/19 09:02 PM
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 19,691
pa
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hippie Online content
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Posts: 19,691
pa
Nice Buck!

One to be proud of.

Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631384
10/02/19 09:06 PM
10/02/19 09:06 PM
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 4,100
Bonner County, Idaho
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Bonner County, Idaho
Real nice buck right there. Congrats. Agree with the above. We need details.


Real name Eric
The sharpest hammer in the box of crayons.

Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631468
10/02/19 10:11 PM
10/02/19 10:11 PM
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 449
NE Ohio
U
USAFtrapper Offline OP
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Posts: 449
NE Ohio
This is my 20th deer season and I couldn't have asked for a better way to start it off! I decided to hunt a new section of the farm this year and started putting cameras out early July to see what was in the area. Shortly after, I started getting pictures of this buck along with others, but he was the biggest by far. He was pretty consistent all through the summer and through the middle of September.

Opening day comes and it's 84 degrees, but I had a good wind so I decide to head out. I started seeing fawns and does around 4:15, then the bucks started to show up in the bean field behind me around 6. A little over an hour later and out walks this buck with two does. Now I typically don't get buck fever but when he walked out I started breathing heavily and shaking like crazy. I had two openings in the canopy out into the bean field, one at 50 and the other at 30 yards. When he stepped out he was in the 50 yard hole but quickly moved towards some other deer in the field edge bringing him in the 30 yard hole at a fast pace. I drew back, sat down, settled my pin behind his shoulder and released. Unfortunately he was quartering too a little and I hit him high and back. He ran out of the field and right under my stand stopping at 80 yards, swayed back an forth then slowly walked into a thicket where I heard a crash. Not feeling confident in the shot I backed out and waited until 2am to start on the blood trail.

At 2am I picked up the trail and found good bubble blood on the right but gut blood and contents on the left (exit hole). The blood trail quickly dried up at 40 yards and I was thinking the worst! So I decided to go to where I last saw him enter the thicket, my light quickly found a white patch of hair and I was ecstatic and relieved all at the same time. He must have died fairly quick as he was stiff and fell face first in a log. Upon gutting, the arrow passed through the right lung, liver and out through the gut possibly nicking the artery that runs along the back. Stomach contents revealed tons of red oak acorns and that might have been the reason they all were eating the (still green soy beans) to help with digestion. I will never forget this hunt for the rest of my life.

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Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631475
10/02/19 10:15 PM
10/02/19 10:15 PM
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Posts: 449
NE Ohio
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NE Ohio
He has 16 possibly 17 scorable points. After the taxidermist finishes with caping I'll try to get a score on him. Any guesses?

Last edited by USAFtrapper; 10/03/19 07:44 AM.

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Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631477
10/02/19 10:16 PM
10/02/19 10:16 PM
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Posts: 449
NE Ohio
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NE Ohio
This is the form I chose, any thoughts?

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Last edited by USAFtrapper; 10/02/19 10:18 PM.

Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.
Re: Opening day! [Re: USAFtrapper] #6631498
10/02/19 10:44 PM
10/02/19 10:44 PM
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 308
Ashland, OH
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Posts: 308
Ashland, OH
That mount will show off the early season cape really well. But looking at pictures is always hard to tel but I would say he would go 170-180 once he drys. Darn nice deer tho! Hopefully you took measurements around the neck under the ears and around the base of the neck. Want to make sure that taxidermist gets the muscles in the neck right because they will stand out with that cape.


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