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Big buck(For me)

Unread postby PK_ » Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:18 am

A few weeks ago I drove up to a large piece of state land in central Florida. I had a couple promising spots prepped along a long cypress swamp. I was confident that nobody had been back that deep since I was there last postseason. Muzzeloader had opened the weekend before and I figured the instant rise in hunting pressure would have driven some buck activity back into the areas I was headed to. The second evening I was hunting just over 2 miles deep at a pinch between the large swamp and a smaller one which ran perpendicular. I had a doe come across the 'high ground funnel' with a dandy buck in-tow. When the doe got directly below me I knew I had to take the buck before she got downwind of my steps. He was basically facing right at me, 25 yards. The pictures don't do him justice, he had 5" bases, 21.5" inside spread and weighed 195lbs. live. The taxi guessed him between 7.5-9.5 years old. That thing was a 'Beast' to get out of the woods...
My biggest Florida buck so far.
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Re: Big buck(For me)

Unread postby hunter_mike » Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:24 am

Nice buck! Wow that is an old deer

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Unread postby Crazinamatese » Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:29 am

Very nice.
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Unread postby Stanley » Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:36 am

Dandy buck.
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Re: Big buck(For me)

Unread postby Bowhunting Brian » Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:45 am

congrats, he's a nice one.
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Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:58 am

Congrats! You've killed a lot of nice ones. Good job :clap:
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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:54 am

Nice buck for sure! Congrats!!!

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Unread postby Dewey » Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:11 am

Nice buck! Congrats! 8-)
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Unread postby kenn1320 » Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:15 am

Im not familiar with florida deer, but sure looks bigger then I would have thought they would be. Congrats! 8-)
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Unread postby BGHUNTER » Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:07 pm

way to go, congrats.
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Unread postby James » Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:06 pm

Great buck! Congrats

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Unread postby BigHills BuckHunter » Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:01 pm

Great buck! Just killing a buck in that age class would have me smiling no matter how big his antlers were.

Congrats! 8-)
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Unread postby Uncle Lou » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:14 am

that last pick showed his width pretty well. Congrats on a great deer for anywhere - Wow- on it being from Florida. I did something to my control panel from my mobil that I havent undone yet or I would have give the wow some glow text
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Unread postby Ghost Hunter » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:17 am

Nice buck!
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Re: Big buck(For me)

Unread postby Liberty-Hunt » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:20 am

Nice buck for me too. Congrats! 8-)
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