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Discussion in 'Bowhunting Talk' started by wl704, Jun 14, 2025.

  1. early in

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    I'm thinking maybe 120", 125" at best. Still a good buck though. (ears about 6" long)
     
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  2. MUDSHARK

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    120 ish. But I’m not very good at this
     
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    Depends on who is doing the measurements.
    From that single picture my first impression is no. Kill em and let us know.


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  4. Tony

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    No chance it will make 130

    That being said, if he came by me, I’d kill him
     
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    Well I saw three does this morning. I was torn between three spots to set up this morning, close to the road, a scrape, or tight to doe bedding, I chose close to the road but not where I had my cam. Checked the cam on the way out and had a nice buck on there three minutes before legal light. If I would have been in that spot I never would have been able to shoot, still way too dark at that point, but he did head right to the scrape which was a hundred or so yards away…. May have had an opportunity at him there, moved the cam to the scrape and did some scouting, found an old logging road way back in the property using the lidar layer on onx, just as I thought it’s a pretty heavy trail right down the center of it with a few scrapes opened up on it. Prepped a tree for the next time I’m out, this is the most defined trail I’ve found on this property. The deer don’t seem to use trails all that often, most of it is fairly open so hoping the cell cam gives me some intel. As I was prepping the tree I had a small doe come in to twenty yards to check me out. Here’s the view, can’t wait to get back out Friday morning Image1760464968.055680.jpg
     
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    Dan i have several angles that I'll share. Im gonna try and get a score card entry on him if given the chance.
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    115-120”, I would kill him.
     
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    Based on this pic, it seems like you should have been near that cam this morning. :lol:
     
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  10. Shawn Clark

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    I'd put him around 125, give or take.
     
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    He is standing 18 yards from my ground blind. :evilgrin:

    Wrong winds are keeping me out of it!
     
  13. Shawn Clark

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    I'm up and I have a surprise guest. My grandson is along tonight. I put him in the stand I shot the doe from the other dayand I'm in the stand I started out im the first week and 1/2 of season. Good luck to you all tonight. Late start but we are ready!
     
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    My son and I are back up for the afternoon sit.

    Crap it’s warm, and right now the sun is hitting me.

    About 15 minutes ago a huge raccoon came walking up out of the draw and got my heart rate up.
     
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    As of now the only thing that's been getting my heart rate up is chipmunks, lol!
     
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    It’s raining here so it’s keeping me sidelined tonight. Good luck everyone
     
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    The words ‘huge raccoon’ take me back to my youth when I ran a trapline. I caught a ‘huge raccoon’ (lived next to a farmers corn field) in HS—so I was already close to my towering 5’9”… I remember carrying it by the hind foot, my hand at my shoulder…its head was hitting me mid-shin. The buyer also commented it was one of the biggest he ever got.

    Whenever I hear about larger raccoons, I have this mental flashback…


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    Finally set back up for another sit. New area. Place is tore up with sign. Lets see what happens!

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    This one wasn’t that big but it had me convinced a buck was coming.
     
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