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 This is not Exotic, but it is Big
#4824899
12/10/13 05:44 PM
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Rickey Hunt
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When we don't have hunters in hunting exotics on our bowhunting ranch, I am bowhunting whitetails on our lease in Northeast Texas. This year we acquired a new lease in a area known for big bucks. We actually had been hunting down the road from this place for the last couple years. I took the biggest buck there until this year with my bow. He was 137 4/8's. This property is located about a mile from the Red River. Lot's of crops are grown on the river and it makes a difference on the bucks body size and antlers. Our property is butted up to this, but it is planted pine. The visibility on 99% of this place is only about 40 yards. During season I would hunt for days without seeing a deer. If it wasn't for game cameras it would have been hard to hunt it as much as I had. There was one particular buck that got my attention. We only had one pic of him in early November.  As the season progressed we had numerous good bucks on camera and me and my two boys had passed on a few bucks. The property has only one lane that is about 100 yards long. It is where they loaded logs. I decided to put a bow blind on it where maybe I could see a few more deer. I hadn't hunted with a rifle in several years, but I decided to take my rifle with me starting the end of November. I was reluctant to put a blind on this lane because it is so close to the county road. I was concerned when the leaves started to come off that someone might be able to see my blind and possibly steal it. Laying those concerns aside I put the bow blind out. Fast forward to Sunday evening. At dark thirty a big bodied buck stepped out in front of me at 25 yards. My shot was at 35 yards. It happened so fast and close that it was kind of hard to find my cross hairs. This buck was 20 4/8' inches wide with a lot of mass. He had a total of 15 points and scored 165 1/8.  
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 05:56 PM
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jdk1985
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 05:56 PM
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Redneck78
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Awesome 
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 06:15 PM
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 06:16 PM
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Wow, great buck! He's a beast, congrats. 
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 06:29 PM
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don k
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That is a great looking buck.
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 06:30 PM
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Dog looks nervous. Nice buck too!
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 06:48 PM
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gaharris
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Great buck, congratulations
Gary Harris
Quality Floors
Gary@qualityfloorsoftexas.com
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 07:05 PM
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Aaron-Ibex
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I'm still jealous rickey...quit posting pics!!! 
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 07:20 PM
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Great deer
Bobby Grieger
Bobby.Grieger@yahoo.com or 254)495-0799
(HWR) Hensel Whitetail Ranch (Ranch Manager)
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 07:23 PM
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 08:47 PM
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Great Buck Rickey. congrats.
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 10:01 PM
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WTGuide
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Think you can/Think you can't/Either way you're right 
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/10/13 10:25 PM
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/11/13 12:56 AM
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Beautiful buck congrats Rickey
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/11/13 02:06 AM
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That's an awesome buck Rickey!! Congrats!!
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/11/13 02:06 AM
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That's an awesome buck Rickey!! Congrats!!
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/11/13 03:57 AM
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/11/13 03:24 PM
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/11/13 04:55 PM
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/11/13 06:21 PM
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way to go Rickey, you got a great place over there, that water and nutrition do those deer good. Im sure there are even bigger ones out there, just have to be patient. Its kind of like hunting in the North, thick woods.
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/12/13 11:32 AM
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"It is the same boiling water that softens the rice, which hardens the egg." It's not always about the circumstances, but what you are made of....
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Re: This is not Exotic, but it is Big
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12/12/13 02:24 PM
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pinkmist black hog down
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Great buck, good job! wish my hunting lease had good looking deer like that.
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