First Ever Opening Morning Buck

Well for the first time ever I shot a buck on opening morning. Our place is very close to town, the population is not very big, there's super thick country around us, and deer mostly move at night so we generally don't see alot of action. Were in the far northwest portion of Callahan county about 500 yards from the Taylor county line. This buck wondered out at 8am yesterday and busted me in the blind. I managed to get my gun out and setup before he hit cover and got him to stop by whistling at him. Dropped him in his tracks at 227yards with my new Remington 700cdl sf 270wsm. We have never seen this buck on any of our cameras. Our area doesn't have much natural protein so for us this is a big buck. Called my wife to let her know and sent her a couple of pics. She showed my 3 1/2yr old son and he was so excited he made her drive him to the ranch to see it for himself. Made my morning even better. Great start to the season.

What do you guys think this one will score? His 3's were about 10" with 4" bases and a 17" inside spread

Brute of a buck and great looking rifle. Congrats

Congrats on a great buck!!!

I would guess him at mid to upper 130's

54" T
41" mb
27" m
17" w

Couldn't comment as to score, but nice buck...Congrats!

Nice buck and rifle

Great buck

Congratulations.

That's a sharp looking gun

great buck!

Nice buck MossBack,looks like you got both lungs,nicely done!!!!!

nice buck

Nice one and I am going to say 125-129 not very heavy horned but real nice man

Great buck.

Nice buck,

Congrats

Great buck

Heck of a buck and beautiful rifle

Nice buck

Congrats on a great buck! Upper 130's to maybe low 140's on score.

Awesome buck!

He looks awesome man - congrats!

Congrats big T...this is Casey FYI!

going with your measurements I'm going 140 3/8. got to add the 3/8. Nice deer for that area.

Nice deer! Congratulations! You just never know what can happen next. Good story. I would guess he is gross near 130"-135" range.

Good looking buck... Congrats

Very nice. Congrats

I'll say total 128. Final 115. Nice deer

Great buck, congrats!

Congrats!!

way to go

Nice buck!

Thanks for all the comments. It still hasn't really sunk in yet. I'm used to hunting hard all year long and most of the time not even seeing anything worth shooting. This is the first buck I have shot since 2009. To top it off my dad shot another great buck this evening. Just goes to show that good property management pays off no matter where you hunt or how big your place is.

I've also got to give a shout out to Black Duck Dog for making me a deal on this sweet gun!

Nice buck. I looked at mine that looks very similar, 21in mains and 16 5/8 inside spread, that taped dry at 131.

200+ (60 points added for long shot and great story)

Dandy buck!

I like the way you think! Appreciate that!

Great buck, congrats!