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December 1, 2005, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: September 28, 2005
Location: Middle of the Mitten (MI)
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Last minute doe
After two discouraging weeks, and not seeing much of anything during our firearm season, this little beauty walked into the field last night. One shot - dropped in her tracks.
This makes three deer in three years, on our small property, might just have to go out for muzzleloading season now  Got her at 5:28 pm. (our season ended at 5:31pm) Pretty fat, too... Had nearly an inch in some places.  Don't have a scale, so I couldn't weigh her, but to get some perspective, it's 6'10" to the tip of her nose in that picture. She has all her molars, so I'm guessing 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 years old. Any one care to guess at age or weight? For those interested...... It was a lung shot at about 70 yards using Mossberg 835 pump 12ga with rifled/ported barrel, Nikon Prostaff scope at 3x, and Lightfield Hyper EXP slug
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December 1, 2005, 11:35 AM
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Join Date: November 13, 1998
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Three minutes to go? That's cutting it pretty close.
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December 1, 2005, 11:51 AM
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Join Date: July 21, 2005
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5:28 SUUURE
 Just kidding, way to go, nice doe. That'll be some good freezer stuffing. |
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December 1, 2005, 11:51 AM
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Join Date: June 19, 2005
Location: Nebraska
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The does I took this season were pretty fat, too. The guy I hunted with claims this indicates that we will have a long, cold Winter.
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December 1, 2005, 09:57 PM
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Join Date: November 1, 2005
Location: Western Iowa
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Wow, you must be living right....., someone's smiling down on you - 3 min left, too cool!
That's a honking doe now! Looks as big as some bucks you'll see I'm guessing. Scale that bad girl, I bet she'll surprise ya. |
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December 2, 2005, 11:10 AM
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Quote:
 She probably walked into the field while I was trying to see my watch. It was starting to get pretty dark, and I didn't notice her right away. BTW, I'm going to estimate her weight at 120-130. After butchering yesterday, I ended up with 47 pounds for the freezer. Backstraps were 8 pounds of that.
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December 2, 2005, 11:54 AM
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Good job
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December 2, 2005, 08:45 PM
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Join Date: January 11, 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
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That's a good looking deer. I enjoy late shots like that!
Well done! Adam |
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