This is my first ever muzzleloader deer. He is an 8 pointer, 130# and I shot him Saturday (12/8/12) morning at 0745, about a 25 yard shot, put one 50cal Powerbelt in the boiler room and he ran about 40 yards and piled up.
Here he is when I came up to him, I was like :
After we dragged him out to where we parked:
In the truck:
My two oldest kids were pretty excited too (Autumn has a cold so not feeling 100% but still happy)!!
In the processing tent
After an hour with me and a sharp knife, waiting for his trip to the taxidermist
Blind squirrel finds nut!
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Re: Blind squirrel finds nut!
Congrats... nice lecture... enjoy the meat and the mount.
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Nice one!
Re: Blind squirrel finds nut!
Congrats! That's a beaut!
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Re: Blind squirrel finds nut!
congrats, nice buck
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Re: Blind squirrel finds nut!
Lavman!!! He conquers!!! WTG man! Dandy of a buck!
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived"
Re: Blind squirrel finds nut!
Thanks all! Great season was had, 10yo daughter gets first deer opening day youth season, I got this one.....very happy with the 2012 season