Has anyone used a gun tag yet?

[Warmouth]

I may have to send them to you Craig, I had been uploadinng pics to Archerytalk and they quit hosting. I'll try.








Not the best field photo of all time, but it shows the far field edge that I was sitting on.

[Warmouth]

OK, I can see them though.

[RB]

All I see is red x

[Limbshot]

I agree with CRO. Those are some trophy red x's! Great hunt though Dave. Was it tough going with a new hat? I am going to have to part with mine after the season and get a new one. gonna be tough.

[hunting170]

Pics, Dave. We need pics.

Although I believe guns to be the tools of girls and first time hunters, and any deer shot with a gun to be no more impressive than a road kill, I'd like to see this one.

You left out video hunters desperate to get a kill on film, Craig.

Anxiously awaiting pics.

[Triton X2]

Where is the goofy hat?

[Warmouth]

I did find my hat from September, thank GOD!

Like I said before, these were all long shots, and I had the familiar volley of 5+ shots on the next property over, and then 10 minutes later this guy is hauling along the field edge I was watching. Connected on 2 out of 3 shots around 280yrds.

Saw a ton of deer and could have shot does at 250-300+ all weekend. It was fun to not only let myself shoot that far, but to be comfortable and successful in doing so. I just played the wind and sat on the grounnd back against a tree, with a monopod to steady the shots.

The biggest thing I did right was to hunt in north MO and be able to shoot worth a crap. I do have a rack from 2005 taken from this same field with very similar characteristics, weird mass, double brow tines, narrow spread etc. This guy has 3+yrs on that smaller buck from '05 though.

[Triton X2]

I like the red X's better....
Really that is a nice one, interesting isnt he?

[Warmouth]

Yeah, he's unique. One of the stickers on the back of his base is a flat shelf that is just a 1.25" square. If I knew how to score the oddities better I'd have more confidence in pronouncing it "149" or whatever, but anyway, he's a nice one and I'm glad I had a chance at him.

[BornBad]

Congrats on the red X, Warmouth. As for the other pics, they are too large of data for my phone to view.

[PoisonSnake]

Very nice!

[Limbshot]

Nice one Dave. He definitely has a lot of character!!!

[Outdoorsfool]

Nice one Dave. He definitely has a lot of character!!!

Is that kind of like those little tags that put on clothes now....any variance in color or design is not a flaw, it is "character"?

Nice deer Dave. No kills here.....haven't seen a buck this year that'd pass antler restrictions and only 2 does that were big enough to shoot. WTH did all the mature deer go to this year?

[hunting170]

WTF, Dave...what`s up with that hat? I know you have a nice Bowtech hat.

Really nice buck. I like the way those main beams sweep forward. Is he going on the wall?

[Warmouth]

Thanks guys.

Yeah, I'll put his antlers on the wall, but I'm waiting for a big one before I do a shoulder mount.

I really didn't think the rack would score nearly this well, I was figuring 130's. I usually over estimate bucks during gun season, so its nice to under estimate one and have him end up bigger than I suspected instead of smaller.

My biggest to date is 149-6g 144-7n, so this one coming in at 149-2g was kind of shocking.

I'll get a 150 someday.