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Post by Bwoods11 on Sept 8, 2017 7:28:33 GMT -6
Big game Treestands makes a digital scale for around $50. I had one, friend borrowed it, and has it now.
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Post by smsmith on Sept 8, 2017 7:31:12 GMT -6
That's an awesome buck Stu. Shot on your place? Yep...from a set up that I had input from Steve B. and others on designing. The kid got to hunt it the first time on the perfect night...first cold front in mid-October. Lots of chainsaw work went into that stand site, but it was obviously worth the effort. FWIW..he made a perfect shot, buck went less than 50 yards and dropped on a mowed sidewalk. We drug the buck about 20 yards and put him in the back of my pickup. Pretty much the easiest recovery a guy could have.
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Post by badgerfowl on Sept 8, 2017 8:35:01 GMT -6
That's an awesome buck Stu. Shot on your place? Yep...from a set up that I had input from Steve B. and others on designing. The kid got to hunt it the first time on the perfect night...first cold front in mid-October. Lots of chainsaw work went into that stand site, but it was obviously worth the effort. FWIW..he made a perfect shot, buck went less than 50 yards and dropped on a mowed sidewalk. We drug the buck about 20 yards and put him in the back of my pickup. Pretty much the easiest recovery a guy could have. My biggest to date dropped all of 15 feet inside the woods off our field. Drug him about 20 feet, gutted, and loaded in the truck. Fortunate because I wouldn't have wanted to drag that sucker very far.
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Post by kl9 on Sept 8, 2017 8:39:50 GMT -6
That's an awesome buck Stu. Shot on your place? Yep...from a set up that I had input from Steve B. and others on designing. The kid got to hunt it the first time on the perfect night...first cold front in mid-October. Lots of chainsaw work went into that stand site, but it was obviously worth the effort. FWIW..he made a perfect shot, buck went less than 50 yards and dropped on a mowed sidewalk. We drug the buck about 20 yards and put him in the back of my pickup. Pretty much the easiest recovery a guy could have. When was your trail cam pic of him? Sure looks like he added a good bit of length in between the trail cam pic and his death
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Post by smsmith on Sept 8, 2017 9:15:31 GMT -6
Yep...from a set up that I had input from Steve B. and others on designing. The kid got to hunt it the first time on the perfect night...first cold front in mid-October. Lots of chainsaw work went into that stand site, but it was obviously worth the effort. FWIW..he made a perfect shot, buck went less than 50 yards and dropped on a mowed sidewalk. We drug the buck about 20 yards and put him in the back of my pickup. Pretty much the easiest recovery a guy could have. When was your trail cam pic of him? Sure looks like he added a good bit of length in between the trail cam pic and his death I'd have to dig, but I think the trailcam pic was from late June/early July
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Post by smsmith on Sept 8, 2017 14:06:24 GMT -6
Big game Treestands makes a digital scale for around $50. I had one, friend borrowed it, and has it now. that's how much the one at Cabela's cost. Be nice if it works
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