My Minnesota Whitetail

This was back in mid Nov. Hunting here is a lot different then my Muley hunting in MT and WY.
Here it's sitting in a heated stand, windows and all. Bringing it in and hanging with the Bobcat.
In Muley country it's working the canyons and badlands all on foot. Boning the deer and packing it out on my back, some times a couple miles and more.
Here I hunt my land only. Stand overlooks a large area, grassy bogs, some open woods, narrow field crossings and feeding areas.
I see lots of deer, 30-40 per day. Plenty of yearling bucks.
I shot this deer on the 5th day of a 9 day season and turned out to be the biggest deer in sight of the year.
Dressed weight was 205.

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TheGreatwhitehunter
Nice buck
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waynedevore
I forgot to mention. Lots of brush and VERY heavy cover.
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6x6 bull
Nice buck. Congrats!!!! I with I had a Bobcat to haul some of my whitetails out of the woods. It sure would have made the job alot easier.
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Very nice Buck, Congrats.

Kevin
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MuleyMadness
What an amazing year you had my friend. Looks like a brute to me, someday I want to come out east and hunt one. 10sign:
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sneekeepete
Congrats on a great buck and thanks for sharing :thumb
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waynedevore
Thanks for the comments. 09 was a very good all around year for me. Lots of adventures.
Wishing you all the best adventures in 10. :thumb
We took a few site pictures, but cold or something? pics didn't work out. So this is the best photo I have. ](*,)
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NotEnufTags
Very nice. You dont see many bobcat atv's out west. :) Good looking buck. congrats on a great year.
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BIG R
Nice buck,love the mass :thumb
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primal215
thats a cool pic
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MNHunter
Wayne

That is a heck of a nice looking buck.

Where are you at in MN? I am just southwest of Brainerd. Have you hunted Camp Ripley at all?

Take care

Ross
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WinMag
Nice buck. :thumb Are you in shotgun country or rifle?
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a_bow_nut
Man I don't know how I missed this thread. That's an awsome buck there Wayne and I like your game hauler also. :thumb
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waynedevore
I am in the Park Rapids area. No Ross I haven't hunted Ripley. I hear a great place for archery and shed hunting.
I am in the North, rifle hunting up here.
Allen, the Bobcat is handy for packing out and hanging. Tell you what! after packing 2 Muley Bucks out on my back in the Rough country. Glad to have it easy. :thumb
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a_bow_nut
I hear that. My brother shot a big ol cow elk one year and luckly it wasn't far fromhis buddies house so he went down and borrowed his backhoe and drove up and scooped it up with the front bucket and hauled it out. I sure wish that i could have done that on some of the animals that I have shot over the years.
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