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ridgetop 8/21/12 9:37pm

Ok, here's a recap of what I posted last year about this buck.

Here's buck #2 - We really never had a name for him. Maybe I'll call him (shorty) because of his short left main beam.
This first picture was during the archery hunt.

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo189/ackc10_album/2011a.jpg" alt="" />

This picture was on the second day of the muzzy hunt. My friend Paul passed on him opening day. Then I spotted him bedded here in this picture over a mile away. My other friend Corby and Cousin John put a stalk on him and got within about 40 yards but the buck busted out of there before they could get a shot.

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Another 155-160" buck?

Well, I ended up finding his sheds this year. I'll show them at another time. I also have his 2009 sheds too.
So I put a tape on him and was able to match the angle that his antlers went from the straight on picture I have. I'm sure I'm within an inch on his width. One hint that's a little hard to see, is that his left main beam only goes about 4" past his G-4.

Ok, people through out some of your best guesses. How close was my guess?

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MuleyMadness

8/21/12 9:51pm

:) Bit of a tough one for me, from the back pic he looks BIGGER than that to me, from the front view he looks about right were you said. I'm going to have to ponder this one before I guess...nice pics though. Cool you picked up his sheds.

Mularcher

8/21/12 11:11pm

I'm not the greatest at this but he looks taller than a 155" from the head on view to me. I'm going with dare I say 169"... but I could be way off.

sagehunter

8/22/12 12:02pm

Very hard to tell but I also thought he looks bigger than 155 I agree with right around 170

gizmo1

8/23/12 6:33am

i guess about 163

dahlmer

8/23/12 8:33am

I think your pretty close with your 155-160 guess. The short beam and narrow spread will probably keep him under 160.

Jeff

8/26/12 4:52pm

Im gonna guess 175. Probably over shot him but he's got some nice length going on.

ridgetop

8/26/12 7:38pm

You guys are real close. He comes in right at 170". Give or take an inch.
Here's what he looks like this year.

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo189/ackc10_album/horseshoe-forky-1-1.jpg" alt="" />

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo189/ackc10_album/horseshoe-forkya-1-1.jpg" alt="" />

Oh, by the way. My friend Tom put his tag on it yesterday. :thumb

johnyutah5

8/28/12 9:07am

"ridgetop" wrote:You guys are real close. He comes in right at 170". Give or take an inch.
Here's what he looks like this year.
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo189/ackc10_album/horseshoe-forky-1-1.jpg" alt="" />
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo189/ackc10_album/horseshoe-forkya-1-1.jpg" alt="" />

Oh, by the way. My friend Tom put his tag on it yesterday. :thumb

Gotta give credit where credit is due......Once again Koby spotted shorty and put us on him. As usual Paul and Corby were right there to help with the spot 'n stalk. Couldn't ask for a better group of friends to hunt with! Thanks guys!! Truly a dream buck and I owe it all to these guys.

MuleyMadness

8/28/12 9:16pm

That's awesome for all involved, you guys really seem to do things right.
When do we get to see some pics? :)

IDHunter

8/28/12 10:00pm

Congrats Tom. Like every buck we've taken, it was definitely a group effort. Three more tags to fill and several amazing bucks waiting for us.

johnyutah5

8/29/12 10:14am

Thanks Paul. Congrats on your buck as well. Two great archery bucks in two days.....won't be forgetting this weekend anytime soon. Looking forward to helping the group fill the rest of the tags.

ridgetop

9/7/12 11:07pm

I put a tape on this buck the other day and could not believe I passed on a 190"+ buck. #-o
He came in at 192". Congrats again Tom, you the man. =D> :thumb

Jeff

9/8/12 8:13am

Wow. Thats great. I guess I need to brush up on field scoring.

MuleyMadness

9/8/12 8:45am

Wow. Thats great. I guess I need to brush up on field scoring.

Don't think he is referring to the buck in the photos?? Or I could be wrong.

Are we going to get to see the pics at some point Ridge?

ridgetop

9/8/12 12:50pm

The most recent small pictures, are of this buck in 2012. This is the best I can do guys. You may need to read about the story when it comes out in a mag.

The buck had a 184" frame with 8" of extras.

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo189/ackc10_album/toms2012buck.jpg" alt="" />

MuleyMadness

9/8/12 1:00pm

Great stuff, any idea on which MAG?

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