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U kinda look like Justin Morneau. Your deer didnt seem like he missed too many meals. Great neck on him.

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Well I was lucky enough to get selected for the Camp Ripley deployed muzzleloader hunt. So I got up there on Monday morning and had our little in brief and picked an area to hunt. I chose an area on the west side between the two inpact areas. Did not see anything that evening until late and although it was legal shooting hours it was very dark and my sights were loaded with snow. Went back out the next morning and sat in the same area were I had seen her. Was about 10 minutes after shooting hours came and a doe came across the field. She stopped about 85 yeards out and broadside. I put one right in the boiler room,she went about 75 yards and expired. I took her in and she ended up weighing 118 lbs.

The afternoon a friend and I decided to hunt further south in the same area. We pulled in and he sat on the south edge of a tree line were we saw a lot of sign. I started moving north looking for a place to sit. I checked what looked to be an old gravel pit and nothing was in there. As I moved closer to the tree line I see a buck feeding in the woods. I was able to sneak around were I could get a clear shot at him. He kept feeding moving closer. After what seemed like hours (more like 5 minutes) he was out about 80 yards and broadside. I took the shot and he dropped like a rock. So I reloaded quickly and slowly walked down to him. He was still kicking and breathing a little, I had pulled my shot slightly to the right and hit him in the neck / upper chest, I stayed about 5 yards away and waited for him to expire. It did not take long and I was able to get my grubby mits on him!!

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And where are the pics??? smile Congrats! That would be a blast to hunt Ripley in December w/ tracking snow.

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The buck is above a few posts. It was fun hunting in all that snow and decent temps. Deer were really moving. I guess the hunt success rate was around 57% with about 50 guys showing up.

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2013 SD Season- No monsters but a good season none the less. Glad it's over so I can move on to coyotes!

Archery East River Buck- kind of a bad picture. I had to sneak out of work to find it the next day.

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West River Rifle- This was an awesome hunt for me! Shot on public ground. Took 6 hours to pack it out.

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East River Rifle

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Now that's some good huntin' Rost! My SD trips were sidelined for 2013 and I've been bummed about it. Hopefully we can get back out there in '14.

Nice to see the deer y'all are getting and great to see the kids' firsts. I was lucky enough to be looking over our youngest girls shoulder when she shot her first (a spike) and can't imagine I'll have a more treasured deer hunting memory than that.

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I second phorns assessment of Rosts 2nd buck. I love the way that one is framed. Sticker points are a bonus, but just the way it is framed is cool. I am a sucker for the long brow tines though.... Having said that, I wouldn't even think of passing on either of the other two either! Nice work Rost.

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Beauty skies! You get him of your familys land? Very unique brows! Well done!

No i did not. Slug hunting and deer hunting in general was very slow for us this year there. Have to thin out some yotes! Shot him in the new london area.

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Shot this one during the Minnesota gun season. Had my son, dad, and my two brothers with. Made it very memorable!

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Geezus Ron!!!! CONGRATS!! How did I not hear about that thing??? That is a PIG! 160-165?? Stop over and tell me about it sometime!

Great Photo too BTW!

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Geezus Ron!!!! CONGRATS!! How did I not hear about that thing??? That is a PIG! 160-165?? Stop over and tell me about it sometime!

Great Photo too BTW!

Slim I was wondering how I had not heard from you after I shot this one. I thought maybe you didn't like deer anymore!!! grin It went 168 6/8th's.

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There are certain deer that are no doubters and that 1 is in that class, nicely done and boy was your family hunting with you in for a surprise when they first laid eyes on that buck, nicely done!

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Thanks Guys! Musky, we had several trail cam pics of that beast but it was definitely a thrill for everyone to put there hands on him! wink

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