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Wyomingben
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After dragging him out, we were so tired this is as far as we could get him on the jeep, but he rode there back to camp OK.
Wyomingben
After dragging him out, we were so tired this is as far as we could get him on the jeep, but he rode there back to camp OK.
Wyomingben
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littlefoot
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wow, nice buck 'ben' thanks for the pics, but we also need the story..thanks for sharin'
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hornaddiction
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cohntr6
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Great buck with monster brow tines! Congrats and thanks for sharing.
Jeff
Jeff
PleaseDear
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Love those G-1's thanks for sharing.
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ridgetop
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Congrats on an awesome buck!
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dakotakid
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Nice buck Ben.
Mike
Mike
IdahoBugler
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Very nice buck, I love those eye-guards.
Later,
IB
Later,
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Smiley
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Sweet buck , thanks for sharing.
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Wyomingben
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Thanks Everyone.
He was one of those big plains bucks you know are out there and can never find. I saw him last year antelope hunting. He was sky lined on a ridge one evening with the same amount of light in the jeep pic. It was very far away and even with my 20x80 binos all I could tell was he was big. With that vision in my head for the past year I made sure I had a deer tag along on my antelope hunt this year.
We where traveling along about two in the afternoon in the area looking for antelope and maybe deer. It was very hot, dry, and windy. There was not a tree within 5 miles. The cattle in the area where holding tight to the very few and far between stock tanks. We passed throw a gate, I put my binos up to my eyes to a random view of the prairie as Michelle closed the gate. Without having to move my binos, I luckily pointed them right at a doe bedding down under a large sagebrush, with further investigation there where 1, 2, 3 more.
In fear of being detected we drove to a spot that was out of there sight. Not thinking there was a big buck in there, we took our time, ate a sandwich before putting a sneak on.
We where able to get with in 75 yards of the bedded deer, they where so well camouflaged you could barley make them out being that close with your naked eye. Still not seeing a buck, we inched closer. Then all of the sudden the does became nerves and jumped up. Then it seems the whole draw exploded with deer, at least 30 deer tore up the hillside, I keyed in on this buck, missed my first two shot. After the two shots they where really moving, my third shot was very lucky and found it's mark at a very long distance, thank god for Bipods.
It was amazing the way they hid them selves, we would of drove right by them at 200 yards and never knew they where there. Prairie deer are hiders, not runners.
It was total luck, I have been lucky to kill five deer of this size all on public land.
Wyomingben
He was one of those big plains bucks you know are out there and can never find. I saw him last year antelope hunting. He was sky lined on a ridge one evening with the same amount of light in the jeep pic. It was very far away and even with my 20x80 binos all I could tell was he was big. With that vision in my head for the past year I made sure I had a deer tag along on my antelope hunt this year.
We where traveling along about two in the afternoon in the area looking for antelope and maybe deer. It was very hot, dry, and windy. There was not a tree within 5 miles. The cattle in the area where holding tight to the very few and far between stock tanks. We passed throw a gate, I put my binos up to my eyes to a random view of the prairie as Michelle closed the gate. Without having to move my binos, I luckily pointed them right at a doe bedding down under a large sagebrush, with further investigation there where 1, 2, 3 more.
In fear of being detected we drove to a spot that was out of there sight. Not thinking there was a big buck in there, we took our time, ate a sandwich before putting a sneak on.
We where able to get with in 75 yards of the bedded deer, they where so well camouflaged you could barley make them out being that close with your naked eye. Still not seeing a buck, we inched closer. Then all of the sudden the does became nerves and jumped up. Then it seems the whole draw exploded with deer, at least 30 deer tore up the hillside, I keyed in on this buck, missed my first two shot. After the two shots they where really moving, my third shot was very lucky and found it's mark at a very long distance, thank god for Bipods.
It was amazing the way they hid them selves, we would of drove right by them at 200 yards and never knew they where there. Prairie deer are hiders, not runners.
It was total luck, I have been lucky to kill five deer of this size all on public land.
Wyomingben
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Muleyslyr
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Nice buck....he's a brute! You got your wife, jeep, buck, Wyoming, what else could you want? 
Good job.
Good job.
ICMDEER
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Nice buck, Ben. Congrats on a dandy. The only thing you could have improved on was to have one of your internet gals holding the horns - LOL. Nice buck and a great story. I wonder how many people drive by deer like that in the brush every year. Save that spot for your secret "honey hole." There will be another one there in the future.
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OSOK
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Sweet buck! Since you offered, now you have too show us your other 5!!!
Congrats
Congrats
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huntsonora
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Awesome buck Ben!
Drum
Drum
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urlilhuntnchick
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SWEET is all I have to say! Thanks
AndymanSavage
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Nice buck. good thing you copyrighted those pics, they could have ended up in the next "racks" calendar.
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GW4BOW
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Great Buck! Congratualtions. It's amazing how after hours and hours of glassing... you stumble across deer or elk in similar spots. Sounds like you have an eye for finding them...most likely wasn't too much luck that you found the doe. You've just put in enough time to know where deer most probably will bed.
Good luck with the rest of you fall hunting.
GW
Good luck with the rest of you fall hunting.
GW
