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LAST EDITED ON Aug-29-13 AT 05:39AM (MST)[p]This Buck was shot by my Dad Bert Freed who passed away 2 weeks ago at age 79. He shot many respectable bucks over the years and mentored dozens of hunters. This was the largest he ever shot. It was harvested in 1987 in Idaho while hunting on public land during a general season. It scored at 238 Net and had a 38 inch spread. I have not been able to find the score sheet so I am not sure of the gross score. Looking at the mainframe however it is very symmetrical so I would assume that the gross will only be 2 to 3 inches higher. The outer tines were broken when the buck was scored but the taxi fixed them. With the tines fixed the spread is at 42 inches and the overall score will be about 5 inches higher than the official score. We were lucky enough the find the dropped shed from the previous year 2 weeks prior to shooting the buck. I was a young teenager (16) and with my Dad when he got this buck. It was very exciting. Several years later (1995) the buck was published in Trophy Hunter magazine. The cool thing about our story is that I was the young hunter tagging along with my Dad when he shot this buck then 24 years later he was an old man tagging along with me when I shot a similar (not quite as big) buck in 2011. My story was also in Trophy Hunter. I also posted my pics on this site back then (the Logan Canyon buck). It was the last season that my Dad was able to hunt and an experience I will always treasure. My Dad also shot one other buck over 200 which was a large typical (never officially scored) that I will post some pics of later on.