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Title: 18 years in the makiing......
Post by: Jeff Strubberg on October 20, 2007, 11:08:00 PM: But a buck is in the freezer. Not much for horns, but he weighed in at 170 pounds live weight.

(http://members.socket.net/~jstrubberg/2007buck.JPG)
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Post by: Otto on October 20, 2007, 11:10:00 PM: Jeff

You da MAN!!! Nice buck buddy!! Congrats!!
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Post by: MJB on October 20, 2007, 11:12:00 PM: CONGRATS :thumbsup: :campfire:
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Post by: GingivitisKahn on October 20, 2007, 11:13:00 PM: Great job!
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Post by: Terry Green on October 20, 2007, 11:39:00 PM: Finnaly broke the spell eh?

:bigsmyl: :thumbsup:
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Post by: cjones on October 20, 2007, 11:50:00 PM: Nice buck Jeff! Congrats. :clapper:
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Post by: DesertDude on October 20, 2007, 11:55:00 PM: Congrats!! From Member# 4551 DesertDude
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Post by: 4runr on October 21, 2007, 12:11:00 AM: Congrats Jeff!
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Post by: Mark Baker on October 21, 2007, 12:38:00 AM: Nice deer, Jeff, congrats!
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Post by: pseman on October 21, 2007, 12:38:00 AM: Not much for horns?? I'll take that buck any day of the week. Congrats!

Mark
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Post by: legends1 on October 21, 2007, 02:06:00 AM: Nice buck,......Congrats
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Post by: Linc on October 21, 2007, 04:50:00 AM: Congrats.That is one fine buck.You should be very proud. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by: mcgroundstalker on October 21, 2007, 05:23:00 AM: That's Cool! Great Job! :thumbsup:

... mike ...
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Post by: mike hall on October 21, 2007, 05:44:00 AM: :clapper:
Congrats Jeff!!!
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Post by: Osagetree on October 21, 2007, 05:58:00 AM: EXCELLENT!!!
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Post by: Gary Greene on October 21, 2007, 06:20:00 AM: Nice! Thats one fine buck. Congrats
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Post by: Nakohe on October 21, 2007, 06:25:00 AM: Hey, that is a very nice buck. For a first buck, I would definatly mount that one. Way to go!!
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Post by: Kevin Bahr on October 21, 2007, 06:33:00 AM: Congratulations, Jeff.
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Post by: 2 dogs on October 21, 2007, 06:43:00 AM: nice job you are a persistant man.
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Post by: deertraks on October 21, 2007, 06:50:00 AM: Good deal! :clapper:
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Post by: Mudd on October 21, 2007, 07:09:00 AM: Awesome Jeff!! Thanks for sharing with us. BTW what about the story that goes with the picture?
God bless,Mudd

ps I still have a beautiful little osage recurve that I hope to make some meat with one of these days. Care to guess how many growth rings are in the bow?...lol
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Post by: BigRonHuntAlot on October 21, 2007, 08:56:00 AM: Allright, Congrats...
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Post by: Golden Hawk on October 21, 2007, 08:58:00 AM: Nice Buck Jeff!
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on October 21, 2007, 09:00:00 AM: Jeff, that is outstanding! I am so happy for you. Jawge
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Post by: Landshark160 on October 21, 2007, 09:34:00 AM: That would be a great buck in my neck of the woods! Congratulations! :clapper:

Yeah, how about that story?
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Post by: kennym on October 21, 2007, 09:34:00 AM: Allright Jeff!! Nice one!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: What kinda bow ya shootin there?
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Post by: drewsbow on October 21, 2007, 09:35:00 AM: congrats , nice deer :0)
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Post by: paleFace on October 21, 2007, 09:54:00 AM: looks like a fine buck to me. heck you can't eat them antlers anyway.
congrads! :thumbsup:
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Post by: Irish on October 21, 2007, 10:19:00 AM: Great job!
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Post by: hoebow on October 21, 2007, 10:23:00 AM: Excellent Dude
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Post by: Coop on October 21, 2007, 10:36:00 AM: Nice deer, congrats.
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Post by: Tim Fishell on October 21, 2007, 10:52:00 AM: Jeff Congrats!! I am still working on my first archery deer and I have 14 years in.
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Post by: Tony Phillips on October 21, 2007, 11:14:00 AM: Way to go Jeff.
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Post by: Bonebuster on October 21, 2007, 11:28:00 AM: Fine buck.

"Not much for horns"?... your kidding right?!!!!!!

I love being able to share in everyones success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Pat B. on October 21, 2007, 11:34:00 AM: Great, congratulations!
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Post by: Steve H. on October 21, 2007, 11:35:00 AM: Strubby finaly got his cherrey popped! Wallright Jeffrey, long overdue!
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Post by: steadman on October 21, 2007, 11:37:00 AM: I know how you feel. Congrats on a fine accomplishment!! :thumbsup:
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Post by: Bjorn on October 21, 2007, 01:26:00 PM: Great job! Nice rack too.
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Post by: Jim@ThunderStick on October 21, 2007, 01:30:00 PM: Way to go Jeff.
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Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on October 21, 2007, 01:53:00 PM: Congrats, Jeff. Beautiful photo too.
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Post by: Littlefeather on October 21, 2007, 02:15:00 PM: Alright Jeff! Glad to see you got a nice one ta boot! I like the new chin wiskers. See you at T-Sweat. CK
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Post by: Randy Morin on October 21, 2007, 03:24:00 PM: Way to go Jeff, nice buck!
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Post by: Montyc on October 21, 2007, 03:55:00 PM: Jeff,
Congrats on a fine buck. The atlers are plenty big enough for me to shoot.
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Post by: mqqse on October 21, 2007, 04:53:00 PM: Good one neighbor!
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Post by: yellow bow on October 21, 2007, 07:42:00 PM: thats a fine buck you have there jeff,congrats.
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Post by: Wulomac on October 21, 2007, 08:38:00 PM: Good job!! Persistence pays!!!
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Post by: Dano on October 21, 2007, 09:05:00 PM: As Mr. Otto said, "You da man".
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Post by: Jake on October 21, 2007, 10:52:00 PM: Good one. Congrats!
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Post by: Crooked Stic on October 21, 2007, 11:09:00 PM: Them horns look fine to me. Never hunted for horns. Nice job!
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Post by: Hawkeye on October 22, 2007, 01:03:00 AM: WAY TO GO JEFF!! Congrats on making the time away from all your responsibilities to make it out into the woods. From now on, you'll always KNOW you can do this. I predict the next one won't take quite as long!

Daryl
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Post by: fisheye47 on October 22, 2007, 01:19:00 AM: Beautiful buck,good job!A memory that will last a lifetime. CAM :thumbsup:
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Post by: Bobby Urban on October 22, 2007, 06:41:00 AM: Nice Buck - How come you bring them home w/o gutting thee first?
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Post by: JC on October 22, 2007, 08:00:00 AM: Way to stay with it Jeff. Hearty congrats!
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Post by: vermonster13 on October 22, 2007, 08:02:00 AM: Nice deer there! Congrats!
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Post by: Tom Leemans on October 22, 2007, 08:17:00 AM: That'll do Jeff...That'll do...
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Post by: Jeff Strubberg on October 22, 2007, 10:45:00 AM: Thanks all for the well wishes.

Bobby, we telecheck our deer here in Missouri now, so there's no need to take 'em off the farm. I didn't open the body cavity at all on this one. Just slit the hide and peeled it back, took the four quarters off, cut out the tenderloins (took two gallon ziplocs for those) and trimmed out a bunch of neck meat for jerky.

I'm no craftsman of the written word. The shot was about 15 yards, total time between realizing there was a deer on it's way in and the shot was maybe seven or eight seconds. The shot was a bit far back, but took out both lungs. The arrow dropped out on the far side. Tracking job was surprisingly long, about 200 yards straight downhill and into the thick stuff. We used a Gator and a rope to get him out of the brushpile he died in.

The bow is a 57#@29" Thunderstick MOAB that Jim finished up for me in August. Arrows are CX250's weighing about 550 grains. I used Zephyr broadheads. Gotta say, those things sharpen up to a scalpels edge. I get jumpy pulling one out of the quiver.
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Post by: hunt it on October 22, 2007, 11:06:00 AM: Congrats Jeff!!!

Glad to see your gonna make the sweat.
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Post by: John Krause on October 22, 2007, 07:21:00 PM: Way to go Jeff! I would love to hear about the trials and tribulations of 18 years of trying to get one with a stickbow. Tell us aabout it....
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Post by: Dianne B. Lotz on October 22, 2007, 08:52:00 PM: Awesome Jeff, just awesome. Real happy for ya man!

Ferret in Wisconsin
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Post by: DW Long on October 22, 2007, 09:05:00 PM: Congrats from the far north Jeff!