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Author Topic: Incredible two days of big bucks  (Read 1646 times)

Offline Steve O

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #100 on: January 02, 2010, 07:56:00 AM »
Here you go my very, VERY picky friend...


 

How far away was the stand with you in it in that picture???  15 yards?  


Here is a picture of the same buck from October:


 

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #101 on: January 02, 2010, 08:19:00 AM »
Gene,

Please visit this sight:  www.LaserEyeCenter.com

8^)
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Offline Randy Morin

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #102 on: January 02, 2010, 09:10:00 AM »
I know you guys are in a different realm than most of us but...seriously...you guys need help.  Theres something wrong with you passing on that buck.  Maybe a "sports psychiatrist"???  :bigsmyl:
Are you positive you grew up in Vermont???  :D  
Seriously Gene, thanks for the stories of your season.  Awesome read.

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #103 on: January 02, 2010, 09:31:00 AM »
If you can pass up a buck like that, then you are there truely for the love of the hunt.

Good luck on taking some does. I hope the weather becomes a bit more mild for you first.  ;)   It`s the dang wind that will get ya!

Here`s to October 2010!!!  :thumbsup:  

Thanks for the play by play!

Offline jonsimoneau

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #104 on: January 02, 2010, 12:48:00 PM »
Very nice!  That buck will be a monster next year!

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #105 on: January 02, 2010, 01:09:00 PM »
I believe that buck has a smirk on his facing, knowing full well that he falls short of your minimums. Next year, he won't be quite so smug...or cooperative. Can't wait to see who's wearing the smirk next year. Thanks for sharing the adventures.

Offline Steve Leffler

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #106 on: January 02, 2010, 02:17:00 PM »
Awesome story Gene.  I enjoyed reading all of it.  Those are some great bucks.    Makes me want to get back to Iowa....

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #107 on: January 02, 2010, 02:19:00 PM »
Great story Gene...thanks for taking us along with you. Any idea when the next video will be comimg out. Worn out 2 copies of Primal Dreams...the greatest movie ever made.
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Offline Bryan Burkhardt

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #108 on: January 02, 2010, 03:16:00 PM »
Any sign of Hurly lately?

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #109 on: January 02, 2010, 11:50:00 PM »
Great read Gene.  I have to agree that this season was one of the best season for close encounters for I as well.  Better luck next year and I look forward to seeing you and your better half at the show this month in Michigan. Thanks once again, Dave.

Offline Mark U

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #110 on: January 03, 2010, 08:05:00 PM »
I'm not going to say "Better luck next year" because you and Barry probably have long since quit the numbers game and have gone to the personal satisfaction element.

I'd like to know, from the game cam pictures you gather during the year, how many bucks you photograph would make it as bucks you would kill?
So don't wait until you retire to go hunting and fishing.  Don't even wait for your annual vacation.  Go at every opportunity.  Things that appear urgent at the moment may, in the long run, turn out to be far less so.

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Offline Gene Wensel

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #111 on: January 03, 2010, 08:57:00 PM »
Mark........anything broadside, over 160" class, preferably 5 1/2 years old and inside the 20 yard line. Unless he is slightly smaller with a bad attitude or a really cool face :>)

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #112 on: January 03, 2010, 10:13:00 PM »
Gene, that deer will scare 160 gross this year.

I suspect if he was a mainframe 5 * 5 his face may have looked a little "cooler" to you as well.

He'll be a dandy next year.

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Offline Arwin

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #113 on: January 04, 2010, 12:24:00 AM »
Great stuff!!
 Bucks of that magnitude seem foreign and weird to me. I would probably stare in awe and forget I even have a bow in hand.   :bigsmyl:
Just one more step please!

Some dude with a stick and string chasing things.

Offline Marty

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #114 on: January 04, 2010, 08:57:00 AM »
Gene- fess up- I think you have target panic so bad that you can't pull the string! Remember John Vargo when he couldn't do it? He switched to left hand shooting and it worked! Give him a call- maybe it'll work for you. If not -just make a video for the rest of us to enjoy.

Offline Gene Wensel

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #115 on: January 04, 2010, 11:29:00 AM »
Three Tradgang members have made me appointments with Dr. Phil....

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #116 on: January 04, 2010, 11:40:00 AM »
Gene,

How about another book Come December, the later
years why I can't  do it anymore. Just kidding,
great stories, and pictures. Hope they survive
the winter so you can show us thier later years.
Good luck
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Offline IndianaBowman

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #117 on: January 04, 2010, 12:20:00 PM »
Amazing, simply amazing!

Gene, passing that buck is truly a testament to your success as a whitetail bowhunter!

Congratulations!

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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #118 on: January 04, 2010, 01:38:00 PM »
I check out this thread every time I fire up the computer.  Thanks for taking us along Gene.  See you Nashville in March.  Jeff Harper
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Re: Incredible two days of big bucks
« Reply #119 on: January 04, 2010, 04:44:00 PM »
Nice buck - and he'll be a dandy next year!  I reckon I'll see you and the bearded one (Barry -beard; Gene - unshaven..right?) at KZoo "pressing the flesh" if the blizzard holds off this year.  I'll bring you a picture of the Old Man's rotator cuff recovery buck...he shot a 181 inch non-typical right before the shotgun season with his 42lb therapy bow.  I suppose he'll eat his other 2 tags unless he goes after a cull buck here late season.

later

Ryan

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