dearl
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I don't consider myself a troughy hunter by no means. We do manage our property to grow good deer, and I have let alot of small bucks go over the years, but I have been deer hunting all my life, and have some great deer on the wall already, but This past Saturday my bar was set alittle higher. Me and a friend have a small piece of property adjacent to the wildlife refuge here in central North carolina, and I have always heard there were big bucks over there, but never would I have thought I would have taken this one so soon in the season. I shot a nice 7 point last wednesday with the muzzle loader, it tipped the scale at 172 lbs. Good size buck, but the 8 point I shot Saturday afternoon tipped the scale at 189. He isn't real wide, but he has a perfect rack, and he has good mass. I took my daughter that morning, and she shot here first rack buck, a small 5 point. She doesn't get to go with me much but so far she has been 3 opening days with me and she has killed 3 bucks, 2 spikes, and here recent 5 point. My son and I went that afternoon, and this big boy stepped out.