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2010/12/09 13:40:21 (permalink)

Nice Kill

With all the gloom a few guys are bringing to the hunting threads as of late, I figured we could use a thread with some good in it. It'll be hard for one of those couple of guys to ruin this one with their bichin, but I'll bet they'll try anyway. I would appreciate if those couple of guys could keep their nonsense off this thread.


A few close friends of mine have been on a mission to get one of their relatives on a nice buck. This guy they were trying to help is challeged. With his disorder, he has poor vision, and even worse hearing. Since he started hunting years ago, he has talked nonstop about killing his "monster buck". Last week they finally made it happen. I couldn't be happier for him.

My crappy cell phone pic doesn't do the bucks size justice.

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    Ironhed
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 13:44:56 (permalink)
    Awesome!  Congrats!

    Ironhed

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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 14:12:30 (permalink)
    Nice....two thumbs up

    You should have been here yesterday.............. Streams are made for the wise man to contemplate and fools to pass by [Sir Izaak Walton]
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 14:14:45 (permalink)
    Looks like a good'n. Congrats to the man!
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 14:43:37 (permalink)
    Way to go.

    09-11-01 SOME GAVE SOMETHING. 343 GAVE ALL F.D.N.Y.
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 14:50:54 (permalink)
    did you get any measurements on it?  hope he's puttin it on the wall.  congrats to him and everyone who helped him

    go back to spain
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 14:54:09 (permalink)
    A breath of fresh air.  Thanks for posting. 

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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 15:01:20 (permalink)
    Fine looking buck. What WMU area did he shoot it in?
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 15:02:28 (permalink)
    Congrats to him. And hope many more to come.

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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 15:05:16 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: heyiknowyou

    did you get any measurements on it?  hope he's puttin it on the wall.  congrats to him and everyone who helped him


    It is going on the wall. I understand a local taxedermist offered to do it for nothing.

    I'm not an expert at scoring, but we unnofficially scored it just over 130"... that may be a little off, since we were warming up with some cold ones.
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 17:09:27 (permalink)
    Deer guide, steelhead guide, trout guide, sucker guide, man you are good.
     
    Tell your buddy nice buck.
     
    Thanks for putting up a + thread.

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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/09 17:53:58 (permalink)
    Here is another story about a successful hunter that should put a smile on everyones face.

    "ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Lester Warner left the hospital in a weakened state last month, his frail body wracked by late-stage cancer. At 86 years old, he and his family had decided to stop treatment. But that didn't mean he planned to stop hunting.

    Pennsylvania's highly anticipated two-week rifle deer season was fast approaching, and the lifelong hunter from Dover Township, about 30 miles south of Harrisburg, wanted to take to the woods one last time.

    "He just assumed he would be going. We decided we were going to play along with it: 'Yeah, we can't wait for hunting season, Dad,'" recalled Warner's son, Brian.

    Brian and his brother Scott were skeptical. But when their father started to rally -- gaining strength with the help of a physical therapist -- they decided they had better accommodate him, said Brian, 51.

    So Brian lugged an old recliner up the side of Broadtop Mountain, near his Huntingdon County dairy farm, to the small hut the family had built for Les Warner years ago. His father would hunt in comfort.

    It was 19 degrees as the sun rose on opening day last week, the valley floor white with frost. Mr. Warner eased his old man's frame into the recliner, sipped his coffee, and waited, armed with the .243 Winchester that Brian had selected for its mild recoil.

    It wasn't long before a huge 8-point buck emerged from the woods, the biggest that Mr. Warner or his son had ever had the opportunity to take. They marveled at their good fortune. A hunter can go days without seeing a buck.

    "Well, shoot it," Mr. Warner told Brian.

    "No, you're gonna shoot it," his son replied.

    Mr. Warner stood up from the recliner and took aim. The buck bolted. He followed it for 80 or 90 yards. Then, as it slowed down, he pulled the trigger.

    A perfect shot.

    Lowering the gun, Mr. Warner turned to his son and said: "Never give up."

    "That's right, Dad."

    Brian called his mother. Shirley Warner could scarcely believe it.

    "Knowing what he's been through in the last six months, in and out of the hospital, radiation and chemo and physical therapy and really sick at times, I was shocked. In my wildest dreams I didn't think he would get a buck this year," said Shirley, who's been married to Les for 53 years. "My son and I cried because it was a miracle . . . there's no other explanation."

    A week later, the retired pretzel baker remains thankful.

    "I know I've had many blessings through this situation," said Les Warner, "Everything seems to be turning out well for me, and I know the Lord's been with us."

    Here the video:

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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/10 00:01:39 (permalink)
    Very nice! Congrats to your buddy and all that made it happen.
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/10 04:13:25 (permalink)
    That is a great buck congrats
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/10 12:18:48 (permalink)
    Great buck man!

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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/10 14:11:46 (permalink)
    bigger than most people will ever kill

    go back to spain
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/10 15:04:46 (permalink)
    great post drake. congrats to your buddy and those that made it happen for him.

    "say when..."
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/10 15:39:10 (permalink)
    super cool story and great buck!!!
     
    tell him we all said congrats!
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/11 00:07:37 (permalink)

    It is going on the wall. I understand a local taxedermist offered to do it for nothing.


    Hats off to that gentleman(woman) as well!!!

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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/13 20:42:34 (permalink)
    You guys who "helped out" are what hunting is really all about!!!!
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    RE: Nice Kill 2010/12/15 10:20:58 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: deerfly

    Here is another story about a successful hunter that should put a smile on everyones face.



    Deerfly,

    Thanks for posting the story about the elderly gentleman. I grew up in the Broad Top area where that story takes place, and hunt my families property a few miles away from where they were hunting. I heard the story from some locals and was going to post it, but didn't know if it was actually true or not. Glad to see it was true.
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