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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Danny Rowan on January 07, 2017, 01:19:00 PM
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Well, I am sad and happy. My hunt was great at my good friends place in Freer, TX. Sad that it is over but happy to be home safe and had some success. The big boys did not want to play, had a nice 10 at 10 yards and a yote scared him off. Missed the yote at 30 yards. My friend wanted some spikes and 4 points taken out of the herd as they are increasing and I was happy to oblige and took a spike.
I hit him quartering away, he did a belly flop in a big cactus and pulled the arrow partially out. When he finally fell, he stabbed himself again with the arrow and it broke his back. Weird, huh.
My friends tracking dog found him and pulled some of his intestines out before we got to her. But all the meat was good.
Also took a very nice Tom Rio, hit him facing away and broke his back, did not go anywhere, 9 inch beard and 1.25 inch spurs, weighed 22 pounds. big for a Rio.
Anyway here are the pictures
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/comanche/20161207_100758-2_zps8ew6ctip.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/comanche/media/20161207_100758-2_zps8ew6ctip.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/comanche/20161205_181309_zpsx2z3juqb.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/comanche/media/20161205_181309_zpsx2z3juqb.jpg.html)
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Nice Danny, Congrats!! :clapper:
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Thanks Allen, you will notice your wonderful string on my Schafer Silvertip and the arrow is an AD Trad made by Gary Hall. 300 xtreme head.
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Sounds like a great hunt. Nice job Danny.
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Very cool congrats
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Hearty congrats.
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Congrats. sounds like you had a great time.
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Congrats.
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Very nice Danny.
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Great hunt! Thank you for sharing it with us.
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:clapper:
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Congrats !!!!
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Congrats on a fine hunt my friend :)
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Congratulations on a great hunt!
Not meaning any disrespect at all, but man them Texas and southern deer are tiny, even comparing that spike with our spikes. No wonder its so easy to blow through them. Amazes me what a few hundred miles sometimes does to certain animals stature.
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Looks like a lot of fun!
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Congrats!
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Way to go Danny
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Congratulations Danny, Great job!
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A memorable hunt...congrats!
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Great job Danny!!)
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Congrats. Thanks for sharing!
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Awesome! Congrats.
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Shadowhunter, that spike probably still has milk in his stomach. I have a couple of youngsters like that running around here. Our bonus doe and spike season thins a lot of first year bucks out of the herd. He will eat really well, even if there isn't much meat.
Nice shooting, Danny.
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Awesome , Danny!
Congrats,
Bisch
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Outstanding, Danny, Congratulations!
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That spike is at least 1 and a half years old. Same age class deer as some 8 and 6 points running around the ranch. He would never turn into anything good. That is exactly why he was taken out of the herd.
Thanks everyone.
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Way to go Danny! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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awesome , congrats
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Well done shipmate. I do miss Texas
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Originally posted by Danny Rowan:
Thanks Allen, you will notice your wonderful string on my Schafer Silvertip and the arrow is an AD Trad made by Gary Hall. 300 xtreme head.
I saw that beautiful string Danny. Gary's arrows are awesome!
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I agree that he is a year and a half old, Danny. I was only exaggerating a little bit when I said that he still had milk in his stomach. If they have six and eight point first horn bucks running around on that ranch, he needed to be culled. My first year bucks weigh 70-80 pounds and have forkhorns or perhaps forks with tiny brow tines. I have several running around like that one that I suspect were late crop 2015 fawns. Still young deer, but we try to let them get their second set of antlers before culling. Each ranch is different. We had a wildfire and three years of drought that really hammered our deer hard. It really is great to see lots of young bucks this year.
Once again, nice shooting and enjoy the venison.
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Yeah Brad, my friend has 2 and 3 year old forkys and cow horn spikes. He is trying to get rid of them to improve the herd as he does not want them breeding the does. He tries to get some of the people that hunt there to take a cull in addition to a good buck, but most do not. Do not know why as they do not have to waist a taq to do it. He has cull tags. Thanks and yes he was good eating. I took all the meat to my daughter in Virginia and cooked up some chicken fried back straps while there, very tender.
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Good to see that Texas is still treating you good Danny. Welcome back. :campfire:
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Looks like you had a great trip Danny. Congrats to ya.
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Great work Mr. Rowan!
Take care, Chase :coffee:
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Congrats Danny ... nice double
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Outstanding Danny!!
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Congrats Danny
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Congrats again buddy!
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Congrats on the success Danny, and well deserved vacation.
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Nice!