I got a text from Whip.....

GREATBROWNKNOCKEMDOWN · October 23, 2012, 12:01:00 PM

way awesome buck!! Congrats.

hunt it · October 23, 2012, 12:12:00 PM

Congrats Joe!

joebuck · October 23, 2012, 12:18:00 PM

What a great picture! That a way to go Joe...Congrats....i feel a longbeard in your future

Jason R. Wesbrock · October 23, 2012, 01:22:00 PM

Congrats to you, Joe!

Jack Shanks · October 23, 2012, 01:42:00 PM

Great buck Joe! Way to go!

jonsimoneau · October 23, 2012, 04:27:00 PM

Way to go Joe. Nice buck! Looks tasty too!

Bill Turner · October 23, 2012, 05:01:00 PM

Congrats Joe. Great deer and outstanding story. Thanks for sharing.

DeerSpotter · October 23, 2012, 05:20:00 PM

Way to go Joe !!!

I see retirement can be fun, and it looks like it improves the size of the deer.

Carl

Sean B · October 23, 2012, 05:29:00 PM

Great story and buck, congrats!

JamesKerr · October 23, 2012, 07:03:00 PM

Nice buck!

4runr · October 23, 2012, 07:14:00 PM

One thing seems a little fishey here though. I have yet to see the dogs OWNER mentioned in this story.

If I remember correctly that puppy was bought as a gift to sort of soften up a certain person due to a LLLLOOOONNNNGGGG trip.

You mean she LETS you borrow her dog to help with your, should we say, "Other than adequate shooting skills"?

kennyb · October 23, 2012, 08:10:00 PM

Very nice buck, Joe! Congratulations!

Kenny

Greg Szalewski · October 23, 2012, 09:06:00 PM

Good point about Arlo's owner. Arlo has a standing invite to come to my camp. I will have to run that by his owner and if nothing else Joe can bring him.

Whip · October 23, 2012, 09:14:00 PM

Kenny Y, you know her too well. Getting Arlo away from home is getting harder and harder. Now when I call all she asks about is how her little boy is. Didn't care much about my deer, but wanted to know all about how he did with the tracking.
I can't compete with him.....

BowHuntingFool · October 23, 2012, 09:31:00 PM

tippit · October 24, 2012, 07:46:00 AM

Seems like I remember, Irene wanting to send that South Carolina mutt back when you first got home last spring

Huntrdfk · October 24, 2012, 08:56:00 AM

Way to go Joe, nice buck!

David

Herdbull · October 24, 2012, 10:41:00 AM

Nice one Joe. 'So happy for you.

KentuckyTJ · October 24, 2012, 11:58:00 AM

Great buck Joe, congrats!

Doc Nock · October 24, 2012, 12:05:00 PM

That deer looks a wee bit familiar to me, Joe!!

Those smaller brow tines up your way threw me, thinking I was looking at a whopper 6pt last year and by the time he showed his brows... I'd lost confidence...

Nice job! Dead is dead... archery isn't always as neat and clean as we'd like, but with good perseverance, things work out for dedicated hunters!

Congrats all around...so did your "guest" get to whack a doe or not??

Or did you steal all his luck? :rolleyes: