160+ Hits the ground on the farm

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Dean, what bases do they fit in? (Fish-on, RAM, Folbe, etc?)

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All of the above, if on a rail mount so you can put the key-lock on the bottom.Otherwise,Stabil has their own flush mount as shown.

In your show you anchor. What type of anchor do you use and how many do you loose? Is there a better way to hook the anchor up for that type of river fishing?

Kirk one of my dad’s friends that hunts on our property with us shot him sat night. We’ve been hunting this buck for over a year. Last year we had several trail cam pictures of him. I really started to understand him come late season. I had multiple trailcameras on his favorite areas and felt like i had him patterend. Thus I called him the HOPE buck becuase he was my last hope at filling my 2008 buck tag. We played a game of cat and mouse for weeks and I never did lay eyes on him. We had him so pegged we even found his match set of sheds. This year e felt like we had really narrowed down where he was calling “home”. ealier this year we set up a few stands just to hunt this buck. We were waiting to go into these stands until just before the rut. Two weeks ago we got a trail cam pic of the “HOPE” buck, confirming that he was still alive and still where we wanted him. Sat night the wind was right and the deer activivy was picking up and we decided to surround this bucks bedding area. First night in this stand and Kirk got the opportunity of a life time. How amazing to get this buck after hunting him so hard last year and never getting to even see him with the naked eye.

main frame 11. 12 scoreable.

Preliminary score of low 160’s.

I’m so glad I got to be there for the recovery. The shot was good but only got one lung so there was a few times we lost blood for a little bit. And kirk wasn’t sure if it was the HOPE buck or not becuase he said “it was so big I stopped looking at the horns” So you can imagine the hoots and hollers we let out when we found the buck and found out who it was.

What a great buck…congrats! I like the second picture…reminds me of the Big Foot photo!

Great buck and I agree about the second picture…I expect to see bigfoot in the next frame.

ha, thats the only pic I have on my work computer from last year. He put on about twenty inches in one year.

Maybe he spooked bigfoot out of the woods!?

Great buck and great story behind it nice job guys

I am glad all the hard work paid off

wow great work, and nice buck

Great looking Buck
Congrats to the hunter

great job on the pursuit on a dandy buck haven’t had that experience of hunting a deer from the previous year.

Congratulations to Kirk for taking the “Hope Buck”. He is simply awesome! It’s always extra special hunting a buck that you have on camera along with matching set of sheds.

Kudos to you and your family too for letting your friend pursue him. It sounds like you are as happy for him as you would be if you shot him yourself. That says a lot about you as a hunter and your character.

Thank you for sharing the hunt and pictures with us.

Great deer and cool story. As Brad said, its cool you are happy for your family friend. I know lots of people that wouldn’t be. I myself like to bring close friends with to set in different stands, at a minimum it lets you know what movement there was in other areas! Great job and a great deer.

Wow that is a dandy! I think your buddy was still in shock when the picture was taken, he forgot to smile! Congrats to your whole family and buddy for that great group effort and way to finish the deal!

Awesome…Congrats to Kirk. Thanks for posting the story and pictures….That wound sure looks like it should have hit both lungs. Musta been a high angle from the tree stand eh? Tell ‘Kirk’way to him!

Great job! And a good story too. That’s one nice deer.

Congrats on a great harvest to the hunter. Thanks for sharing the story. Hunting with Family and Friends is what it’s all about.

Congrats to the hunter! Looks like a great hit on that buck too!

the shot went in great. The buck was quartering towards the hunter a little more than he thought.

i can’t believe there isn’t a smile. if i shot that pig… I wouldn’t stop smiling for a week or more

Great Buck! Awesome story of the year long adventure after this guy!

Jami

What a PIG!!!

That deer is a pig!! Congrats to the hunter, He is one lucky man.

Wow, what a buck. Congrats, with the sheds to boot.

congrats!!

One magnificant buck! Congrats to him!