I have to live vicariously through my 18 year old daughter. She is the Tagmaster. I have only had 2 deer tags in the last 20 years.
@ 13yo, little 3x4 on day 9, her 1st
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@ 14yo, 2nd morning, 24 hours & 15 minutes into the hunt. Couldn't get her to hold off, but bigger than I originally thought. 171"
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@ 17yo, 90 minutes into opening day. 196", biggest deer in the family
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Not too embarrassed to show mine. Only a 156", but a decent slumpbuster with a 12 year tag dryspell. 2012
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166" 2 years later, 2014, and the last tag I have had. 2nd biggest bodied buck I have ever seen.
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And my biggest buck, unfortunately, fits inside my daughters 32" buck. 176" about 28 years ago, way before digital cameras or cell phones
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