Opening day buck

peez3006 · Oct 10, 2021

Here's a buck that I was able to kill on opening day of the early rifle. I wasn't able to do any real scouting, so my expectations weren't too high. We were happy to find this buck along with some others, two days before season. He was relocated the day before the opener with 6 other bucks. We couldn't turn him up opening morning. We saw a couple of his buddies, but not him. His luck ran out on the afternoon hunt. My buddy Craig found him and three others feeding higher up on the mountain. We closed into 270 yards and the rest is history. A decent buck, for a struggling unit. Thanks again, Nevada!
Don P

Moose332 · Oct 10, 2021

Congrats! Awesome buck!!!

Founder · Oct 10, 2021

Sweet!!!

Goshawker1 · Oct 11, 2021

peez3006 said:
Here's a buck that I was able to kill on opening day of the early rifle. I wasn't able to do any real scouting, so my expectations weren't too high. We were happy to find this buck along with some others, two days before season. He was relocated the day before the opener with 6 other bucks. We couldn't turn him up opening morning. We saw a couple of his buddies, but not him. His luck ran out on the afternoon hunt. My buddy Craig found him and three others feeding higher up on the mountain. We closed into 270 yards and the rest is history. A decent buck, for a struggling unit. Thanks again, Nevada!
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unclebuck · Oct 11, 2021

Dandy buck, Congrats !

heywouldya · Oct 11, 2021

Cool buck! Congrats

amadorhunter · Oct 11, 2021

Congratulations, great buck.

azbiggame · Oct 11, 2021

Congrats on a good looking NV buck with Great Photos. Thanks for sharing ... Bruce & SilverGrand

elkhunterUT · Oct 11, 2021

Great buck - congrats!!

iowacity · Oct 11, 2021

Great buck!

OutdoorWriter · Oct 11, 2021

Dandy buck!

Simple man · Oct 11, 2021

Congratulations on a very nice buck!!

BradA · Oct 11, 2021

Congratulations that’s a great buck. How wide is he? Rough score ? Out of curiosity.

peez3006 · Oct 11, 2021

BradA said:
Congratulations that’s a great buck. How wide is he? Rough score ? Out of curiosity.

He's 25" wide. I'll score him sometime, but I'd guess that he's 160"ish. What do you guys think that he'll score?
Don P

bullskin · Oct 11, 2021

Nice buck, with good symmetry. I think he'll go a little better than 160, but it is hard to judge his main beam at that angle...

Regardless. You hunted. You hauled. You done good.

Troubadour · Oct 12, 2021

What unit if you don’t mind sharing?

peez3006 · Oct 12, 2021

Troubadour said:
What unit if you don’t mind sharing?

I probably shouldn't advertise the unit. But its towards the center of the state. One of the easier to draw areas. My train of thought is to hunt a lot. I'd rather be hunting than collecting points.
Don P