Booner Survey....
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Buckmaster
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Not me either
There booners in Knox county but I have not killed one yet.
I haven’t quit trying
There booners in Knox county but I have not killed one yet.
I haven’t quit trying
I've only laid eyes on 2 maybe 3.... got blood on 1 but poor shot placement and he survived.
These are deer that at 300+ yards through woods and fields you can still tell they are good bucks.
These are deer that at 300+ yards through woods and fields you can still tell they are good bucks.
I’ve been close several times but haven’t gotten one that big yet.
Buckmaster
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Come to think about it…. I might have seen one in 43 years of deer hunting. I missed with the 12 gauge off hand around at 80 yards around 1987. The 14 pointer was killed a couple weeks later by car crossing the road at that farm. 0-1. I only heard about it.
No joke, I've never cared enough to look, what makes a booner a bonner? Gross, net, typical, nontypical?
Buckmaster
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Bighoun52
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I shot a gross score booner in pa a couple years ago. 172 3/8 Buckmasters score. Nothing that big in Ohio… yet
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I've maybe seen 2 since I started hunting Illinois in 2003... And I'm sure both of them were 200 inches + ...
One I passed on as he was right on the property fence row and another came up through the woods with a doe and they bedded about 60 yds. Out.... They stayed there all day then got up and went back where they came from... I only planned on hunting till around 9 am and dressed lightly and had no food to eat... Bastards...
One I passed on as he was right on the property fence row and another came up through the woods with a doe and they bedded about 60 yds. Out.... They stayed there all day then got up and went back where they came from... I only planned on hunting till around 9 am and dressed lightly and had no food to eat... Bastards...
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I’d love to shoot a Booner but I have too many other outdoor pursuits to dedicate myself to finding and hunting exclusively for a deer of that caliber. The guys I know that do it consistently are way more dedicated than I am. I have a great respect for what they do, I just like hunting all the things.
Buckmaster
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You'll need to get on Facebook to find all the guys killing booners. Usually was NOT officially scored but their ex brother in law measured it and he is the smart one in the group. Typically they look more like 132-137" in their pictures. 
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