The Dude gets and early Christmas present!

DropTine · Post by **DropTine** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:07 pm

What an awesome buck! Congrats!

vixenmaster · Post by **vixenmaster** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:07 pm

Congrats on taking a great Buck.

kendo kid · Post by **kendo kid** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:27 pm

Really nice buck. I love the last part of the season. Some of the easiest pattern and the big boys are still in the game. Congratulations on a beauty.

Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:17 pm

Thanks all! The best part is that this deer was harvested only 10 minutes from my house in Cambridge, Ontario. A good friend of mine just bought some property this year and let me hunt on it and I have been working it all season. I was not having much luck and getting pretty frustrated with the whole thing. This time of year is very busy for us as we're getting ready for all the tradeshows coming up in January and getting together new products, catalogs and updating our website so I was not able to get out hunting as much as I would have liked. I was keeping Bill updated on my hunts and he gave me lots of great advice. Not many people have a boss that orders them to go hunting because the weather was perfect for my setup, I am a lucky guy!

Actually, our whole staff at Excalibur is awesome and we all seem to have daily tales to tell concerning our hunts and discuss strategies. We don't just make and sell crossbows we really use them!

I feel like I really earned this buck and I'm very thankful. I don't like hieghts (makes no sense since I have a pilots licence) so I have been doing all my hunting on the ground. I have found sitting face-to-face with the deer a real challange but a wonderful experience. Friday it all came together and I was blessed with this buck. So, one of the many lessons I learned this year (every year is full of lessons) is to keep with it and you will be rewarded. Good luck to all of you for what season is left and I wish you all a very merry Christmas!

Peter

Farmer · Post by **Farmer** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:30 am

That is a Big Bodied Bad Boy , that is a great early Christmas present ! Congratulations .

GaryL · Post by **GaryL** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:23 am

Excalibur Marketing Dude BIG CONGRAT'S fer sure, way ta go

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS!!

HH

GaryL ....

rutman · Post by **rutman** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:24 am

Congrats on a beautiful mature buck. I guess 143 gross, 135 net. Let me know I love guessing and findin out actual score.

maple · Post by **maple** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:31 am

Man oh man

That is one beauty. Congratulations!

All I want for Christmas is a doe.

BigTiny · Post by **BigTiny** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:28 am

Man, all I got yesterday was a mangy old coyote!

That's what I get for being naughty all year...

Tar Heel · Post by **Tar Heel** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:01 pm

WOW, congrats Dude, they don't grow that big here.

Tar Heel

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:01 pm

HO!HO!HO!
What a buck
Congrats Peter.

Apple_Orchard · Post by **Apple_Orchard** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:02 pm

WOW!! What a great buck!! Congratulations!! Exellent photo composition I must add.

Is that 260 lbs. live weight, or dressed weight??

Nice job Dude!

R.J. · Post by **R.J.** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:47 pm

Great looking buck ! Congrat's !

Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:42 pm

We have estimated 260 lbs live wieght but who knows? All I can tell you is my buddy and I almost had heart attacks hauling this guy about 1/2 a mile out of the bush field dressed. We got a ton of really nice looking meat off this guy which fills up the freezer! Not to mention we also got a doe the same night!

Fishn-Hunter · Post by **Fishn-Hunter** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 3:46 pm

What a nice deer, good brows and nice mass, congrats!
Let us know the score.