Kentucky Buck

**tufrthnails** · 12-09-2013, 04:32 PM

I took the Nine point on private farm land in Kentucky. 120 yard shot with my Winchester lever .243.

**sniper15545** · 12-09-2013, 06:13 PM

Congrats Nice buck!

**barrel-nut** · 12-09-2013, 06:52 PM

Very nice indeed. That's a wall hanger by my standards for sure!

**moecarama** · 12-09-2013, 11:02 PM

Nice buck; I will be hunting LBL in Kentucky next year.

**tufrthnails** · 12-10-2013, 12:05 AM

Originally Posted by barrel-nut

Very nice indeed. That's a wall hanger by my standards for sure!

It is in my book as well Barrel. I was so excited I did not think to take any measurements at all on the rack. I left it in KY with a taxidermist my cousin uses. I will pick up the mount when we go up there next year. My guess is it will score right around 140 boone and crocket.

**ragsflh** · 12-10-2013, 05:49 AM

congrats great buck ya got there

**nso123** · 12-10-2013, 12:33 PM

Congrats. I will be up on the Kentucky border tomorrow trying my luck out.

**tufrthnails** · 12-11-2013, 12:36 AM

Thanks guys good luck on your hunting. Hope you can bag something even bigger to share with us.

mazda3gun · 01-03-2014, 05:36 PM

That's a solid KY buck, sir! Very nice. They don't get the massive racks like across the river in Ohio, but I think our deer taste better anyway. If you live in KY and see mass at the bases, you better drop that boy and get him scored! they're few and far between in the eastern side of the state, I don't care if you're driving a brand new Mercedes, run him down!

**tufrthnails** · 01-03-2014, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by mazda3gun

That's a solid KY buck, sir! Very nice. They don't get the massive racks like across the river in Ohio, but I think our deer taste better anyway. If you live in KY and see mass at the bases, you better drop that boy and get him scored! they're few and far between in the eastern side of the state, I don't care if you're driving a brand new Mercedes, run him down!

Thanks I shot him in Henderson County. Wish I had snapped a pic of the one the guy brought in while I was at the taxadermist. Very thick with a sweet drop tine and covered in little stickers. Gnarly looking buck.

ShawneeB · 01-17-2014, 09:20 PM

Nice model 88 too. Weaned on an 88 in 308.

**tufrthnails** · 01-18-2014, 10:55 AM

Thanks it is Papa's old rifle it functions flawlessly, but the scope that was on it must have been 30 years old. Took it to the range before the hunt to sight it in and the elevation knob broke off in my hand. I scrambled and found a BSA 3x9x40 in one of my boxes of Crap. Nothing like mounting a scope the day before you leave and for a trip 800 miles away, but it all worked out. This year I will be taking my new Savage 111 trophy hunter in .270. Which reminds me I need to start ordering some parts and get on the ball November will be here before I know it.

the Ranger · 02-06-2014, 01:39 AM

that's a nice lookin' 88, I own one in .308.

Kill N Grill · 04-06-2014, 09:32 PM

MMMM.... Tasty corn fed deer. Nice deer.

**tufrthnails** · 08-15-2014, 10:05 AM

Just went online to purchase my license and permit for this years hunt. KY decided to raise there fees now $275 for one buck and 3 does.

**barrel-nut** · 08-15-2014, 10:54 AM

Nonresident?

**tufrthnails** · 08-15-2014, 11:19 AM

yeah but they went up on res and non res

**barrel-nut** · 08-15-2014, 11:25 AM

Seems to be the trend everywhere unfortunately

**243LPR** · 08-16-2014, 11:12 PM

You gotta love that "free" meat. Just like anything else,if you want to play you got to pay!

**tufrthnails** · 08-17-2014, 04:33 AM

Oh yeah that free meat is more expensive then filet mignon by the time I pay for gas, tags, food and ammo. We do it for the comradery.

**yobuck** · 08-17-2014, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by tufrthnails

Oh yeah that free meat is more expensive then filet mignon by the time I pay for gas, tags, food and ammo. We do it for the comradery.

And that dosent count any processing cost. We pay $60 for a basic butchering cost after we skin the animal. Nothing special by way of sausage etc included.
Current fuel cost for me to travel the 1200 miles from FL. to our PA. camp is about $500 each way. That dosent allow for any travel cost by way of meals, motel etc.
Non res license adds another roughly $150. But yes, the meat is free assuming there is any lol.

**tufrthnails** · 08-17-2014, 09:32 PM

I process all my own meat so I do save a little money....sort of.....unless you consider the 8 - 10 hours my cousin and I spend doing it every year when we get back. Which reminds me I am out of Jerky. Fuel cost me about the same to go to KY and back my Silverado doesn't get the greatest mileage.

**barrel-nut** · 08-18-2014, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by tufrthnails

Oh yeah that free meat is more expensive then filet mignon by the time I pay for gas, tags, food and ammo. We do it for the comradery.

Exactly this. Good friends make all the difference.

**yobuck** · 08-19-2014, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by tufrthnails

I process all my own meat so I do save a little money....sort of.....unless you consider the 8 - 10 hours my cousin and I spend doing it every year when we get back. Which reminds me I am out of Jerky. Fuel cost me about the same to go to KY and back my Silverado doesn't get the greatest mileage.

Exactly what i drive, 3/4 ton 4wd crew cab with an 8 ft slide in camper unit which never comes off. About 12 mpg regardless of where or what. I have a jeep rubicon
i leave in PA which gives about the same milage. Fact is im leaving for PA today. I'll spend a few days visiting a few friends in route but should arrive over
the weekend. Looking foward to cooler weather and hearing the elk bugeling. But come mid dec ill be dammed glad to be heading back also.

**tufrthnails** · 10-14-2014, 02:25 AM

I am starting to get amped up. Kentucky trip in less then a month. We are going up for 9 days this time so i am pretty excited. We were kinda pressed with only 4 days last year. Time to get my butt back on the loading bench with all the ammo we like to waste up there I am going to need a lot more for 9 days! This year we are going to do a fun competition koolaid jugs at 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 yards. There has been lots of trash talk this off-season about his remington shooting circles around my savage! Hopefully I can do it justice. He seems a bit more nervous since I sent him some pics of the 3/4" groups.