Russell Japuntich of Manhattan, Kansas shot this great Kansas buck at 10:45 a.m. on opening day of gun season while hunting in Morris County in December 2004. "We had been sitting all morning and hadn't seen a single deer so we decided to sneak up a wooded draw where I had seen several large deer before the season opened," Russell said. "On the way I used my binoculars to look over a small wooded area next to a pond. Suddenly I saw this big buck bedded down watching us. I made the shot at 230 yards with my .30-06." Russell's Kansas monster had two broken tines and a kicker growing off the base of each pedicel. The big brute grossed 170 inches. After deductions, though, the rack netted 155`3/8. "The biggest lesson I learned from that hunt was to always have a camera with you so that you can take some good field photos."
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