Sharps 45-90 South Texas Whitetail

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Re: Sharps 45-90 South Texas Whitetail

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Folks I have know idea why it posted that many times. I apologize. I guess I don't know what I don't know.
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I guess if I felt that I needed a modern scope on a Shiloh I'd have a smith/machinist build me a picatinny rail that had a dovetail on the bottom for the rear barrel sight dovetail and extended eye relief pistol scope for it. No extra drill and tap holes then. bobw
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if scopes had evolved to today's level, but rifles and powder were the same as in the 1800s, what would all the guys be using?
good to see a guy getting out and doing it, playing the cards he has been dealt.
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Re: Sharps 45-90 South Texas Whitetail

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Rifle is sure pretty even with the modern scope.... Does distract the eye a tad tho... Did I mention how pretty that rifle is.. ??
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Re: Sharps 45-90 South Texas Whitetail

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At least you didn't have to wipe the milk from his lips before you took the photograph.

Don't think I have ever seen a branch like the 5th tine on the right antler before on a South Texas white tail.

Uvalde County ? Maybe Dimmitt or Zavala?
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Re: Sharps 45-90 South Texas Whitetail

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Took another look at that photograph......lighter color, suggests south and east toward Rio Grande Valley but that is antler growth unusual for that area.
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Re: Sharps 45-90 South Texas Whitetail

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Hey Guys,
Got him on the Junco Ranch in Webb county. We have a lot of deer with some sort of short "kickers" off the main beams, but this was one of the longest and heaviest.
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Here's a better pic of the "kicker".
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Not quite indicative of mule deer influence but have not seen one like that before. Would at least mount the horns.
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Re: Sharps 45-90 South Texas Whitetail

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Hi Jack, I hadn't noticed the "kicker", they certainly cause you to double take when one steps out

My grandson Caleb shot a pretty drop tine last year at a friends near Goliad

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