By Dave Hurteau

Very soon, one lucky hunter flinging arrows in the backyard with a relic of a compound bow will look up from his practice—distracted by the hum of a delivery truck—and break for the driveway, dropping the antique on the ground. The sky will open and a friendly-faced man will hand him this:

On Friday afternoon our finalists submitted their guesses for the tie-breaker buck—and we now have a winner. Jlove51wl went with 151 2/8. MB915 guessed 148 3/8. The buck--yet another dandy from the crowded wall of Whitetail columnist and fellow Whitetail 365 blogger Scott Bestul, who arrowed it on a Kansas farm in 2006, a week before Thanksgiving, as it stopped at 7 yards, to make a scrape—scores… 142 6/8.

Which means: Congratulations MB915! Well done. Way to go. I’ll be contacting you soon to get the specs for your brand new Bear Attack compound bow. To jlove51wl, and the rest of you, thanks for playing and there’s always next time—which will be soon.

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from rudyglove27 wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Congratulations MB915 and Well Done my friend!!!

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from buckhunter wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Wahoooooo! Congrats to MB915. If it shoots anything like my Bear Truth II your gonna love it.

Thank you Dave. Even though I failed to enter a guess I still had fun.

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from MB915 wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Dave,

Wanted to thank you, F&S and Bear Archery for the new bow.

Looking forward to getting it ready for the upcoming season, and if everything goes accordingly, shooting a ton of deer with it this year.

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from ingebrigtsen wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

congrats :)

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from SD_Whitetail_Hntr wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Congrats MB915!! Good Contest. This is the second one in a row I was within a dozen inches. Although this second round I was closer on each buck and just had one that threw me a little. Looking forward to the next one!!!

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from SD_Whitetail_Hntr wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

I mean second "contest" in a row. I wouldn't consider being within 12 inches on one buck anything to get excited about.

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from countitandone wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Kudos to you MB915 and your keen eyesight! Super contest
Mr. Hurteau, let's have another.

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from woodsmanj35 wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

congrats, whens the next one?

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from shooter223 wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

congrats mb! and thank you dave and f&s for another great contest. fun!

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from muskiemaster wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

nice job MB915. Both the past contests I've been within 5 inches so watch out the rest of you on the next one. I'm coming for you.

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from Beekeeper wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Great contest! Keep it up!

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from 2Poppa wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Congratulations MB915!
Let us know how it shoots!

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from ingebrigtsen wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

congrats :)

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from rudyglove27 wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Congratulations MB915 and Well Done my friend!!!

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from buckhunter wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Wahoooooo! Congrats to MB915. If it shoots anything like my Bear Truth II your gonna love it.

Thank you Dave. Even though I failed to enter a guess I still had fun.

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from MB915 wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Dave,

Wanted to thank you, F&S and Bear Archery for the new bow.

Looking forward to getting it ready for the upcoming season, and if everything goes accordingly, shooting a ton of deer with it this year.

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from SD_Whitetail_Hntr wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Congrats MB915!! Good Contest. This is the second one in a row I was within a dozen inches. Although this second round I was closer on each buck and just had one that threw me a little. Looking forward to the next one!!!

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from SD_Whitetail_Hntr wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

I mean second "contest" in a row. I wouldn't consider being within 12 inches on one buck anything to get excited about.

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from countitandone wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Kudos to you MB915 and your keen eyesight! Super contest
Mr. Hurteau, let's have another.

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from woodsmanj35 wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

congrats, whens the next one?

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from shooter223 wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

congrats mb! and thank you dave and f&s for another great contest. fun!

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from muskiemaster wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

nice job MB915. Both the past contests I've been within 5 inches so watch out the rest of you on the next one. I'm coming for you.

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from Beekeeper wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Great contest! Keep it up!

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from 2Poppa wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

Congratulations MB915!
Let us know how it shoots!

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