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TAKEN BY: Jeff Ralls
DATE: 12/13/09
PLACE: Sumner Co. KS
HARVESTED WITH: Centerfire Rifle Firearm
ANTLER CLASSIFICATION: Irregular
SCORER(S): Mike Handley
OWNER: Jeff Ralls
TYPE: Free Roaming
TROPHY MEASUREMENT DATA
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TOTAL POINTS PER ANTLER 11 11
NO. OF IRREGULAR POINTS 6 6
TOTAL IRREGULAR INCHES 17 3/8 22
LENGTH OF MAIN BEAMS 26 5/8 26 4/8
LENGTH OF 1ST POINT 8 4/8 7 6/8
LENGTH OF 2ND POINT 8 7/8 11 5/8
LENGTH OF 3RD POINT 11 11 1/8
LENGTH OF 4TH POINT 8 6/8 7 5/8
LENGTH OF 5TH POINT 0 0
LENGTH OF 6TH POINT 0 0
LENGTH OF 7TH POINT 0 0
1ST CIRCUMFERENCE (C1) 6 2/8 6 1/8
2ND CIRCUMFERENCE (C2) 5 7/8 5 4/8
3RD CIRCUMFERENCE (C3) 6 3/8 5 4/8
4TH CIRCUMFERENCE (C4) 6 1/8 5 2/8
SCORE PER SIDE 105 6/8 109
INSIDE SPREAD 19 6/8
PERCENTAGE OF IRREGULARITY 18.3
Total Inches 214 6/8
BTR SCORE 234 4/8
(INCLUDES INSIDE SPREAD)
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Jeff Ralls Buck
By Derrick Schreiber

Unaccustomed to shooting at bucks with a rifle, Jeff Ralls was almost certain he’d shot over the deer he saw as Kansas’ 2009 firearms season came to a close. There was no sign whatsoever – neither in the animal’s reaction, nor on the ground -- to indicate that bullet had met flesh.

Before going home, he stopped at the local locker to compare notes with friends and to see what was hanging. He also measured the side of a buck carcass – distance from top of its back to the vital area – to help him picture where, if anywhere, the bullet might’ve struck.

Jeff set up a target at 113 yards the next morning. That was how far the buck had been from where he was crouching in the grass. After squeezing off a couple of rounds, he checked, and the holes were less than an inch apart at the top of the bull’s-eye, even though he’d sighted-in his “doe gun” at 400 yards.

That cinched how and where he’d spend the rest of Monday, Dec. 14.

The only reason Jeff dus...

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