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Harvesting A Heart Stopper

Indiana hunter glad he passed on buck that grew into 204 Buckscore

Harvesting A Heart Stopper
Don Pickell wasn't certain he had done the right thing when he passed on a large young buck last season.

Now he is sure he made the correct choice.

Pickell, of Rossville, Ind., was well-acquainted with the massive, 15-point whitetail he killed on Sept. 23 on a farm in Tippecanoe County, Ind.

"I had seen this buck last year, numerous times," said Pickell, 43, a pro-staffer with Mossy Oak. "He was a 12-pointer, but not real massive. I estimated him to be 2 1/2 years old, maybe 3 1/2. I never dreamed of him showing up this year and being what he turned out to be."

The buck puts Pickell as one of the adult leaders in the Harvested Non-Typical...

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