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Doug Fredericksen with his buck that survived an earlier arrow. (Courtesy Doug Fredericksen)
By Steve Rogers, OutdoorChannel.com
The big one got away, but not a second time.
And now it's one of the best taken in the nation in 2012.
Doug Fredericksen of St. Charles, Ill., killed a monster 15-point whitetail in November on the family farm in eastern Iowa. After hearing about the Outdoor Channel National Deer Contest powered by BuckScore, he entered his picture.
Fredericksen's buck was scored 185.66, taking the nation's top prize over more than 115 entrants in the Adult Bow Typical division.
The contest ended Jan. 31, but you can still view all of the deer entered in a variety of divisions at nationaldeercontest.com. It was the first-ever, national white-tail deer scoring and photography...