Oh, deer!

December 03, 2008 04:08 pm

— Clockwise from top left, Ricky Joe Phillips, 10, killed his first deer on opening day of the 2008 season while hunting with his Uncle Chuck Roberts. The buck was a 5 point weighing 98 lbs. Ricky Joe is in 4th grade at Vanoss School.; Parker Henderson, 11, of Ada shot this 8-point buck on private property in Pontotoc County earlier this month.; Ten-year-old Zachary Silas shows off this monster 9-point buck he bagged on his first hunting trip ever. Silas, 10, a 5th grader at Pickett-Center schools, is the son of Marteen and Sam Silas. He shot the buck on opening day with a .223 rifle at 75 yards. It dressed out at 157 pounds.; Kevin Gray, the Week 12 leader of the 2008 Ada Evening News Football Prediction Race, bagged this 8-point, 156-pounder on a Friday hunt on private property near Allen. His father, Bob and brother, Rob also have bagged bucks during the 2008 hunting season.

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