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A 10-pointer, if all his antlers had survived

December 6, 2015 at 1:34AM
Christian Washburn, right, and the one-sided-antler buck his son, Aloysius, 12, felled in Washington County.
Christian Washburn, right, and the one-sided-antler buck he felled while hunting with his son Aloysius, 12, in Washington County. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

(As told by landowner Bill Klein of May Township)

Christian Washburn and his son, Aloysius, 12, of Woodbury were hunting from a platform deer stand in northern Washington County the morning of Nov. 10 when a doe appeared followed closely by a buck. Christian worried about trying a shot, because the buck was about 100 yards distant. But he took the shot and was glad he did, bagging what should have been a 10-point buck if the animal's battle-worn rack was in one piece. Most of one side of the antlers was broken off, and the other side was bloodied from a recent fight.

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