Austen Ashmore, age 13, of Brookhaven, MS took this nice 10 POINT BUCK in Claiborne County on Opening Day of the first Youth Week, 2008.

Austen's dad, Jamie told The Bragging Post, "Austen has his “certificate of hunter education” but I (his daddy-Jamie) went along just to watch.  Austen passed on a decent 5 point in the morning hunt because he 'wanted to kill a bigger one and let this one grow.' A wise choice indeed…

This 224 lb., 10 pt. was dropped in his tracks from about 115 yd that afternoon at 5:13. Austen was using "Daddy's" Ruger M77 .30-06.  This was the first time Austen had ever shot a .30-06! The Marlin 30-30 that he usually uses was giving us trouble getting it sited in this year so it stayed in the truck. Austen had killed his first buck (a 6-point, 15” spread) with the 30-30 in December of 2005 at age 10.

This 10 pt. green scored at 118 1/8 even with a 13 1/4” inside spread due to the additional mass of the rack.

Thanks to Uncle Larry and Cousin Warren for inviting us to hunt with them.

Congratulations Austen!!!"