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Fog finally gave me a break today, I think it's safe to say the rut is on. This guy was with four does and lip curling like crazy, sure was cool to watch before he took a dirt nap.
Ill leave the story for brett to tell, but it was a high neck shot and he broke his skull plate from the very long shattering fall....Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk 2
Yep. General, WA
Lots of nice Bucks everybody. The Tripod is really cranking them out this yr.
I think I'll have a hard time topping this one without drawing a tag. I posted a pic of him late in Nov. 2012 with a broken tine and a banged up eye. I'll bet he added 15" in a year and wasn't very old. Should've let him go I guess Here's the link to last years pics: http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,110698.msg1452545.html#msg1452545Great bucks everyone!STORY ADDEDI had a couple of requests for a story. I got pics of him for the first time last November which you can view in the link above. The next time I saw him was during a preseason scouting trip after muzzle loader and I got a little too close for comfort. I got a quick look at him heading out at around 150 yards and again briefly at 700 as he crawled into a brushy pocket. I hunted with some friends opening day and had some good action. One tagged his first buck a nice 3 point. I decided to get into a position where I could see more of this bucks territory on day two and it paid off. I saw him and a smaller buck sneaking away from another hunter around a mile out...heads low to the ground the whole time. I watched them find a suitable draw after 3/4 of a mile and they disappeared. I glassed it hard for an hour thinking of the best approach and running through several scenarios in my head. During that time a Coyote came out below them and seemed to sit an look back at them for a while. One of those dreaded big forked horn bucks came in nearly the same route but disappeared 200 yards up the same draw. It took 1 1/2 hours to get into position and the 2 point was across to draw as I approached. He kicked out at about 400 yard which told me to move in much quicker. They came out below me and across the draw at close enough not to range and started to slow near the 200 mark now moving broadside but into a finger. I fire the 300RUM 3 times and watched the last shot kick dirt on the hill behind as he left my site. I was relieved to see only the smaller buck skyline as I side hilled and found mine laying motionless. I hit low in the neck, back in the brisket and one through the lungs. 3 1/2hours later I was back at the truck with 70# of meat and 30# of cape...3 days later, my body recovered.
Nice stack of deer, good looking skull up front too.
