2014 Bucks, Post them here

[bowhunterforever]

Great buck keylay

[Keylay]

Great buck keylay

Thanks, biggest one to date 146 3/8

[bowhunterforever]

Great buck keylay

Thanks, biggest one to date 146 3/8

Nice, got a story to go with it?

[Keylay]

I do have a story. First off I would like to say I just went through and read up on the baiting forums on here and wow there are alot of opinions. This biggest buck shown here ^^^^ was taken on a tiny little piece of State land over bait. I have been hunting over bait since I started bow hunting in 2010 and have hours upon hours sitting in stands and freezing my but off. Also spending tons of money and time to get where I'm at now. Baiting isn't a "ace in the hole"  so I would like this buck to show I did this after a long hard wait and on public ground in which some folks on here thinks baiting draws deer off surround public ground and into private areas. So booyah here is my story.

More of the private land I have been hunting over the years has been getting smaller and smaller due to farmers and landowners saying no more hunting, I'm sure you'll can relate I'm someway. So I decided to turn towards a piece of State land that is surrounded by super private dwellings. Went in, hung a camera at the corner of the state land and threw out some corn and alfalfa. After a couple of days I have seen the deer activity picking up with a couple of smaller bucks and the deer I'm holding in the picture. Hung the stand literally a couple days before Thanksgiving. Whoops. Got in there opening day, didn't do see much a except does so I went back home. The next day I decided to use a drag lone while walking in, climbed in my muddy stand and waited. Now thinking like a non professional I grabbed my phone and started Facebooking...well with my head stuffed into my phone I heard a snap, looked up and there he was staring at me at 22 yards. Ended up spooking him after I tried to make multiple transitions between the phone deal, my bow blah blah. Well he was gone. I was so sick I wanted to through my phone. DAMN YOU FACEBOOK! Well I ended up backing out for a few days. Letting things quite down. Went back in on December 5 with high hopes and my phone shoved way into my pocket. I noticed some action on the neighboring bluff, a couple of land buyers walking around talking loud and snuggling. I'm thinking so myself this is a beautiful day for them, congrats and for me it is spooking the deer. Haha. Well, the honeymooners left and things quieted down, to my surprise and we'll shouldn't had been since I am on State land and walking bow hunter staring at his feet was walking up on my stand. I guess that is the new way to bow hunt, staring at your feet. He got about 10 from my tree, looked up, about faced and silently walked out as if he thought I didn't see or hear him. We all know the tiniest twig that break we think Deer! I heard Elmer Fun a mile away. Well at that time of was 3 in the evening, I have a hour left and I though, no way I'm going to see anything after the honeymooners and Mr fud. But I told myself, I'm here, these deer might think that is me walking out and really Elmer fud, so I going to sit until dark. Well right at dark this big boy came right in again and I was ready. WHACK! 23 yard shot, pass through both lungs. So yea, there is my story. It was the biggest learning season I have ever had. Tons of knowledge gain this year. Thank you State land and I'm blessed we can bait. I'm getting hungry already!

[andersonjk4]

Great story and great buck.  Congrats!

[renrutbocaj]

My Wifes first Buck!
She beat out anything I have ever shot by a long shot.
After an awesome weekend of the best rut activity I have seen in years. She nailed this dandy the last morning before we had to head home.

[Keylay]

Congratulations, nice buck!

[csaaphill]

My Wifes first Buck!
She beat out anything I have ever shot by a long shot.
After an awesome weekend of the best rut activity I have seen in years. She nailed this dandy the last morning before we had to head home.

nice buck and welcome to the forum!

[Watimberghost]

That's a great buck!

[steen]

This is my third attempt at posting my 2014 deer.
It was a long season for me but a really enjoyable one.  I chose to spend some time hunting where I ride horses because I know there are bears and cougars in the area as well as deer. I did take a girlfriend to the Methow area for 4 days of hard hunting.  She luckily gained 4 days off for this trip so we packed up the trailer and headed for my Sister and Brother-in-laws property to camp.  We chose the second weekend of the season and I also had a doe tag to fill making it very busy.  We spent most of the time hunting, hoping to get a bear, buck and doe.  She had a lot of opportunity at a few nice 4 points but just couldn't pull it off I was never in the right spot and she was. One time she just didn't feel comfortable with a 300 yd. shot and missed after getting the BUCK jitters. We saw a lot of deer and she saw 4 nice bucks.  We had to travel a bit to another unit to get my doe and that is the only tag we filled that weekend.  It was great spending time with an awesome girlfriend hunting.  We headed home late and had the deer hung in the butcher room by 11:00 that night.  I continued to hunt near home the rest of the season. It would have been the best season for a possibility on a cougar or bear but I never saw one in spite of the time I spent trying.  I hunted various areas depending on my time and energy after a day of work.  The last day (Halloween) I almost didn't feel like going but the thought of hunting late season pushed my out the door.  It was another wet warmish day and I didn't want to be wet so I stopped at the store to get a pair of duckwear that I needed for work and chose to wear them. My husband thought I was nuts but I was sitting and shouldn't make touch noise with them (they were bright blue lol).  This time I decided to take the packboard with me so if I got one I wouldn't have to go back and get it.  I planned on cutting it in half for two trips if I got one. I had to drive an hour, hike 20 minutes and sit 2 hours expecting a just before dark shot if it happened. It was raining but I was dry in my new bright duck pants.  I loaded my rifle put my panny pack on grabbed my shooting sticks and slung the pack board over my left arm then proceeded to walk in.  2 minutes past the gate I'm looking up at the sky and I hear a deer bounding in front of me. Wouldn't you believe it, it's a buck!  I didn't feel I could hit a slotting deer but if it stops I could so I got down on my knees, set the pack board down and put the rifle on the sticks.  Lo and behold the deer stopped about 125 yds ahead quartering hard away.  I had a clear shot of his neck and took it, down he went. Wow! I did it last day but even with plenty of light left. No need of the pack board so I took that back to the Surb.  I took pictures, thanked God for the "short" 200 yd drag.  I could have called my husband but that would have taken me time to get to cell service then an hour or so of waiting and I didn't mind doing it on my own.  I tagged him, took some pictures, and field dressed him.  Now the drag..... one, two, three, four.....fifty. I counted my steps pulling backwards then rested a bit and did it again.  Half way I brought back the rest of my gear and then back at it.  About 20 yds from the gate someone drove up just in time to help get him in the back of the Surb.  I wished I would have asked him to take a few field photos but didn't think of it in all the excitement. He ended up being a brother of my husband's friend. My first Halloween buck and a nice young fat buck to fill the freezer.  Here are a few pictures of my hunting season, it was fun taking pictures.  We got to see the burn damage in the Okanogan also which I was awestruck by. Enjoy!
My black tail buck


My view one night on the wetside.


A unique burned tree on the Eastside.


The lucky doe in the wrong unit!


A sunset on the wetside.

The bay in the distance and Sumas/Everson farmland.

My best friend/hunting buddy in the fog which we saw a lot of this year on both sides!

[Boss .300 winmag]

Nice buck steen, I have a blacktail rack like that. 

[csaaphill]

  nice bucks this year.

[Lucky1]

This past summer I saw this spike with his right antler broken and laying down on the side of his head. He was jumping around in the field behind the house, shaking his head and dragging his head in the grass. You could tell it was driving him nuts. I had a multi season deer tag and ended up shooting him during the modern firearms season with my bow. I got a couple cell phone pics of him shaking his head and trying to get rid of the antler.

[Watimberghost]

Pretty cool to have a backstreet like that for a buck you killed! I like it

[Watimberghost]

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