My first Buck

[Boogieman509]

My second year hunting and I finally closed the deal. I grew up in a non hunting household so I'm starting a little late. Thanks to some friends and this forum Ive learned quite a bit.  Obviously still have a ton to learn.  My uncle bought a nice piece of land and he game me the permission to hunt.  I hunted the early season but could not get it done.  I passed over 8 different bucks but I was set on what I thought was a respectable White Tail.  This morning at first light this guy came trotting out by himself like he was Billy *censored*.  He circled the field and stopped to feed.  I glassed him and counted 5x4 counting eye guards. BUCK FEVER set in!  I was shaking like a leaf! I ranged him at 163 yards.  Took a couple deep breaths put him in the the cross hares and slowly squeezed the trigger on the 30.06.  Lights out.  He fell on impact and didnt get up.  I thought my heart was going to come out of my chest!  Waited about 10 minutes and went to recover.  I field dressed him like i learned on Youtube.  lol.  When it was time to skin I reluctantly called a friend who left work to give me a hand.  I do not take harvesting an animal lightly.  I have a huge amount of respect for animals and was glad to have a quick humane kill.  Hes not a masher like many of you post but he is my first.  Thank you to this forum for the motivation and knowledge many of you share. 

[DRENALINJUNKIE]

Great buck. Congratulations!!

[_TONY_]

That's a great buck, congrats!!

[LeviD1]

That's a great buck. I have yet to take a deer that big in 14 years of hunting. Im hoping to get a decent one when archery season rolls around at some land I just purchased in august! Great buck though that one will still be hard to bear in your future years of hunting.

[carpsniperg2]

That is a dandy buck. Congrats

[Turner89]

Nice job looks like a good one.

[SuperMag]

That's a great buck even if it wasn't your first, congrats on the harvest!!!

[Cleve]

That's a great buck even if it wasn't your first, congrats on the harvest!!!

 

[Wyoming08]

  Nice Buck Boogie! You've only been hunting a couple years and you pounded that Buck? That dude is a dang nice animal. A lot of guys hunt for a very long time before taking something that nice. Congratulations on a beautiful Buck... 

[Hoythunter]

Very nice, congrats!

[Yelper Guy]

Hey Boogie, good job bagging your first deer!
I was raised in a non-hunting household also, but that didn't stop me.
In the fall, after school was out for the day I'd take our family dog and hike a short distance to some nearby fields for upland birds. Then I got the deer fever, (Not Lyme Disease)  elk fever, and worst of all TURKEY FEVER!

[quadrafire]

Boogieman that is a great story. Way to respect the animal. Nice buck by the way!!

[Boss .300 winmag]

Dude that's a really nice whitetail  , most have never killed one like that. Including me my first whitetail was a dink spike and it's my only whitetail.

Keep at it boogieman you have some nice propert to hunt it looks like. 

[Boogieman509]

Thank you all for the nice words.  Hunting has somewhat taken over my life!  Its all i ever think about..  I have an archery elk tag that needs punched.  Hoping to find a fat cow over Thanksgiving in the Cowichee..I spend my evening shooting arrows in the backyard waiting for the day.

[Birdguy]

Great buck no matter how you look at it  . Congrats on the first buck and a great attitude towards the hunt and animal. Nice work and good luck with that elk tag.