Author Topic: My first buck at age 19 (Read 8221 times)

Wyattwk · « **on:** March 03, 2010, 04:34:22 PM »

I've been hunting since I was 14 and this was the first buck I've had a shot at here in Washington. He's a 5x7 muley that I shot South West of Cle Elum opening morning of 2009. He's got about a 24- 25 inch spread and his hanging weight was 174lbs.

mossback91 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2010, 04:36:07 PM »

Nice buck!

Austrian Hunter · « **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2010, 04:38:09 PM »

Nice Buck, Welcome to te site. Now lets hear the story......

Ripper · « **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2010, 04:39:01 PM »

Way to go Wyatt, setting the bar high right off the bat.

whacker1 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 03, 2010, 04:54:54 PM »

congrats on a great buck

huntnphool · « **Reply #5 on:** March 03, 2010, 05:09:08 PM »

Congrats, welcome to the site

markts · « **Reply #6 on:** March 03, 2010, 05:10:26 PM »

Congrats on a dandy buck. Welcome aboard. Mark

C-Money · « **Reply #7 on:** March 03, 2010, 05:34:38 PM »

Great looking buck! Welcome! How about a story?

BLKBEARKLR · « **Reply #8 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:08:35 PM »

Very nice buck, congrats on your first one, may there be plenty more that follow in his footsteps.

link · « **Reply #9 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:21:10 PM »

No, no, no. You did it all wrong. You have to shoot a dink as a first one, that way, there's nowhere to go but up. Like me, I shot a 2" spike when I was a kid as my first buck. Never shot a smaller one!

elkaholic123 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:51:10 PM »

Very nice buck,big bodied and chocolate horns!

Ridgerunner · « **Reply #11 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:57:00 PM »

worth the wait, great looking WA buck.

ELKBURGER · « **Reply #12 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:59:09 PM »

Sweet buck! Sounds like you paid your dues. Great 1st buck!

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #13 on:** March 03, 2010, 07:00:44 PM »

Congrats on a fine animal. Good to see a good smile when posing and not degrading the animal by riding him or picking him up. Definately a bench mark for you to shoot for in your future hunts.

firecrotch · « **Reply #14 on:** March 03, 2010, 07:06:17 PM »

great first buck man congrats.

beave · « **Reply #15 on:** March 03, 2010, 07:21:56 PM »

Thats one nice Buck ..

Redmist · « **Reply #16 on:** March 03, 2010, 08:05:46 PM »

Letting all those three points walk during your first five years of hunting paid you back with a very nice 4 point.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 03, 2010, 09:16:38 PM »

Nice buck! Welcome to the site

Sneaky · « **Reply #18 on:** March 03, 2010, 09:20:52 PM »

Awesome first buck! Can't beat that.

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #19 on:** March 03, 2010, 09:49:38 PM »

Nice first buck!

Congrats

PacificNWhunter · « **Reply #20 on:** March 03, 2010, 10:03:11 PM »

That's a great first buck. Congrats

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 03, 2010, 10:12:46 PM »

congrats on you first and welcome

bearpaw · « **Reply #22 on:** March 03, 2010, 10:52:58 PM »

that's an awesome first buck that was worth waiting for, congrats...

buckhorn2 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 03, 2010, 11:08:01 PM »

What a way to start out I really like the color of it;s horns nice buck. Welcome

Wyattwk · « **Reply #24 on:** March 03, 2010, 11:35:29 PM »

Thanks everybody for all the positive feedback. For all of you asking for a story, here it is.

It was only a couple hundred yards off of my parents place there out of Cle Elum. I had heard from my brother that there was a 2x2 and a 2x3 with a couple does walking around the area, so I was keeping an eye out for them. Opening morning I had set out and was on a hill overlooking a low brush area. It was foggy and about 30 min after legal shooting time I heard some movement behind me a bit up the hill and scoped in the two bucks I had been told about. I also saw another doe and heard one a little further up the hill, which i also assumed to be a doe. Being the first bucks I had seen in WA during season, I was eager to take a shot at the 2x3, but I couldn't tell which one it was due to the lack of light and the overcast foggy weather. After about 15 min of alternating between these two bucks in my cross-hairs, I was getting antsy and my patience was running thin. I didn't want to lose this opportunity as they were moving up the hill into thicker brush. Then up near where I thought the two does were, I saw another set of antlers come out of the brush. There standing broadside were at least 8 points worth of antlers. What I thought had been two does bedded down in the brush turned out to be a doe and a big ole' buck. It only took me about 2 seconds to realize I had much more than a 2x3 on my hands. About 10 seconds later I took the shot and hit him about 4 inches below the heart and lungs on a 70 yard shot. (Using a 30.06) After firing I instinctively loaded another round into the chamber and saw that he had double backed and was running perpendicular to my angle to him and was going back down the hill. I still had my scope on 9 power zoom so I put my sights on where I thought he might be running through and waited for him to pass by my field of vision. Right as he did I fired off another round. I initially thought I had missed him the second time but after we had him hung up and skinned I found I had in fact hit him the second time and blown out a portion of his back hip. 2 shots fired, 2 hits. I'm just thankful God gave me the patience to keep hunting after all those years of coming home empty handed, and that I hadn't taken the shot at the 2x3 only 5 minutes earlier.

huntlakewood · « **Reply #25 on:** March 04, 2010, 06:21:01 AM »

That is one awsome first deer and I love the story

GoldTip · « **Reply #26 on:** March 04, 2010, 06:25:02 AM »

Great deer and cool story, congrats on a fine animal.

zackmioli · « **Reply #27 on:** March 04, 2010, 09:25:27 AM »

congrats! that thing looks like a pig! it took me about 5 or 6 years to get my first buck as well.

Sneaky · « **Reply #28 on:** March 04, 2010, 09:28:37 AM »

I just noticed the excellent shot placement as well.

fishermanjoe · « **Reply #29 on:** March 04, 2010, 11:31:09 AM »

That's my boy Wyatt!!!!!!

BPturkeys · « **Reply #30 on:** March 04, 2010, 11:34:03 AM »

That's a dandy buck but for the life of me I just can't see that many (5x7) points. Not that is really matters though. Congrats!

fishermanjoe · « **Reply #31 on:** March 04, 2010, 11:37:32 AM »

Quote from: BPturkeys on March 04, 2010, 11:34:03 AM

That's a dandy buck but for the life of me I just can't see that many (5x7) points. Not that is really matters though. Congrats!

I have seen it in person there is a lot of trash and palmation (sp*). He will have to put up a pic when he gets the mount done, the pics that are up now don't do it any justice.

colockumelk · « **Reply #32 on:** March 04, 2010, 11:50:45 AM »

Quote from: RUGER No.1 on March 03, 2010, 05:34:19 PM

Nice buck. That is a very respectacle WA buck. I wish my first was that nice.

Yeah no kidding. Don't we all.

bullchaser · « **Reply #33 on:** March 04, 2010, 12:05:31 PM »

beauty............

bowtech721 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 04, 2010, 12:11:42 PM »

thats a dandy first buck! or any buck for that matter!

rasbo · « **Reply #35 on:** March 04, 2010, 05:03:04 PM »

thats a good looking deer there,,good job

bucklucky · « **Reply #36 on:** March 05, 2010, 09:18:08 AM »

Heck of a buck!

MtnMuley · « **Reply #37 on:** March 05, 2010, 09:21:59 AM »

Hard to top that for a first buck! Congrats.

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #38 on:** March 05, 2010, 06:31:03 PM »

A nice looking buck.

fc2038 · « **Reply #39 on:** March 06, 2010, 02:55:21 AM »

Nice lookin buck congrats!

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