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Offline DaveBTS

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Badlands buck
« on: October 25, 2011, 11:24:41 AM »
I took two of my daughters on a last minute hunt Sunday afternoon. We saw a few does early at the spot I wanted to hunt, but decided to check another area I hunted during bow season. After arriving, that wasn't looking promising either so we turned around and headed back to the ranch where I wanted to be. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught the rump patch of a deer. I figured it was doe since I had watched a herd of does there earlier in the season. Then I saw it was a lone buck. I didn't know how big, but I wanted the girls to be in on a successful hunt. I snuck up the draw about 300 yds and found a rest on an old fence line. I think I missed with my first shot, but after he stopped, I anchored him with the second shot. I walked back down to the truck and grabbed my pack, the girls and we headed up the canyon. We found him bedded under a cedar, very much alive. One last shot and then the daunting pack out. We took a few cell phone pics, but waited until I got him to the road to take the real pictures because I wanted to make sure I got the girls out before dark.

Theres pics of the hunt on my Blacktail Specialties FB page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blacktail-Specialties/114433898591514#!/media/albums/?id=114433898591514

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Re: Badlands buck
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2011, 11:47:31 AM »
Nice job Dave...  Sounds like the girls were pretty quiet which was a bonus... 
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Re: Badlands buck
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2011, 07:02:58 AM »
Having a 30mph wind also helped! That buck had no idea we were even there. I told the girls I could smell him as we headed up the hill. I stopped to look for blood and he was 2 ft from me looking up at me.

"Can we pet him?"

"Not until after I shoot him again."

"I want to pet him BEFORE he dies."

"No."

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Re: Badlands buck
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2011, 11:07:59 AM »
I've already seen a few bucks that make mine look like a yearling. Time to get my wife a tag.

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Re: Badlands buck
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2011, 06:07:36 PM »
Here's another buck taken a few days later.

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Re: Badlands buck
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2011, 06:21:22 PM »
Sweet....!

 


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