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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: xxlx7 on October 31, 2012, 09:24:30 PM

Title: 29 years old, and I finally dropped my first blacktail buck!!
Post by: xxlx7 on October 31, 2012, 09:24:30 PM: Well it's been 10 days since i wacked my masher blackie, but I had to celebrate so I went to vegas after butchering and calmin down. Hunted two days this year, first day came up on a cougar kill that was from earlier in the day, woulda been great to see a kitty cat, I've never seen one in the woods in the 20 years I've been hunting. Now, I havn't been hunting deer for 20 years, but I've put a half ass attempt in for deer for about 12 years off and on. This year I had a dream. I dreamed I was gonna shoot a 4x4 with eye guards. Woke up and went to a piece of property the sunday before last, hunted the snowline, didn't see anything, hunted a couple cuts below it nothing. Decided to walk back to the truck to meet my brother. Got to the truck, went to pick up our buddy, didn't see him so we turned around and drove up the road. Then this toad of a deer decided it was just gonna walk out on the road about 50 yards in front of us into the cut... I freaked out. Jumped out of the truck and got to the edge of the cut, the buck didn't even care I was there, just kept walking sniffin out the doe somewhere I'm sure. I pulled up my new howa 300 I bought(amazing gun by the way) and my scope was fogged, couldn't see anything...... I started freeking out, so I used the skyline as my judge, i'd skyline the ridge behind the deer, then drop down to the deerish area I thought the buck was in, finally I got a corner of my scope cleared and pulled the trigger, the buck didn't even kick, shot it straight thru the neck, dead instantly. BUCK DOWN!!!!!!! I guess everyone gets lucky sometimes. Hunted hard all morning, for 5 hours to have one walk right across the road into a flat easy cut.... crazy...
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Post by: huntnphool on October 31, 2012, 09:26:22 PM: Fantastic buck
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Post by: scottfrick on October 31, 2012, 09:26:59 PM: Great buck! Congrats :tup:
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on October 31, 2012, 09:28:13 PM: That's blacktail huntin'!! Nice buck, congrats :tup:
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Post by: BENCHLEG on October 31, 2012, 09:28:53 PM: nice work
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 31, 2012, 09:31:23 PM: WTG!!! Thats a great buck! :tup: Way to celebrate as well :chuckle:
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Post by: RifleRidge on October 31, 2012, 09:53:06 PM: Sheet happens quick !... Thats all I know... Be ready and on your game..

Nice buck!... Enjoy your meat!
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Post by: shoot-em-dead on October 31, 2012, 09:57:43 PM: Damn road hunters :stirthepot: :stirthepot: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

Just kidding, great job and congrats on a nice looking buck. :tup: :tup:
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 31, 2012, 09:59:24 PM: Thats great! Very nice buck! Way to go!
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Post by: RoyBoy on October 31, 2012, 10:28:41 PM: good job. you deserved him!
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Post by: cem3434 on October 31, 2012, 10:38:27 PM: Nice blackie! Congrats on a well deserved buck. :tup:
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Post by: sled on October 31, 2012, 10:41:28 PM: Nice blacktail! :drool:
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Post by: BlacktailBowhunter on October 31, 2012, 11:33:29 PM: Very nice buck. Congrats on your first.
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Post by: bear hunter on November 01, 2012, 12:41:42 AM: :tup: Nice first buck :tup:
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Post by: buglebuster on November 01, 2012, 02:37:54 AM: Nice buck! How much was that rifle if you dont mind?
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Post by: coyote_out on November 01, 2012, 03:02:31 AM: Nice buck!!!
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Post by: Ripper on November 01, 2012, 04:37:20 AM: It's nice to get lucky sometimes! Nice buck and nice celebration. I always say that as long as you're out in the woods you have a chance. You never know where they are going to pop out. Good job. :tup:
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Post by: Kioti on November 01, 2012, 05:32:05 AM: Nice Blackie
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Post by: xxlx7 on November 01, 2012, 08:33:04 AM: The rifle was $520 out the door including the scope. Thanks for the props guys, I gotta say sometimes luck is a wonderful thing, I just wish I got lucky more often!!!
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Post by: MountainWalk on November 01, 2012, 09:16:34 AM: Proud of you. I remember being far more pleased with my first blacktail than with either WT or mulie
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Post by: elkoholic1 on November 01, 2012, 09:17:02 AM: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: CHUCK S on November 01, 2012, 09:25:03 AM: Nice Buck, I can't wait to finally get a BT!
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Post by: FSTaxidermy on November 01, 2012, 09:29:51 AM: Great buck! congrats on your first blacktail, always makes it more exciting when your scope fogs up, way to keep it together :tup:
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on November 01, 2012, 09:33:58 AM: congrats
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Post by: klikboom on November 01, 2012, 09:37:59 AM: You need some guidance on post kill posing: do not hover over it. Get behind the deer in th background long arm that sh$t the deer will look much bigger lol. Great buck congrats!
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Post by: pianoman9701 on November 01, 2012, 09:41:11 AM: Cool buck. I've dumped a lot of whitetail bucks and muley bucks, but never a blackie. And, I'm almost twice your age. Good going!
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on November 01, 2012, 10:10:16 AM: Nice!! i can see by that grin your please, i would be :tup:
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Post by: Elkrunner on November 01, 2012, 10:17:55 AM: nice blackie
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on November 01, 2012, 01:29:53 PM: Can't beat that for a first BT!!! :tup:
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Post by: xxlx7 on November 01, 2012, 02:54:02 PM: I was long arming it, im only 5ft 1 :chuckle:
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Post by: jackmaster on November 01, 2012, 03:24:15 PM: congrats on your first blackie, so what was the skinny with the scope? was it a piece of junk or did you just breathe all over it when you were excited
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Post by: CementFinisher on November 01, 2012, 03:31:18 PM: congrats! wanna share where that cougar kill is? :rolleyes:
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Post by: xxlx7 on November 01, 2012, 04:48:01 PM: The Scopes nice for one that came with the gun, just went from.snowing to seventy degree truck to rain. *censored* happens,
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Post by: bobcat on November 01, 2012, 05:08:54 PM: Quote from: xxlx7 on November 01, 2012, 04:48:01 PM
The Scopes nice for one that came with the gun, just went from.snowing to seventy degree truck to rain. *censored* happens,

So was it fogged up on the inside or the outside?
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Post by: xxlx7 on November 01, 2012, 08:03:50 PM: only the outside of the scope, it cleared pretty quick after i shot it, who knows, maybe it was all my hot air from me hyperventelating the entire time saying "holly ...." over and over about 3000 times in about 21 seconds. After the hunt, i realized how important anti fog is.... I shoulda known better, i use it on my dive masks, and it works, but crap, I didn't expect to shoot a deer honestly, I've spent hundreds of days in the woods chasin deer and never shot a buck so I figured it would be about the same day
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Post by: Jonathan_S on November 01, 2012, 08:05:21 PM: Sounds like a scenario that a friend named Leupold could fix for you. Sweet buck
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Post by: bobcat on November 01, 2012, 09:26:08 PM: All scopes will fog up on the outside, yes, even Leupold.
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Post by: jackmaster on November 02, 2012, 06:39:55 AM: Quote from: bobcat on November 01, 2012, 09:26:08 PM
All scopes will fog up on the outside, yes, even Leupold.
damn skippy, especially when going from hot to cold, before i got contacts my damn glasses would constantly fog up, especially when i shot, contacts fixed all that
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Post by: matt94 on November 04, 2012, 01:25:20 PM: nice blacktail man :tup: