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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: jimkrueg on December 22, 2012, 06:48:38 PM

Title: Finally got my deer
Post by: jimkrueg on December 22, 2012, 06:48:38 PM: After busting my butt in the desert and coming home empty handed I finally got me a nice black tail with my bow. Last Saturday my son and I hunted really hard. Just around 3:30 we started heading back towards the truck. Walking through some thick stuff, this guy was just watching us walk by. As we were walking I nocked my arrow and whispered to my son big buck. He was only 10 yards away. I whirled around, aimed, and let go. We heard a big whack. The buck bounced away and we started celebrating. We waited for what I though was forever and then went and checked for blood. Went and got the headlamps. Couldnt find any blood. We decided to leave and come back in the morning. Sunday morning we searched for 4 hours. Still nothing. My gut was in knots.....Went to the same area this morning. A week later. Stumbled over this guy around 10:00. He was just torn to shreds. What a monster. I dont have any meat but I do have this rack
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Post by: jimkrueg on December 22, 2012, 06:56:08 PM: Another pic
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 22, 2012, 06:57:33 PM: Looks like a good one :tup: What is up with the plastic ? Have any of the whole deer ?
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Post by: mfswallace on December 22, 2012, 06:59:02 PM: Way to stick with it!!!
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Post by: _TONY_ on December 22, 2012, 07:02:44 PM: Great, job! Though, I'm also wondering about the plastic...
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Post by: jimkrueg on December 22, 2012, 07:09:33 PM: The face and the body where torn to shreds since I found the buck a week later. I did tag the buck. I covered the face since it was a mangled mess. It had no eyes and the lower jaw was missing.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 22, 2012, 07:12:00 PM: Crazy ...nice buck and glad you found him :tup:
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Post by: bobcat on December 22, 2012, 07:14:30 PM: Nice buck! How far was he from where you shot him?
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Post by: Bigtine96 on December 22, 2012, 07:16:31 PM: Nice buck, but if you knew you hit it and you only looked a day and called it quits after 4 hours then came back a week later?
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Post by: jimkrueg on December 22, 2012, 07:19:13 PM: I work
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Post by: Bigtine96 on December 22, 2012, 07:22:07 PM: Quote from: jimkrueg on December 22, 2012, 07:19:13 PM
I work

Oh thats to bad then, well at least you were able to recover the head and dont have a story of the one that got away!
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 22, 2012, 07:40:57 PM: Nice buck what area are we talking
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Post by: Jonathan_S on December 23, 2012, 08:53:55 AM: Way to do the honorable thing. I bet it felt amazing when you finally stumbled on him.
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Post by: link on December 23, 2012, 09:24:37 AM: That is a great blacktail. Congratulations.
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Post by: romaknows on December 23, 2012, 09:32:38 AM: :tup: nice
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Post by: The scout on December 23, 2012, 11:01:13 AM: nice buck killed one identical to that two years ago
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Post by: Curly on December 23, 2012, 11:46:52 AM: Quote from: bobcat on December 22, 2012, 07:14:30 PM
Nice buck! How far was he from where you shot him?

:yeah:
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on December 23, 2012, 02:21:59 PM: Nice buck...atleast you found him....sucks for no meat though