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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: SquirrelHunter on September 11, 2013, 09:52:19 AM

Title: Story Time
Post by: SquirrelHunter on September 11, 2013, 09:52:19 AM: Decided to set up about 10 yards off a horse trail and about 300 yards off the intersection of 2 main roads where my buddy (grunt11B) has seen deer cross before, found a nice tree to climb over looking a thick area with a small clearing to my front and and a large clearing to my right side and back. Climbed up about 20' and started to gear up and dropped my glove to the ground :bash:, then an hour or two went by with no sightings and no sound of anything so decided to check my phone to see if my buddy has got one yet and my phone dies :bash:, so I sit around for awhile and its starting to get dark so I reach into my bag to get my headlamp ready and low and behold no headlamp :bash:. So I begin thinking this day cant get any worse, no deer, no glove, no phone, no headlamp, I decide to give it about 15 more minutes due to it getting dark in the timber and right away I hear 3 loud cracks then some brush moving, I look to my left and here he comes at about 45-50 yards, I swing around to my right and he stops broadside to me, I could tell he had a solid body on him and some antlers but couldn't make out the size of them due to the lighting, so I put my 50 yard pin on him and let it fly, it was followed by the sound of flesh ripping, I know I hit him but was to confident in the shot placement. He turned and walked about 10-15 feet and collapsed, I waited what seemed like an eternity then heard him kick again and figured it would be safe to get down and maneuver to my link up point with grunt11B and let the deer expire completely. He finally pulled up and the search began, it was a short search 15 steps from the spot he was hit, and about 10 feet from the road. Spent the rest of the night capeing and quartering him. Now to find a taxidermist :IBCOOL:
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Post by: vandeman17 on September 11, 2013, 09:55:38 AM: That is a nice buck! well done
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Post by: rtspring on September 11, 2013, 10:07:38 AM: Great buck
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Post by: mp.hunter on September 11, 2013, 10:16:55 AM: Love a nice blackie! Great buck.
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Post by: Skillet on September 11, 2013, 10:17:43 AM: Great buck - that's getting it done right there.

Thanks for the story!
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Post by: Pilot_Hunter on September 11, 2013, 11:06:33 AM: Nice big body!
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Post by: bigdave on September 11, 2013, 11:08:53 AM: Beautiful buck!! Nice going.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on September 11, 2013, 11:17:09 AM: :tup:
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on September 11, 2013, 11:22:34 AM: Congrats on a nice buck.
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Post by: bearhunter99 on September 11, 2013, 11:28:37 AM: Great buck with a bow! Congrats!
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Post by: dawn2dusk on September 11, 2013, 11:35:06 AM: What a stud buck! Nice work!!
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Post by: Band on September 11, 2013, 12:20:57 PM: Wow, congrats on a very nice buck...blacktail, right? Why didn't you gut him before taking him home? :dunno:
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Post by: SquirrelHunter on September 11, 2013, 12:24:33 PM: Quote from: Band on September 11, 2013, 12:20:57 PM
Wow, congrats on a very nice buck...blacktail, right? Why didn't you gut him before taking him home? :dunno:

yea blacktail, Didnt want to gut him in the area due to more deer frequenting the area and my buddy still hunting it, and my buddy uses the stomach and blood and other parts for food.
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Post by: Band on September 11, 2013, 12:26:48 PM: Quote from: SquirrelHunter on September 11, 2013, 12:24:33 PM
and my buddy uses the stomach and blood and other parts for food.
Yuck! :yike:

But good luck to him on his hunt. Looks like you've found a pretty good spot. :)
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Post by: grunt11B on September 11, 2013, 01:40:29 PM: :chuckle:
Quote from: Band on September 11, 2013, 12:26:48 PM
Quote from: SquirrelHunter on September 11, 2013, 12:24:33 PM
and my buddy uses the stomach and blood and other parts for food.
Yuck! :yike:

But good luck to him on his hunt. Looks like you've found a pretty good spot. :)
I waste nothing on the deer... :drool: Thanks, now to get Deerzilla....
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Post by: bowhunterforever on September 11, 2013, 02:09:54 PM: Nice buck,congrats
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Post by: dvolmer on September 11, 2013, 04:06:37 PM: Awsome and congrats!!!!!!
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Post by: mrmoskillz on September 11, 2013, 04:11:12 PM: Nice buck! I love when they shed that red hair and start getting a fat ol neck :tup:
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Post by: CoyoteCowboy on September 11, 2013, 04:43:13 PM: Beautiful buck!

Now THAT is motivation next time I am tempted to climb out of my tree when things aren't going my way...
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 11, 2013, 04:47:17 PM: WHOPPER :tup: :tup: Why isn't he gutted yet ?
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Post by: calib on September 11, 2013, 05:10:10 PM: nice job
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Post by: cem3434 on September 11, 2013, 07:11:32 PM: Quote from: mp.hunter on September 11, 2013, 10:16:55 AM
Love a nice blackie! Great buck.

That is a stud of a blackie!
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Post by: SquirrelHunter on September 12, 2013, 10:48:24 AM: Thanks for the comments guys and gals, its off to the taxidermist in the morning :IBCOOL:
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Post by: SquirrelHunter on September 14, 2013, 12:27:15 AM: One more pic, my buddy keeps telling me I should of put this one on here so here it is. He likes the way the rack looks in it
Sorry for the sideways pic its not like that on my computer
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Post by: highside74 on September 14, 2013, 09:05:32 AM: Looks like a stud ft.lewis buck to me. Great job.