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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Elkslayer on December 12, 2008, 08:54:26 PM

Title: My 2008 Archery Buck!
Post by: Elkslayer on December 12, 2008, 08:54:26 PM: Had this guy come in 3 different days chasing does and never gave me a shot. On Dec 6th, he finally offered me a shot that I was comfortable with. I took the shot and connected, waited about 15mins and climbed down to find my arrow and look for blood. I found my arrow about 30yds away it had some blood, and guts! Not a good sign. I decided to give till morning to look for him.
Got up at daybreak and woke the kids up, ate a quick breakfast of instant oatmeal and headed out the door. Took my first step off the porch and just about landed flat on my arse! It appeared we had alittle drizzle over night and then ended up freezing, I know had a 1/4 inch of ice on everything. I knew this was not going to make for very good tracking. Got to where I found my arrow and some blood sign the night before and sure enough the blood had been washed away. Followed the trail another 50-60yrds and still no blood. I was pretty familiar with the area so I just decided to have the kids spread out and we started a grid search. After about 3 hours of searching the kids were getting pretty wore out. I took them home grabbed a sandwich and headed back out on my own. I felt pretty comfortable that he was not in the area we had already searched so I headed further back into the thicker timber. About another 2 hours later I found him on an old logging road.
As you can see in the picture, "and I apalogize in advance for the cell phone pic" the birds had already started in on him. They managed to get one eyeball out and started plucking some hair on the hind end. Im guessing he will score around 130.
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Title: Re: My 2008 Archery Buck!
Post by: Todd_ID on December 12, 2008, 08:58:28 PM: Beautiful bow kill! And a huge congrats on the tenacity of your tracking job; that's a sign of a true sportsman! Well done!
Title: Re: My 2008 Archery Buck!
Post by: Grizzly95 on December 12, 2008, 09:03:55 PM: I will be headed you way tomorrow, got a small piece off hwy 2 I'm gonna try and wack a deer.
And thats a sweet buck, and like it was said your determination shows your strong ethics.
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Post by: fc2038 on December 12, 2008, 09:06:39 PM: Sweet nice buck congrats
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Post by: 1bowhunter1 on December 12, 2008, 09:07:23 PM: Very well done on the tracK...Awsome deer!! Congrats, time to eat
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Post by: MuleySniper on December 12, 2008, 09:09:46 PM: Great lookin buck!! Nicely done with a bow :tup:
MS
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Post by: huntnphool on December 12, 2008, 09:30:45 PM: Nicely done.
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Post by: agchawk on December 12, 2008, 09:33:59 PM: Very nice!

CONGRATS
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Post by: wf70gonehunting on December 12, 2008, 09:38:23 PM: Good job, Nice buck
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Post by: Slider on December 12, 2008, 09:44:00 PM: Nice Buck!!! Congrats
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Post by: Elkstuffer on December 15, 2008, 07:30:33 PM: That's a great buck! You should be comended for sticking with your search. Congrats.
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Post by: robb92 on December 15, 2008, 08:33:40 PM: Very nice buck!!!
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Post by: Moose Eyes on December 15, 2008, 09:11:33 PM: As others have already said, way to stick with it!
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Post by: Jeffrey on December 20, 2008, 04:05:29 PM: Another high five here. Great looking buck. Supurb tracking.
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Post by: bucklucky on December 20, 2008, 04:13:12 PM: Nice buck! Congrats
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Post by: TeacherMan on December 20, 2008, 07:13:43 PM: Nice animal, looks like it took an antler in the eye.
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Post by: wilsongideon on December 20, 2008, 09:53:57 PM: Awesome Buck! how wide is that buck?
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Post by: 270Shooter on December 20, 2008, 09:54:26 PM: Nice buck 8)
Title: Re: My 2008 Archery Buck!
Post by: bow4elk on December 21, 2008, 11:15:59 AM: Nicely done! A lot of folks could learn a thing or two from your post and superb recovery job. Persistence pays when all else seems dismal. You did everything right and found your buck. Had you pushed it right off the bat, you likely would have clued him in that he was being followed. Your odds in recovery would have dropped dramatically.