Post by: castie2504 on October 13, 2014, 07:51:40 PM
Feeling deflated my brother and I began the long 5 mile loop back to the jeep. We saw plenty of does but no more bucks. Also it seemed like every hunter in the county was in that plot. I have never seen so many hunters on this CRP plot. Anyway, a while later we finally made to the jeep. I opened the door and had set the rifle down; as my brother held the door he just happened to notice 2 does and 2 good bucks 150 yards south of our position. We could tell they were legal bucks right away. We decided not to take a shot but wait until we could get over on top of a hill and cut them off at 50 yards. Again, mother nature had a different plan and the wind shifted...busted. We made it to the top of the hill just in time to see the deer running like hell. That ended our morning hunt.
We didn't make it again until a quarter to 5 and the weather had gone from bad to worse. The wind was really howling and then the rain began to pour. We were already headed to hunt a Creek bed where we saw some deer earlier in the day so we just trudged on. As we reached the bed we walked from west to east upriver following the high bank and trying to stay out of sight. Not 100 yards upstream of where we started my brother noticed a white rear. He put a scope on it and realized it was the best deer we've seen all day and he was only 75 yards east of us down in the creek bed facing away. We knew we could get closer so we creeped up rather quickly because the rain and wind covered us well. We got 25 away and the buck was still oblivious to our presence. We both took a knee but my brother let me take the shot. Hit him in the neck and dropped him where he stood. Turned out to be a 4x6 with a double eye guard and drop tine on the right side. Best deer I have ever shot but even better memory made with my brother.
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Post by: castie2504 on October 13, 2014, 08:32:25 PM
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Nice buck, congratulations. Gee, you guys should take up bow hunting since you don't seem to have a problem getting within bow range!
Yeah it was incredible how close we managed to get not only on this buck but the others earlier in the day. On a side note my brother headed out this afternoon and jumped an enormous buck, biggest one he's ever seen. Took a shot at 30 yards but missed, guess buck fever got to him. Gonna try for him later this week though!
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