Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Boogieman509 on November 12, 2014, 10:10:38 PM
-
My second year hunting and I finally closed the deal. I grew up in a non hunting household so I'm starting a little late. Thanks to some friends and this forum Ive learned quite a bit. Obviously still have a ton to learn. My uncle bought a nice piece of land and he game me the permission to hunt. I hunted the early season but could not get it done. I passed over 8 different bucks but I was set on what I thought was a respectable White Tail. This morning at first light this guy came trotting out by himself like he was Billy *censored*. He circled the field and stopped to feed. I glassed him and counted 5x4 counting eye guards. BUCK FEVER set in! I was shaking like a leaf! I ranged him at 163 yards. Took a couple deep breaths put him in the the cross hares and slowly squeezed the trigger on the 30.06. Lights out. He fell on impact and didnt get up. I thought my heart was going to come out of my chest! Waited about 10 minutes and went to recover. I field dressed him like i learned on Youtube. lol. When it was time to skin I reluctantly called a friend who left work to give me a hand. I do not take harvesting an animal lightly. I have a huge amount of respect for animals and was glad to have a quick humane kill. Hes not a masher like many of you post but he is my first. Thank you to this forum for the motivation and knowledge many of you share.
-
Great buck. Congratulations!!
-
That's a great buck, congrats!!
-
That's a great buck. I have yet to take a deer that big in 14 years of hunting. Im hoping to get a decent one when archery season rolls around at some land I just purchased in august! Great buck though that one will still be hard to bear in your future years of hunting.
-
That is a dandy buck. Congrats
-
Nice job :tup: looks like a good one.
-
That's a great buck even if it wasn't your first, congrats on the harvest!!!
-
That's a great buck even if it wasn't your first, congrats on the harvest!!!
:yeah:
-
:hello: Nice Buck Boogie! You've only been hunting a couple years and you pounded that Buck? That dude is a dang nice animal. A lot of guys hunt for a very long time before taking something that nice. Congratulations on a beautiful Buck... :tup:
-
Very nice, congrats!
-
Hey Boogie, good job bagging your first deer!
I was raised in a non-hunting household also, but that didn't stop me.
In the fall, after school was out for the day I'd take our family dog and hike a short distance to some nearby fields for upland birds. Then I got the deer fever, (Not Lyme Disease) elk fever, and worst of all TURKEY FEVER!
-
Boogieman that is a great story. Way to respect the animal. Nice buck by the way!!
-
Dude that's a really nice whitetail :tup:, most have never killed one like that. Including me my first whitetail was a dink spike and it's my only whitetail.
Keep at it boogieman you have some nice propert to hunt it looks like. :drool:
-
Thank you all for the nice words. Hunting has somewhat taken over my life! Its all i ever think about.. I have an archery elk tag that needs punched. Hoping to find a fat cow over Thanksgiving in the Cowichee..I spend my evening shooting arrows in the backyard waiting for the day.
-
Great buck no matter how you look at it :IBCOOL:. Congrats on the first buck and a great attitude towards the hunt and animal. Nice work and good luck with that elk tag.
