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Title: Buck down
Post by: buglebuster on October 18, 2015, 04:34:41 PM
Haven't rifle hunted since 2007 so decided to try it again since I had bought a new .300 last summer. Drew a palouse tag so planned on being fairly picky during general season. But I like to kill deer..... I Google earthed some local areas trying to get away from people into some rugged country. Picked a spot and headed in with a good friend this morning. Got to the top of the 1st draw and glasses a bit to find nothing. Was a little upset we hadn't seen any tracks or scat. Took a break from glassing and looked down to see a buck coming out of the timber. I could see he was a big 2 but then he went into some brush and could hear him rubbing. We got a little closer and he came out and bedded down. Put the spotting scope on him and saw eye guards. Now what. I wasn't gonna shoot him but he was so pretty and the hunt itself was so perfect. We got a little closer not really caring if he spooked and set up. I decided to shoot him, and save money by not heading east next month. 150 yds he stepped up broadside and the .300 spoke! Steep nasty country sent him tumbling down the hill where he stopped on a log. Great morning with a great friend!(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F18%2F94d8edd378b5b0bfeb79fa28490dbcc4.jpg&hash=c756a5685cdc6848b6f044197b3a8ef28c559fd5)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F18%2F009abf3c08f0ccb943154f21eefaa659.jpg&hash=a752c88f4050988dd89b0cb88a37e675740e3abe)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F18%2F731ea2d0e702e9100c09a8db24196861.jpg&hash=7422006349fb80fc10222ec1b13563fd35108bea)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F18%2F8a3029018b407602b1d0228a906d60c5.jpg&hash=6cc4620e10d3318539666533b83057f6e1a31553)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F18%2F3435d57c7d49d89c30c5a2890b6df1c7.jpg&hash=b79fd31aee5f61891cd3c5d87387010e71789aab)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F18%2Fc5f2fbb6dc38c2caa7a9ad6f23ae64bb.jpg&hash=9862e7f4b12db420084508d917a20feb3f9df613)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F18%2Faff2ad5f5db8c3c3e1989a2560ee27fb.jpg&hash=ed6c7c792c64dfcc82da3bb3162bfa0bf5b1a889)
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: elkboy on October 18, 2015, 04:40:58 PM
Looks like a great hunt in some beautiful country!  Way to go!
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 18, 2015, 04:42:01 PM
Nice goin'.....
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Post by: trophyhunt on October 18, 2015, 04:43:33 PM
Looks like a blast, congrats!!
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Post by: Vo2max on October 18, 2015, 04:53:10 PM
Nicely done! "Settling" for a deer like that makes me feel rather poorly about settling for a young doe with my multi-season tag!
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: Timberstalker on October 18, 2015, 05:03:24 PM
Nice buck. Love his frame!
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Post by: muleyslayer on October 18, 2015, 05:24:49 PM
Nice buck. Looks like he had a big body
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Post by: BullMagnet76 on October 18, 2015, 05:29:59 PM
 :tup:
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Post by: Watimberghost on October 18, 2015, 05:34:57 PM
Nice buck buster!
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: kodiak 907 on October 18, 2015, 05:44:44 PM
Muley or benchleg? His tail looks strange to me.  :dunno: nice buck either way
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: buglebuster on October 18, 2015, 06:03:37 PM
Muley or benchleg? His tail looks strange to me.  :dunno: nice buck either way
Gotta be benchleg.. You see deer that look more muley and some with more blacktail characteristics.
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: wheels on October 18, 2015, 06:06:01 PM
nice buck
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Post by: MLBowhunting on October 18, 2015, 06:23:09 PM
 :tup: love those big forkies
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on October 18, 2015, 06:38:35 PM
Got em.
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 18, 2015, 07:03:55 PM
Nice job! :tup:
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: kodiak 907 on October 18, 2015, 07:33:17 PM
Muley or benchleg? His tail looks strange to me.  :dunno: nice buck either way
Gotta be benchleg.. You see deer that look more muley and some with more blacktail characteristics.

Did he have a typical Muley rope tail? The first pic looks like he's got a thin blacktail tail.
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: buglebuster on October 18, 2015, 07:36:13 PM
Muley or benchleg? His tail looks strange to me.  :dunno: nice buck either way
Gotta be benchleg.. You see deer that look more muley and some with more blacktail characteristics.

Did he have a typical Muley rope tail? The first pic looks like he's got a thin blacktail tail.
It was about 50/50 muley blacktail but solid colored but not full bushy like a blacktail
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: kodiak 907 on October 18, 2015, 07:38:23 PM
Awesome. I've seen a few like that. Cool deer
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: buglebuster on October 19, 2015, 08:20:19 AM
Even with a hole like this I didn't lose any meat!(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F19%2Fd3f3b8134a4501d923ff9c7a7ae25dbc.jpg&hash=6aafc32611936b2f0a9002b5d674110a91ae2787)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F19%2F3d6f140bc7a3ab8fb3febd2d1f3da25b.jpg&hash=020245d7589280d986cae81858705b44c93ef395)
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: C-Money on October 19, 2015, 08:42:34 AM
Congrats!!
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Post by: Yakirack on October 19, 2015, 08:48:10 AM
Nice buck  :tup:
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Post by: kellama2001 on October 19, 2015, 08:49:10 AM
Congrats! He's got great mass and will be good eatin'  :tup:
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 19, 2015, 09:00:11 AM
Real good! You have the same style meat locker we do! :tup:
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: buglebuster on October 19, 2015, 09:28:50 AM
Real good! You have the same style meat locker we do! :tup:
Works great :tup: I'm thinking of tryingnto add some hooks to hang the quarters in it instead of lay them.
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: sagewalker on October 19, 2015, 09:33:50 AM
Awesome man, looked like it was a lot of fun!
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: jkthomps on October 19, 2015, 02:43:03 PM
Nice job! Love the photos. Looks like a heck of a pack out.
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Post by: CoryTDF on October 19, 2015, 03:07:00 PM
What kind of pack is that? Congrats on filling your tag too.
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: buglebuster on October 19, 2015, 04:13:25 PM
What kind of pack is that? Congrats on filling your tag too.
Its a mystery ranch metcalf
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: kellama2001 on October 19, 2015, 10:22:33 PM
That's the pack I'm saving my pennies for  :) Congrats again!
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: jkthomps on October 20, 2015, 09:33:58 PM
Okay, so I need to make a comment on an observation, call me Mr. Mom if you want, but I think you should hang some orange off the back of your pack. Would hate for some dingdong to make a life changing mistake... maybe for future hunts. Just a suggestion.
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: buglebuster on October 20, 2015, 10:31:44 PM
Okay, so I need to make a comment on an observation, call me Mr. Mom if you want, but I think you should hang some orange off the back of your pack. Would hate for some dingdong to make a life changing mistake... maybe for future hunts. Just a suggestion.
I thought the same thing, but was not a single person around so wasn't worried. I bought a neat little orange bag with a drawstring that will be perfect for that the next day. :tup:
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: jkthomps on October 21, 2015, 05:48:11 AM
Awesome! That is a pretty sweet setup.
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: bowhunterforever on October 22, 2015, 05:01:54 PM
Nice job man :tup:
Title: Re: Buck down
Post by: buglebuster on October 29, 2015, 04:20:40 PM
Finished product(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F29%2F2066643c28f87ce7eccfeb9ebdc8887c.jpg&hash=e816ccd921fb56eb111676e5e901999c3a1ac64e)
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