Post by: Scheindogg on October 25, 2020, 10:34:41 PM
Haven’t posted in a while but if any of you remember giving me advice (there were lots of you) I appreciate each and every one of you!
This is year 4 for me and I finally got my first deer! A whitetail buck from a tree stand in private property in NE WA.
So happy right now I’m on cloud 9! He’s a dink but he’s 100% trophy to me!
I was gonna set up some stuff to help me hunt tomorrow and my buddy said he was gonna wait out shooting light. I figured what the heck I can freeze one more hour (we got here in the afternoon today and hadn’t seen anything yet).
Fast forward to 5:40 pm I hear some grunts. I text him (in a treestand a few hundred yards away) that I hear something I think is a deer and to be extra quiet just in case.
Then (what I thought was) a doe shows up behind me. She looks up at me a few times but the branch was blocking her sight and she never spooked. She meanders off very calmly. I hear more grunts, message my buddy I’m hearing more, he responds saying he heard it too.
Then out of nowhere the (what I thought was a ) doe pops back in front of me. Real close.
Get a better look and realize it’s a spike buck! Omg! Get to work!
I didn’t even have one chambered yet!
I pull the lever back, pause. Buck looks up, I say still.
Bucks looks back down and continued his thing. I shove the round up, pause. Buck looks up. Buck looks down and continues (me staying still).
Me finish chambering the round, buck looks up, me staying still, buck looks down and continues!
Ok I have it now!
Point rifle! Oh s**t I’m zoomed for 100 yards. Without sudden movements zoom out to close.
Point rifle at deer, bam, no movement.
Uh oh, miss? Reload, re aim, boom, got him, deer runs off.
Get on the walkies “ I shot one I shot one”
Long story short(ish) he lets his in-laws (landowners) know I got one and they come help me trail. Got him right before 6pm just a half hour before dark.
Go down the brush a bit and find him in a creek bed and give him the finisher with my 10mm.
Would have liked to get a cleaner more quick kill but I did the best given the circumstances.
Here he is, my first ever deer!
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The adrenaline rush afterward was second to none! What a great moment!
Post by: vandeman17 on October 26, 2020, 01:17:15 PM
Thank you everybody!
The adrenaline rush afterward was second to none! What a great moment!
That is what it is all about. I have killed plenty of deer over the years and I still get excited every single time no matter how big or small the buck is. If I ever lose that, I will quit hunting
Post by: dmoua on October 29, 2020, 10:13:55 PM
Post by: Bango skank on October 29, 2020, 11:16:39 PM
great deer and great job! you learned rule number 1.... you cant shoot em if youre not there, that extra hour can be painful at times but as you just learned it can have its perks! congrats!
He also learned rule number 2. Keep your scope at its lowest power while hunting. If somethings close, youll want it there. If somethings far, youll have the opportunity to crank it up. Ive recently found a fondness for 1-? Power scopes.
Post by: pastormike on October 30, 2020, 06:05:34 AM
Congratulations!! My first one was even smaller...missing a horn even. Good job!