Post by: antlerbolic_bearoids on October 21, 2009, 01:53:51 PM
The next day found us on the same road killing the same Thermos of coffee. We were running a little late to execute our initial plan because we discovered the McDonald's on the way out of town is open 24 hours. Egg Mcmuffins take longer to make then one might think. It turned out my cousin was going into the canyon that I had shot my buck in the previous morning, so my dad and I devised a new plan. I had taken my uncle out during muzzle-loader season, and he killed a nice four point in a draw on the other side of this BLM parcel. We decided to climb into the head of the draw that my uncle had shot his buck in because it bordered a winter-wheat field. The deer had been funneling out of the wheat and into these draws during the day all year. We left the truck before light and began skirting a hillside that would lead us into these draw. Just as we were about to crest the hill I looked to my left, and their stood a buck feeding. It was an obvious legal buck. I grabbed my dads arm and pulled him down to a crouch and pointed. He rose to a knee to take the shot, and the buck had disappeared. Then it reappeared, ten feet to our right. The way the land lays out the deer got into the tiniest of crevasses and we couldn't see him. Fire was coming out of his ass as he made two bounds and was over the hill. We took off sprinting, and as we crested we saw him standing there, just about ready to duck over the next hill. My dad took aim and THUMP! Gone. It was an obvious hit, but by the time we got to where he had dove over the steep hillside and into a flat, he was nowhere to be found. Fifteen minutes later we were on blood and the track job began. Two gamewardens joined the fun after they checked our licenses and were in on the find. One of the wardens was a newbie so the older guy gave us all a lesson on aging deer by their teeth. We were all excited. Two days, two bucks, and a father-son moment not soon to be forgotten.
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