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Post by: Wyattwk on March 03, 2010, 11:35:29 PM
It was only a couple hundred yards off of my parents place there out of Cle Elum. I had heard from my brother that there was a 2x2 and a 2x3 with a couple does walking around the area, so I was keeping an eye out for them. Opening morning I had set out and was on a hill overlooking a low brush area. It was foggy and about 30 min after legal shooting time I heard some movement behind me a bit up the hill and scoped in the two bucks I had been told about. I also saw another doe and heard one a little further up the hill, which i also assumed to be a doe. Being the first bucks I had seen in WA during season, I was eager to take a shot at the 2x3, but I couldn't tell which one it was due to the lack of light and the overcast foggy weather. After about 15 min of alternating between these two bucks in my cross-hairs, I was getting antsy and my patience was running thin. I didn't want to lose this opportunity as they were moving up the hill into thicker brush. Then up near where I thought the two does were, I saw another set of antlers come out of the brush. There standing broadside were at least 8 points worth of antlers. What I thought had been two does bedded down in the brush turned out to be a doe and a big ole' buck. It only took me about 2 seconds to realize I had much more than a 2x3 on my hands. About 10 seconds later I took the shot and hit him about 4 inches below the heart and lungs on a 70 yard shot. (Using a 30.06) After firing I instinctively loaded another round into the chamber and saw that he had double backed and was running perpendicular to my angle to him and was going back down the hill. I still had my scope on 9 power zoom so I put my sights on where I thought he might be running through and waited for him to pass by my field of vision. Right as he did I fired off another round. I initially thought I had missed him the second time but after we had him hung up and skinned I found I had in fact hit him the second time and blown out a portion of his back hip. 2 shots fired, 2 hits. I'm just thankful God gave me the patience to keep hunting after all those years of coming home empty handed, and that I hadn't taken the shot at the 2x3 only 5 minutes earlier.
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Post by: fishermanjoe on March 04, 2010, 11:31:09 AM
:brew: :cue:
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Post by: fishermanjoe on March 04, 2010, 11:37:32 AM
That's a dandy buck but for the life of me I just can't see that many (5x7) points. Not that is really matters though. Congrats!
I have seen it in person there is a lot of trash and palmation (sp*). He will have to put up a pic when he gets the mount done, the pics that are up now don't do it any justice.
Post by: colockumelk on March 04, 2010, 11:50:45 AM
Nice buck. That is a very respectacle WA buck. I wish my first was that nice.
Yeah no kidding. Don't we all.
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