Post by: huntindoc on March 05, 2010, 11:07:53 PM
Anyway, hunted Wallowa County in NE Oregon as usual this fall. Private property, hunted it since I was a kid. Oodles of white-tails, usually small, but it's fun to see 10-15 bucks per night and no other hunters, plus they eat good.
First night, got there a little late, couldn't get to my stand site as the deer were already out, so I slithered around on the ground for a while, didn't spook anything too bad, and came back in the next day around 2:30 in the afternoon. My brother set up about 100 yrds to my west, across the corner of an 80 acre hay field that usually filled up with deer as the evening progressed.
Started reading a book, figuring I had at least 3 hrs till the deer started coming out, but at 3:15, I happened to glance over to my brothers stand, and a 3 pt was feeding directely behind his stand, still out of his sight, but only about 20 yrds behind him. I quick texted him, but he saw the buck just as the text arrived. Very cool to watch him shoot that deer.
Post by: huntindoc on March 05, 2010, 11:13:08 PM
We sat back down to let the deer die, and I started reading my book. Not 15 min later, a 4 pt popped out right under my stand. It seemed to take forever for me to stand, turn, put the book down, get the bow, knock an arrow etc. All the while, the buck is standing directly under my tree stand, 10 feet below me. As he slowly moved away just a little, I tried to figure out how to aim straight down. Ended up hitting him between his shoulder blades, and it exited on the off side, in the front of the low neck/ chest area. The arrow stuck about 6" in the ground, and was only 33 ft away after killing my buck. Needless to say, my buck was dead within 60 yards.
Post by: huntindoc on March 05, 2010, 11:14:36 PM
Overall, a tough day to beat!
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Post by: ribka on March 06, 2010, 08:49:45 PM
Any buck with a bow is a good buck. Bet they were good eating too
Thanks for sharing
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