TritonCarl
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Well I have been anticipating this day for a couple of weeks now, which is unusual for me b/c I would rather fish than hunt!!! But I've been fortunate to have gotten 2 decent deer the last 2 years, so that has added fuel to this fire.
Got to the stand a little after 5:30 this morning, a little late for my liking as it was beginning to get a little light, but i made it to my stand without anything snorting at me so i was feeling pretty good. I got settled into my stand and I heard one behind me snorting...thought that was a good sign as I at least knew there was SOMETHING around, haven't done too much scouting, but my dad hasn't seen anything while farming it so i wasn't sure what to expect this morning. It started to get light around 6 and a doe came out to my left, she moved across the field rather fast and disappeared into the far woods. At about 6:15 another doe came out and then what i thought was another doe was right behind her, the back one turned out to be a 4 or a 5 point. He was lowering his head and following the same path as the first doe that came out. They both disappeared into the far woods with the 4 point coming back out and feeding for a few minutes. By this point, the wind was blowing rather stiff directly into my face, so I wasn't sure I'd have anymore action this morning.
At around 7 I was just looking around the field and saw a nice 8 pt to my immediate left and looked like he might be a shooter. He looked away from me and I could see plenty of daylight between the antlers, so I decided I was gonna take him. About the time I got my gun up and ready to zero in on this deer a pretty nice 6 or 7 point was directly behind him, so I checked him with my binoculars to make sure which deer i wanted (at this point i'm thinking this is a GREAT problem to have), I decided I wanted the 8 point, so I settled in on him and squeezed off the ol' 30.06 behind the shoulder and made a good shot getting part of his lungs as I could see blood coming from his mouth and nose. He was only around 30-35 paces from me and he probably ran 30 yards further out in front of me and fell in front of me. I look at him through the binoculars and see him still struggling and watch in amazement as he stands back up, I was ready with another round but he gave out and fell back down and then I knew I had my deer. I gave him another 30 minutes before I went and looked at him, thankfully there wasn't any ground shrinkage on this buck. This one was very similar to the deer I killed 2 years ago and this one has a little character with a small hole on the left side. Enjoy the pics. Now if I can just catch a 5 lb smallie Sunday at Pickwick it will be a GREAT weekend!!!!!!!! emoBigsmile emoBigsmile emoBigsmile carl
Got to the stand a little after 5:30 this morning, a little late for my liking as it was beginning to get a little light, but i made it to my stand without anything snorting at me so i was feeling pretty good. I got settled into my stand and I heard one behind me snorting...thought that was a good sign as I at least knew there was SOMETHING around, haven't done too much scouting, but my dad hasn't seen anything while farming it so i wasn't sure what to expect this morning. It started to get light around 6 and a doe came out to my left, she moved across the field rather fast and disappeared into the far woods. At about 6:15 another doe came out and then what i thought was another doe was right behind her, the back one turned out to be a 4 or a 5 point. He was lowering his head and following the same path as the first doe that came out. They both disappeared into the far woods with the 4 point coming back out and feeding for a few minutes. By this point, the wind was blowing rather stiff directly into my face, so I wasn't sure I'd have anymore action this morning.
At around 7 I was just looking around the field and saw a nice 8 pt to my immediate left and looked like he might be a shooter. He looked away from me and I could see plenty of daylight between the antlers, so I decided I was gonna take him. About the time I got my gun up and ready to zero in on this deer a pretty nice 6 or 7 point was directly behind him, so I checked him with my binoculars to make sure which deer i wanted (at this point i'm thinking this is a GREAT problem to have), I decided I wanted the 8 point, so I settled in on him and squeezed off the ol' 30.06 behind the shoulder and made a good shot getting part of his lungs as I could see blood coming from his mouth and nose. He was only around 30-35 paces from me and he probably ran 30 yards further out in front of me and fell in front of me. I look at him through the binoculars and see him still struggling and watch in amazement as he stands back up, I was ready with another round but he gave out and fell back down and then I knew I had my deer. I gave him another 30 minutes before I went and looked at him, thankfully there wasn't any ground shrinkage on this buck. This one was very similar to the deer I killed 2 years ago and this one has a little character with a small hole on the left side. Enjoy the pics. Now if I can just catch a 5 lb smallie Sunday at Pickwick it will be a GREAT weekend!!!!!!!! emoBigsmile emoBigsmile emoBigsmile carl
I cannot seem to find any horns worth taking so far this year. Saw three shooters bow hunting that never came within range and now all I am seeing is small bucks, does or nothing now that I have a rifle to reach out there with. Two hunts in TN and a five day hunt in Arkansas. I may be snake bit this year, usually have at least one good one by now. May go again tomorrow and try my luck. With pictures like yours it can get me pumped up again. Congrats on a nice buck...emoThumbsup Jmax
