SpurHunter
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Thanks guys, it's a buck of a lifetime for a guy that can't put In the time to trophy hunt.
The slaughter is about to begin.
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Buoy-Master
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Yup! Its just a matter of time before a good one steps out. Granted I shot a smaller one last year but I got that monkey off my back. I sat last week with no shots and seen two really good takers up in Evansville. I shall return with that NEW Mossberg ATR 30-06 this weekend. 
Its a horn hunt now!
A trip to Lincoln County will fill the freezer in a few weeks.
Its a horn hunt now! A trip to Lincoln County will fill the freezer in a few weeks.
Fish Hunter
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Very nice! emoToast
loneranger93
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Nice job!!!
Great deer!
Great deer!
SpurHunter
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the maddog
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That old Bruiser sure deserves a good eulogy by the "undertaker". C'mon Spur, sure would like to read the minute-by-minute account of that harvest...nosing a hot doe, grunted him in, checking his scrapes? That deer with a grayish muzzle looks to be at least 4-5 years old, great character to his rack, no broke tines and swelled neck! Give us a play-by-play report if you get time to detail the chain of events that led to that kill of a lifetime, what did he field dress at?...thanks for the pics!
SpurHunter
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Not a very exciting hunt Im afraid. As I had said, Tim and Micheal saw the mass migration of deer on Saturday, while I only say a spike and a wide racked brute through a thicket, pretty lonely for sitting that many hours.
Sunday was just me and Micheal. About an hour or so after light, I looked right, saw him walking by, saw long tines, rasied, shot and that was it. It took all of 3-4 seconds.
He took off the same way he was headed, crashing into everything, so I felt good about the hit. All went silent, and I got worried. Micheal is about 350 yards from me and said he heard it crashing through, I got really worried it had gone farther than I thought. I gave it 25 minutes and started at impact location...nothing. Walked the direction I saw him run, about 15 yards down I looked up and saw him laying there dead. he made it about 40 yards total, VERY little blood trail honestly as the bullet didnt exit. Shot placement was perfect, broke a rib going in, rib going out after crushing the heart, through part of the shoulder, no bone though, and logged just visable under thin layer or meat against the skin.
I process all my own deer, so never weighed him but can assure you he was every bit of 200 on the hoof, probably more like 250. I process a lot of deer from IL that a buddy kills and this could have been one of his smaller kills, (most are well over 300 lbs)
just his neck meat alone was over 25 lbs.
Sunday was just me and Micheal. About an hour or so after light, I looked right, saw him walking by, saw long tines, rasied, shot and that was it.
It took all of 3-4 seconds. He took off the same way he was headed, crashing into everything, so I felt good about the hit. All went silent, and I got worried. Micheal is about 350 yards from me and said he heard it crashing through, I got really worried it had gone farther than I thought. I gave it 25 minutes and started at impact location...nothing. Walked the direction I saw him run, about 15 yards down I looked up and saw him laying there dead. he made it about 40 yards total, VERY little blood trail honestly as the bullet didnt exit. Shot placement was perfect, broke a rib going in, rib going out after crushing the heart, through part of the shoulder, no bone though, and logged just visable under thin layer or meat against the skin.
I process all my own deer, so never weighed him but can assure you he was every bit of 200 on the hoof, probably more like 250. I process a lot of deer from IL that a buddy kills and this could have been one of his smaller kills, (most are well over 300 lbs)
just his neck meat alone was over 25 lbs.
the maddog
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Thanks for the story, Spur, at least it was a clean and quick kill, that makes the venison alot better eating rather than a deerstressing for hours after being shot. Good thing that you shattered the heart on that Big Bruiser cause no telling where he could have got off to without leaving a blootrail, he would have had some major hiding places at his mature age. Nothin like the feeling of walking up to arack like that on the ground...makes you glad to be a country boy! From the pics I figured he was pushing 180lbs field dressed, being lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time requires a good deal of skills and patience....U Da Man Dat Day!</p>
Hey Spur, the way you described the sign post rubs and size of area, you may not want to sit and smile at your laurels just yet. Normally a Buck of that caliber is more discreet with his does unless he has a fierce competitor to impress and discourage. Might want to take those tarsals back and hang one in a tree on either side of youabout 50 yards N/S or E/W of your stand and see if there is yet another breeder buck working those does...seen this technique pay off more than a couple times over the years on Carter Mtn. Good Luck Big Guy!</p>
Hey Spur, the way you described the sign post rubs and size of area, you may not want to sit and smile at your laurels just yet. Normally a Buck of that caliber is more discreet with his does unless he has a fierce competitor to impress and discourage. Might want to take those tarsals back and hang one in a tree on either side of youabout 50 yards N/S or E/W of your stand and see if there is yet another breeder buck working those does...seen this technique pay off more than a couple times over the years on Carter Mtn. Good Luck Big Guy!</p>
