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Post by js2397 on Nov 9, 2014 20:25:41 GMT -5
Today I was pressed for time so instead of going to my normal spot I went right behind my house. At 730 I rattled, I was looking around and when I looked up there was a huge buck standing in front of me in my freshly cut cornfield. I grunted at him several times and he finally decided to come in, and he came right in. I ended up shooting him at 12 yards. I guess the angle was too steep so I only hit one lung and the arrow came out through his stomach. I didn't know this while I was waiting in my stand but I'm glad I wasn't in a hurry to get down. About 20 minutes after I shot him I watched him cross the field again and head into a clear cut. His mouth was open and he was panting so I knew he would probably bed over there and die. After that I got down and when I saw green slime on the arrow I knew I needed to wait. I called a guy with a dog and we went back out around 3. We got turned around a few times but finally found him about 100 yards in there. He is a 10 pointer with several kickers and he weighed 200 lbs field dressed.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2014 20:29:00 GMT -5
Great buck! It's amazing how tough they are!
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Post by HuntMeister on Nov 9, 2014 20:30:30 GMT -5
Nice buck, congrats!
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Post by jdaily on Nov 9, 2014 20:36:04 GMT -5
Nice, big derr. Congrats!
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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 9, 2014 20:36:33 GMT -5
That's a great looking buck.
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Post by piercings4u on Nov 9, 2014 20:57:55 GMT -5
Holy moly! Congrats!
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 9, 2014 21:04:48 GMT -5
Congratulations! Was the dog a seasoned tracker?
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Post by 10point on Nov 9, 2014 21:19:36 GMT -5
Nice
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Post by htownhunter on Nov 9, 2014 21:20:31 GMT -5
Congratulations on a very nice buck
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Post by bart1533 on Nov 9, 2014 21:23:17 GMT -5
Nice..congrats.
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Post by js2397 on Nov 10, 2014 6:09:55 GMT -5
Congratulations! Was the dog a seasoned tracker? Yes, it belongs to a local taxidermist and he usually helps several people a year find deer. |
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Post by HighCotton on Nov 10, 2014 7:24:59 GMT -5
Sweet! Congratulations!
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 10, 2014 7:42:33 GMT -5
Great buck.
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Post by jrbhunter on Nov 11, 2014 13:44:24 GMT -5
Great deer, congrats!
I had a little bit of deja-vu over this one. A year ago this weekend I'd put 14 coyotes in the truck and one hung up at 300+ yards in a pasture so I thumped him. Couldn't find him in the grass, asked if his dog would find it and ironically he'd just finished trailing a 140" buck on that SAME PROPERTY.
Flash forward to this weekend, I had 10 coyotes down and one hung up in that same pasture and I thumped him at 355. Same deal, looked dead in the scope but wading around in the grass yielded nothing. Ironically, the dog had just finished trailing your buck... on another property this time. He's saved a lot of deer hunters heartache with that dog but honestly it's not a huge heart breaker to let the buzzards find my coyotes so I've yet to use it. I just go back and get them out of the field so the landowners don't complain.
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Post by js2397 on Nov 11, 2014 16:05:26 GMT -5
Great deer, congrats! I had a little bit of deja-vu over this one. A year ago this weekend I'd put 14 coyotes in the truck and one hung up at 300+ yards in a pasture so I thumped him. Couldn't find him in the grass, asked if his dog would find it and ironically he'd just finished trailing a 140" buck on that SAME PROPERTY. Flash forward to this weekend, I had 10 coyotes down and one hung up in that same pasture and I thumped him at 355. Same deal, looked dead in the scope but wading around in the grass yielded nothing. Ironically, the dog had just finished trailing your buck... on another property this time. He's saved a lot of deer hunters heartache with that dog but honestly it's not a huge heart breaker to let the buzzards find my coyotes so I've yet to use it. I just go back and get them out of the field so the landowners don't complain. I don't think I would have found it without him. This is my first archery buck and my biggest deer to date. |
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