Saturday success, Love that Muzzy!

;DBrrrrrr, was it cold Saturday afternoon! I am fortunate to have some really good friends in Fayette County that allow me to hunt their property. We have been seeing deer all year and just hadn't been able to put it together. Finally, Saturday I had a little luck go my way. I got in my stand around 3:00pm and had the good fortune to have 13 turkeys come out to a cut corn field and feed for 30 minutes before moving out to roost. I remember thinking to myself, even if I didn't see any deer this was a good hunt. Around 3:45 two yearling button bucks came out and fed in the corn field then walked right under me playing like two kids in the playground. Right behind them was momma, a good mature doe. She followed behind them but stayed covered by the trees and thicket. After about 10 minutes she stepped out broadside and gave me a perfect shot, I pulled the trigger and the Knight Wolverine lit up, she then ran about 45 yards and went down. I was watching her, and she immediately stood right back up, so as quickly as possible, I reloaded. After getting reloaded, I looked up and couldn't see her, I looked thru the scope and saw her legs and tail sticking out behind a tree, she was down for good. Realizing I still had plenty of shooting light left I sat back down and tried to compose myself, the combination of the weather and just taking the doe had me shook up and shivering (lol). About 45 minutes later the buck came across the field following the same path that the doe and two button bucks had used. He was on a mission and I knew that I would have to try and stop him. Once he got in my shooting lane (about 25 yards), I grunted and he didn't hear it so I tried again much louder and he stopped dead in his tracks. I then placed the cross hairs on his vitals and lit up my Wolverine again. He jumped up and kicked then took off, he went about 55 yards and I heard a really loud crash, like he ran right into a tree. I sat back down, reloaded again, and once again had to compose myself. After 10 minutes, with light fading, I got down and went over to check the doe. It was a perfect shot taking both lungs. I then went looking for the buck, he ran right to a big pile up tree tops, from cutting wood, and jumped right into the middle of it to expire. Man what a hunt! I then went and got Randy, my buddy and property owner and we got his quads out to retrieve them. Randy helped field dress the deer and pulled both of them out with his quad, I could'nt have picked a better person to share this experience with, a few high fives and congratulations and we had the deer loaded. Thanks Randy and Jane for allowing me to enjoy your place, I really appreciate you guys and the opportunity you give me.
If you do a search on my post, it won't take long to realize how much I love hunting during the muzzleloader season with my Wolverine. Everything was perfect Saturday and it was a great hunt.




This buck won't make any record books, but he is definitely a trophy that I am proud of and I'm already looking forward to enjoying him at the kitchen table.