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Post by tickman1961 on Dec 12, 2009 12:58:41 GMT -5
In a ground blind, this fellow was following 5 does that I let pass, shot was about 15 yards....  |
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Post by Greenedog on Dec 12, 2009 14:21:41 GMT -5
Great buck, congrats!
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Post by Decatur on Dec 12, 2009 16:01:57 GMT -5
Very nice! Grats!
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Post by UrbanArcher82 on Dec 12, 2009 21:19:53 GMT -5
Great buck, especially this late in the season. That Owen Co. there, love it down there, my son and I turkey hunt Owen- Greene Co. line. Most years I have to force my self to come back here.
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Post by Decatur on Dec 12, 2009 21:25:13 GMT -5
You have a son and you play for Sheridan?! ;d  |
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Post by freedomhunter on Dec 12, 2009 22:48:26 GMT -5
yes sir, way to stick with it, awesome
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Post by tickman1961 on Dec 13, 2009 8:15:25 GMT -5
Friday morning started off by going to work till 12:00 noon. Started to the woods around 2:30 pm and proceeded to make the big walk back to the ground blind I have set up at the back end of the property I hunt on. The walk is about a quarter of a mile or so along the north edge via an old pipeline right of way. After turning the corner on my final approach to the stand I notice a couple of deer about 500 yards away in a hay field that was overseeded with red clover. I continued on to my stand stopping occasionally to glass the two deer in the field. I determined they were both small racked bucks and since they were on the neighbors property I went to my ground blind that does not have a view of the hay field. Proceeded to settle in my blind around 3:00 pm and ditched the cushin I had because it was wet and frozen. Waited patiently with nothing moving until 4:30 pm, when I saw a big doe come from my left about 20 yards away over a small rise, suprising me because of how close it was and I froze immediatey. Right behind the doe was a couple of smaller does, so far that is all I can see. I'm enjoying the show as they slowly move on and another smaller doe steps up and another big doe behind her. The big doe stops and pauses for seemed like hours and I caught a flash of something behind her but could not see another deer because of the terrain. The 5 deer move on, all of them still within 20 yards of my blind. When all of the sudden I see a tall rack coming up and taking the same path all the other deer came from. I had to wait and watch him and was finally able to grab my gun, which was still leaning against the blind. There is a ash tree I used to get the gun up as he went behind it and proceeded to walk toward the does going to my right. I took the shot at 15 yards as he was slowly following the other deer. When the smoke cleared every other deer scooted up the hill toward the west and Daddy moved the other way, stumbleld around, knocked his right antler off his head, then laid down about 40 yards away from my blind in full sight. It was a good day! |
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Post by turkeyscout on Dec 13, 2009 8:54:26 GMT -5
...........AWESOME, VERY NICE BUCK INDEAD TICKMAN 1961, you just got to love sweet owen county.....  ....., nice hunt for this time of year, i hope you had a a easy drag in thoses"hills... .....thanks for sharing..................turkey scout |
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Post by varmint101 on Dec 13, 2009 10:24:57 GMT -5
Dang that sucks he knocked his antler off! Great buck!!!
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Post by whitetail1 on Dec 13, 2009 10:51:30 GMT -5
Beautiful buck! Congrats!
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Post by mullis56 on Dec 13, 2009 11:38:32 GMT -5
Great deer and story!
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Dec 14, 2009 18:26:32 GMT -5
Tickman, Way to go. Your patience, determination and passing those younger bucks paid off. A beautful mature whitetail indeed. Congrats.
HH
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Post by magnum500 on Dec 14, 2009 19:04:39 GMT -5
Great buck! Nice going!
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 14, 2009 19:06:00 GMT -5
Great buck and story.
Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2009 19:41:33 GMT -5
That is a very fine looking buck!
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Post by hoosier on Dec 14, 2009 22:43:12 GMT -5
Congrats Tickman, Way to hang in there. Beautiful buck there!
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Post by vectrix on Dec 15, 2009 15:47:48 GMT -5
You have a son and you play for Sheridan?! ;d He flunked 8 yrs straight!!! Sorry was logged on his name. ;D |
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Post by jabba on Dec 16, 2009 9:39:42 GMT -5
That is a very interesting rack. Nice too.
I love the racks with "character". A dandy fo shure.
Jabba
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Post by deerbiskit on Dec 16, 2009 17:32:58 GMT -5
great buck, great job!
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....., nice hunt for this time of year, i hope you had a a easy drag in thoses"hills... 
