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Post by boman on Nov 20, 2019 17:37:17 GMT -5
Well after reading all the great threads about everyone's success this past weekend I thought I would let you guys know how my opener went. Opening day didn't go quite as planned---thanks to my daughter---who(without consulting me as usual---LOL made other plans. The picture explains it all I did get to hunt on Sunday so stay tuned there's more to follow. Jess-and-Dad by steve bowman, on Flickr
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 20, 2019 17:48:47 GMT -5
Well after reading all the great threads about everyone's success this past weekend I thought I would let you guys know how my opener went. Opening day didn't go quite as planned---thanks to my daughter---who(without consulting me as usual---LOL made other plans. The picture explains it all I did get to hunt on Sunday so stay tuned there's more to follow. Jess-and-Dad by steve bowman, on Flickr My congratulations! There ARE more important things in life than deer hunting!
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Post by boman on Nov 20, 2019 18:17:11 GMT -5
Thanks Woody---and your right. Ok now for the rest of the weekend! Now that you guys know what I did all day Saturday let me tell you how Sunday went. I have an hour and 20 minute drive from Indy to Tippecanoe county where I hunt and made it into my hide and was all set up by 7:40. That’s after a 5 hr. drive to get back from eastern Ohio, where the wedding was, Saturday night. The morning was pretty relaxing with just a fawn at 8:30 and a doe(probably momma) at 9 and a couple of eagles soaring overhead around eleven. I stayed warm too LOL. I grabbed a quick lunch at 12:30 and was back into my hide by 1:30. Around 2:45 things got interesting. I looked down the field and saw a doe and a buck. I looked thru my scope and recognized him. He was following a doe that came out of the woods into the crp field I hunt. She was 375 to 400 yds away slowly feeding across and towards me shortening the distance and was going to go around a choke point that’s 264 yds away. He was following about 75yds behind her; walking, standing and watching. I watched thru the scope as well as over the top of the rifle planning the shot and when he stepped into the green waterway at the choke point I sent the bullet--DRT. I didn’t pull the forearm down into the tripod firmly enough and recoil put the nosler 125 grain accutip a little higher than I would have liked, hitting the left ribs about 2inches below the spine just behind the shoulder. Never the less, the bullet performed as designed.. The shot distance was 254yds and the entire encounter was a really neat 10 to 12 minutes. Pictures. First one is him last year, second one is this year, third one dead on 11/17/2019 at 3:01 p.m. The fourth pic is from my straw bale hide. The yellow dot is where they came out and the orange dot is the point where he was shot. He is 4 1/2 or older and weighted 188 field dressed. IMG_0091 by steve bowman, on Flickr MFDC8868 by steve bowman, on Flickr 20191117_152315 by steve bowman, on Flickr 20181125_121420_LI (2) by steve bowman, on Flickr
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Post by dawnpatrol on Nov 20, 2019 18:34:43 GMT -5
Alot to be proud of!!!!! Congrats!!!!!
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Post by bowonlykindofguy1 on Nov 20, 2019 18:49:54 GMT -5
Sounds like a very fulfilling weekend!
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Post by jajwrigh on Nov 20, 2019 19:24:00 GMT -5
Good stuff!
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Post by bill9068 on Nov 20, 2019 19:29:58 GMT -5
Congratulations, great shot!
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Post by butlerj on Nov 20, 2019 19:47:42 GMT -5
Congratulations on such an awesome weekend. Nice Buck to complete it!
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Post by freedomhunter on Nov 20, 2019 19:49:31 GMT -5
Congratulations! Great shot. Doesnt look like he grew much antler from last year. Very nice buck
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Post by schall53 on Nov 20, 2019 19:53:27 GMT -5
Congratulations
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Post by boman on Nov 20, 2019 20:32:47 GMT -5
Congratulations, great shot! Thanks---It's the longest so far in that field from the "hide". The closest has been 63 yds. The dots in the picture below represent where a 31/2 or older buck(I try to shot only mature bucks) was shot and killed. I have confidence in my equipment and will shoot out to 300yds on the right deer. The rifle pictured is a 30-06 custom mauser built by me on a 1908 DWM action and I'm shooting a sub minute of angle handload. I shoot from a sitting position over a tripod and have the field well ranged and know the ballistics of my handload at the different ranges. 20181125_121420_LI (4) by steve bowman, on Flickr Steve
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Post by boman on Nov 20, 2019 20:41:49 GMT -5
Congratulations! Great shot. Doesnt look like he grew much antler from last year. Very nice buck Thanks--I agree he hasn't added much over last year. The only change I see is the g3 on his left beam which is a little longer I think. FWIW I have found in my years of hunting and watching whitetails their antler type is pretty well fixed by genetics and established at maturity. As they age the diameters(mass) increase and stickers/abnoral points may become prevalent. Steve
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Nov 20, 2019 21:37:58 GMT -5
Nice buck! Congrats on an all-around successful weekend!
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Post by freedomhunter on Nov 20, 2019 21:52:11 GMT -5
Congratulations! Great shot. Doesnt look like he grew much antler from last year. Very nice buck Thanks--I agree he hasn't added much over last year. The only change I see is the g3 on his left beam which is a little longer I think. FWIW I have found in my years of hunting and watching whitetails their antler type is pretty well fixed by genetics and established at maturity. As they age the diameters(mass) increase and stickers/abnoral points may become prevalent. Steve I usually see the big jump from 3 to 4 years old add 20" if not 30 or even 40" of antler at least where I hunt three different areas of central indiana.
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 20, 2019 22:14:29 GMT -5
Beautiful deer and an even more beautiful bride! Congrats
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Post by elmo on Nov 20, 2019 22:23:47 GMT -5
Congrats on a wonderful weekend.
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Post by boman on Nov 20, 2019 23:11:16 GMT -5
Thanks--I agree he hasn't added much over last year. The only change I see is the g3 on his left beam which is a little longer I think. FWIW I have found in my years of hunting and watching whitetails their antler type is pretty well fixed by genetics and established at maturity. As they age the diameters(mass) increase and stickers/abnoral points may become prevalent. Steve I usually see the big jump from 3 to 4 years old add 20" if not 30 or even 40" of antler at least where I hunt three different areas of central indiana. Could be---I wouldn't know---I don't measure antlers. I do know the biologists will tell you an average adult whitetail buck will measure around 135 to 140 inches if my memory serves me correctly. My data base for estimating age is based on obsevations of live deer and lots of camera trap pics but primarily on body weights of deer I and others have killed in Tippecanoe and Washington Counties. This years buck could well have been an adult last year and older than 4 1/2 this year. I do know at 188lbs he fits perfectly into the mature/adult 4 1/2 or older range of my database which is the age group I target. Steve
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Post by featherduster on Nov 21, 2019 1:25:37 GMT -5
Your a lucky man in more ways than one, congratulations.
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Post by raydon on Nov 21, 2019 6:28:11 GMT -5
Congratulations. What scope are you using?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2019 7:32:30 GMT -5
Super. Congrats to you and Daughter on the wedding and 2nd on a great buck. Wow what a weekend. Congrats again!
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