younggun1849
5 year old buck +
It's the off season and I figured I'd take a trip down memory lane. I was talking hunting with a family member over Christmas dinner last night, and I realized I have been cursed. I call it the 9 point curse.
It started in 2007, I was a junior in high school and just started to get serious about bowhunting. November 8th I was blessed to have this buck come by at 8 yards and he was my first P&Y buck. This is what really started got me hooked on bow hunting. He is still my best buck to date, a 9 point.
2009 was my freshman year of college and hunting was very limited that year because I was 2 hours from home and only made it back for a few weekends. November 1st I had a buck come down off a ridge, make a scrape, and come right by my set. My college roomate came home with me to film, but he came down with swine flu the night we got here, so I hunted all weekend by myself. I saw this buck coming in, and saw a G4 on his left side, I figured he was a 10 point. I shot him at 20 yards, and heard him pile up. We tracked him, and low and behold, he broke his G2 on his right side, so he was a 9 point.
2010 was my sophomore year of college, and more importantly, I finally had a car at school with me! I scouted some public land just outside of Duluth, MN and found an awesome pinch point. It was a hardwood ridge with swamp on both sides, and I knew it would be a hot spot come the rut. My first ever hunt in MN was October 25th, , I got done with class and headed straight for the tree. Temps dropped, it was misting out, and I figured deer would be on their feet. I was in tree for 45 minutes and I heard a branch crack, looked to my right and here came horns. He walked by at 10 yards and my first MN buck was on the ground. This was definitely my favorite track job, as all of my roommates helped me out. We found the buck and celebrated how any college kid would, beer, and lots of it! It was a Tuesday night, and not one of us went to class on Wednesday! Definitely a day I won't every forget! Oh, and you guessed it, he was a 9 pointer!
2013 I just graduated from college and was very excited to have my first fall back at home in 4 years. We just purchased our family farm, and I had a few other farms I hunted in the area. I had a 10 point on my radar, he was all over the cameras, and my buddy and I decided to hunt him. October 23rd a cold front moved in, and I figured he would be hitting the soybeans. Sure enough he came out into the beans, but not before standing on the field edge scanning for danger for 5 minutes before he took a step into the field. He worked his way our way, and I shot him at 15 yards, while my buddy Cory captured it all on film. It was very bittersweet as Cory and I had been trying to kill a buck on camera for probably 5 years, and it finally came together! I'm sitting there in the tree thinking I finally shot a 10 point! I just had pictures of him the day before and he was a 10 point. We tracked him, and he had broke a brow tine off at some point between the last picture I got and when I shot him!! How's that for luck! Regardless, I was very happy with him, and an awesome day in a tree with a great friend! The curse continued!
This year the curse was not broken! I shot a main frame 8 with a kicker on his G2 on November 14th on my MN lease. It's pretty comical that now have five 9 points on the wall, zero 8's, and zero 10's! It will be interesting to see how long it will take to break the curse, regardless I've had a hell of a fun time trying to break it! Time will tell!
It started in 2007, I was a junior in high school and just started to get serious about bowhunting. November 8th I was blessed to have this buck come by at 8 yards and he was my first P&Y buck. This is what really started got me hooked on bow hunting. He is still my best buck to date, a 9 point.
2009 was my freshman year of college and hunting was very limited that year because I was 2 hours from home and only made it back for a few weekends. November 1st I had a buck come down off a ridge, make a scrape, and come right by my set. My college roomate came home with me to film, but he came down with swine flu the night we got here, so I hunted all weekend by myself. I saw this buck coming in, and saw a G4 on his left side, I figured he was a 10 point. I shot him at 20 yards, and heard him pile up. We tracked him, and low and behold, he broke his G2 on his right side, so he was a 9 point.
2010 was my sophomore year of college, and more importantly, I finally had a car at school with me! I scouted some public land just outside of Duluth, MN and found an awesome pinch point. It was a hardwood ridge with swamp on both sides, and I knew it would be a hot spot come the rut. My first ever hunt in MN was October 25th, , I got done with class and headed straight for the tree. Temps dropped, it was misting out, and I figured deer would be on their feet. I was in tree for 45 minutes and I heard a branch crack, looked to my right and here came horns. He walked by at 10 yards and my first MN buck was on the ground. This was definitely my favorite track job, as all of my roommates helped me out. We found the buck and celebrated how any college kid would, beer, and lots of it! It was a Tuesday night, and not one of us went to class on Wednesday! Definitely a day I won't every forget! Oh, and you guessed it, he was a 9 pointer!
2013 I just graduated from college and was very excited to have my first fall back at home in 4 years. We just purchased our family farm, and I had a few other farms I hunted in the area. I had a 10 point on my radar, he was all over the cameras, and my buddy and I decided to hunt him. October 23rd a cold front moved in, and I figured he would be hitting the soybeans. Sure enough he came out into the beans, but not before standing on the field edge scanning for danger for 5 minutes before he took a step into the field. He worked his way our way, and I shot him at 15 yards, while my buddy Cory captured it all on film. It was very bittersweet as Cory and I had been trying to kill a buck on camera for probably 5 years, and it finally came together! I'm sitting there in the tree thinking I finally shot a 10 point! I just had pictures of him the day before and he was a 10 point. We tracked him, and he had broke a brow tine off at some point between the last picture I got and when I shot him!! How's that for luck! Regardless, I was very happy with him, and an awesome day in a tree with a great friend! The curse continued!
This year the curse was not broken! I shot a main frame 8 with a kicker on his G2 on November 14th on my MN lease. It's pretty comical that now have five 9 points on the wall, zero 8's, and zero 10's! It will be interesting to see how long it will take to break the curse, regardless I've had a hell of a fun time trying to break it! Time will tell!