Bill
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Sorry long story and some of these pics have been posted over the years in other threads.
In January of 2015 a decent 10 showed up. I pegged him for a 3.5 year old. Sorry can't quickly find the pics and better ones are coming anyway.
2016
He was regular all summer and wasn't afraid to show up in the daylight. Late September he was still in his summer pattern hitting the beans before dark. I had a friend visiting and decided to put him on this deer.
You can see my friend above this deer (who got a pass). A Deer showed after dark under him and I got the text to rescue him in the side by side.
Repeated the process the next day and the 10 came out just after shooting light. My friend was in the tree above him waiting for a pick up. We dubbed him "Lucky" and the name stuck.
He stopped showing on camera in early October and I had him counted as dead because there is no way he uses my property only.
In December he showed back up. I thought something looked off about his pics and switched to video mode. Sure enough he had a limp from a wound. He was passing the camera almost daily in daylight and I thought about heading out for him. Since he lived through the rifle season I decided to roll the dice and leave him alone.
Was stoked to find his antlers in the spring.
But was also worried he may have died. Those antlers fell off early and he looked sickly by January.
2017 spring and early summer came with no signs of him. Then in July he became a regular again. Notice the deer to the right. There's a story here. The smaller deers antler resembled lucky's and I did not want to shoot the small one that year. He had a noticeable weak right side so that would be my way to ID him in the heat of the moment. The neighboring property eventually killed the smaller one.
Lucky disappeared again in Early October but he did visit me on November 2nd. When the deer hit the kill plot I noticed a weak right side and reached for my camera rather than the bow. Note to self. While video taping a deer through a 2.5 inch view finder it's hard to get a read on them. As he walked away I had an inclination that I screwed up. The TV screen confirmed it later that night. My number 1 target busted a G2 and I miss ID'd him and let him walk away from the worlds easiest 20 yard shot.....he was obviously given the right name.
He disappeared again until late December. Rinse, repeat, with a broken G2 and having lived through rifle season again I left him alone but swear I could have taken him late season.
2018
This year he again spent the summer gracing my cameras but mostly at night. From Mid to late July on it was only at night. Here's a shot
We've had a string of 90 degree days. Yesterday a storm rolled in at 4 PM and the temp fell to 76. Weather man said 70 by 6:00PM and the wind was perfect for his haunt. 20 degree drop got him on his feet before dark....
So ends the saga of "Lucky"
I measured twice and added twice and I'm getting just over 185 gross
Some guys hate X Bows and this is the first deer I've killed with one. I was crapping my pants just the same when he stepped out as I would have been with a sling shot.
In January of 2015 a decent 10 showed up. I pegged him for a 3.5 year old. Sorry can't quickly find the pics and better ones are coming anyway.
2016
He was regular all summer and wasn't afraid to show up in the daylight. Late September he was still in his summer pattern hitting the beans before dark. I had a friend visiting and decided to put him on this deer.
You can see my friend above this deer (who got a pass). A Deer showed after dark under him and I got the text to rescue him in the side by side.
Repeated the process the next day and the 10 came out just after shooting light. My friend was in the tree above him waiting for a pick up. We dubbed him "Lucky" and the name stuck.
He stopped showing on camera in early October and I had him counted as dead because there is no way he uses my property only.
In December he showed back up. I thought something looked off about his pics and switched to video mode. Sure enough he had a limp from a wound. He was passing the camera almost daily in daylight and I thought about heading out for him. Since he lived through the rifle season I decided to roll the dice and leave him alone.
Was stoked to find his antlers in the spring.
But was also worried he may have died. Those antlers fell off early and he looked sickly by January.
2017 spring and early summer came with no signs of him. Then in July he became a regular again. Notice the deer to the right. There's a story here. The smaller deers antler resembled lucky's and I did not want to shoot the small one that year. He had a noticeable weak right side so that would be my way to ID him in the heat of the moment. The neighboring property eventually killed the smaller one.
Lucky disappeared again in Early October but he did visit me on November 2nd. When the deer hit the kill plot I noticed a weak right side and reached for my camera rather than the bow. Note to self. While video taping a deer through a 2.5 inch view finder it's hard to get a read on them. As he walked away I had an inclination that I screwed up. The TV screen confirmed it later that night. My number 1 target busted a G2 and I miss ID'd him and let him walk away from the worlds easiest 20 yard shot.....he was obviously given the right name.
He disappeared again until late December. Rinse, repeat, with a broken G2 and having lived through rifle season again I left him alone but swear I could have taken him late season.
2018
This year he again spent the summer gracing my cameras but mostly at night. From Mid to late July on it was only at night. Here's a shot
We've had a string of 90 degree days. Yesterday a storm rolled in at 4 PM and the temp fell to 76. Weather man said 70 by 6:00PM and the wind was perfect for his haunt. 20 degree drop got him on his feet before dark....
So ends the saga of "Lucky"
I measured twice and added twice and I'm getting just over 185 gross
Some guys hate X Bows and this is the first deer I've killed with one. I was crapping my pants just the same when he stepped out as I would have been with a sling shot.
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