Merle Hawggard
5 year old buck +
Bill
Administrator
Hang your head in shame...
So I let one of the big mature 9 pointers on my place go 3 times this morning at 200 yards, he was limping hard. (Same buck my brother let walk 3 weeks ago.) The 4th time he was dogging a doe at 90 yards and sporting an obviously broken leg and I decided to shoot him, I doubt he would have grown better antlers with that break if he made it.
I could not get him to stop. Even screamed at him. So Like a newbie I threw three his way and he hit the thick brush following his girl. He never acknowledged the shots. 5 minutes later he was back with his girl but didn’t leave.
149 3/8” 210 lbs on the hoof.
I’ll get some pics tomorrow.
So I let one of the big mature 9 pointers on my place go 3 times this morning at 200 yards, he was limping hard. (Same buck my brother let walk 3 weeks ago.) The 4th time he was dogging a doe at 90 yards and sporting an obviously broken leg and I decided to shoot him, I doubt he would have grown better antlers with that break if he made it.
I could not get him to stop. Even screamed at him. So Like a newbie I threw three his way and he hit the thick brush following his girl. He never acknowledged the shots. 5 minutes later he was back with his girl but didn’t leave.
149 3/8” 210 lbs on the hoof.
I’ll get some pics tomorrow.
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ksgobbler
5 year old buck +
Merle Hawggard
5 year old buck +
Talk about kicking a guy when hes down!
Nice buck Bill, congrats!
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Tree Spud
5 year old buck +
Nice work Bill, good looking buck! We all have our newbie moments 
It was a brisk 19 deg F this morning and lots of activity early. Saw 12 doe and 2 bucks. No shooters but probably one of the more active opening days in a while with lots of shooting around and only 2 shoots 15-20 minutes before opening.
It was a brisk 19 deg F this morning and lots of activity early. Saw 12 doe and 2 bucks. No shooters but probably one of the more active opening days in a while with lots of shooting around and only 2 shoots 15-20 minutes before opening.
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trampledbyturtles
5 year old buck +
Live from the truck.
Tis' rifle season.
Where I take a break and try to revive deer camp.
Got the wife in one of my favorite bowstands, her first ever sit in a stand. Trying to convince her to pick up the bow.
Got Dad overlooking the grounds in his favorite spot in the tower blind.
Life is good
Mortenson
5 year old buck +
Bill, that's a crazy story, and it ends with a bruiser of a buck on the ground! Congrats on getting him, even after he was "caught and released." So what's the story on the azz-kicker buck?? Is he just a bigger deer, or a better street fighter? Hard to believe powerful looking deer like yours got whomped on so badly.
Bill
Administrator
only 2 shoots 15-20 minutes before opening.
Isn’t that the same everywhere :)
Bill
Administrator
Not 100% sure. I got 5 pics in that sequence and never got a good look at the bully’s antlers. The one I shot was hanging with a bigger nine this summer. They were buds then. It might have been him but I haven’t seen a hair of him since about the second of October.
When I zoom in this looks broken during the fight.
And I can see the gouge here. Maybe his buddy just plowed him like a bull and broke it.
trampledbyturtles
5 year old buck +
If my "buddy" plowed me with his horns.
Think I would start looking for new friends, ha
Think I would start looking for new friends, ha
Bill
Administrator
I hear that!
Gravel Road
5 year old buck +
Watch those case neck splits. They look like they've seen a few reloads
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Boy that is a nice one Bill. A big congratulations.
Bill
Administrator
Yep they’ve been resized a few times. The splits go in the can. ;)
