H20fwler
5 year old buck +
Our deer gun season is this week.
Monday ended up seeing eight does&fawns heard a lot of shooting.
Tuesday had a couple does and fawns walk by early heard a few shots it was pretty windy.
Then a little before 9:00 deer just started pouring in from the SW. Seven or eight at a time running along the south side of woods and of course I was in wrong stand, I was sixty yards through the woods close to north side. When it finally slowed down forty plus deer had gone by! At least one was a buck but that’s all I could tell, after about a half hour four ran by going the other way. That afternoon I saw two different does with twin fawns.
Today was windy again and started slow, around eight a big doe with fawn trotted by to north along pasture edge. Then at nine a big doe with a fawn in tow went by slow fifty sixty yards right out in front of me in woods...a minute later here comes this fat buck trailing her. Today he was “just right”! He ran right through my shooting lanes and then stopped for a couple minutes in cover. The doe and fawn walked out towards pasture to north, the buck started zig zagging around and broke out to the left about sixty yards away and I shot. He mule kicked ran about thirty yards and piled up. .. he’s not the biggest I’ve ever shot and I’m pretty sure I passed him during bow season but I’m tickled with him. A decent eight with a broken right main beam, I’ll post pics of him in my land tour next week when I get off vacation.
Monday ended up seeing eight does&fawns heard a lot of shooting.
Tuesday had a couple does and fawns walk by early heard a few shots it was pretty windy.
Then a little before 9:00 deer just started pouring in from the SW. Seven or eight at a time running along the south side of woods and of course I was in wrong stand, I was sixty yards through the woods close to north side. When it finally slowed down forty plus deer had gone by! At least one was a buck but that’s all I could tell, after about a half hour four ran by going the other way. That afternoon I saw two different does with twin fawns.
Today was windy again and started slow, around eight a big doe with fawn trotted by to north along pasture edge. Then at nine a big doe with a fawn in tow went by slow fifty sixty yards right out in front of me in woods...a minute later here comes this fat buck trailing her. Today he was “just right”! He ran right through my shooting lanes and then stopped for a couple minutes in cover. The doe and fawn walked out towards pasture to north, the buck started zig zagging around and broke out to the left about sixty yards away and I shot. He mule kicked ran about thirty yards and piled up. .. he’s not the biggest I’ve ever shot and I’m pretty sure I passed him during bow season but I’m tickled with him. A decent eight with a broken right main beam, I’ll post pics of him in my land tour next week when I get off vacation.
Merle Hawggard
5 year old buck +
Congrats!
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Catscratch
5 year old buck +
I always grabbed the bow during rifle season. The bows are going to try rifle though.
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ksgobbler
5 year old buck +
Never shot a deer with a rifle. In this stand a rifle wouldnt extend range due to trees. Leaning towards the bow
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Grab whatever you feel like. My oldest has a goal of shooting a deer with everything. He hunted with a 1911 for a while last yr. Has killed deer with an AR. A bow. A crossbow. And is using a .50 cal this evening. It's all fun!
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Catscratch
5 year old buck +
He got him one with the 50. It packs a punch!
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bigbendmarine
5 year old buck +
Had this new fella show up on camera over the past week so made a near all-day sit today (9:30am to about 5:15pm). Double lung shot with .243 but he proved a bit of a runner (and light bleeder after about 15 yards). Cleaning and icing ahead so will save longer tale for my "Florida Destiny" land tour page. Thankful to the Big Man above for both letting him walk in front of me and for helping me find him before the yotes had a chance!
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scott44
5 year old buck +
Congrats!
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
ghilliehunter
5 year old buck +
Nice buck. Nice shot. What 50 are you guys using?
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Thanks! It's a gun I built when I was a machinist. No brand name, just a homemade job. Single shot, breach loaded.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Congrats Bigbendmarine!! He's a dandy buck.
