I had a great morning ;) I left my home in Oregon yesterday to go to my grandparents' 3500 acre ranch for our annual Oklahoma whitetail hunt.
As I approached my stand this morning, the shape of a deer caught my eye. It was bedded not 50 yards behind my stand..As I lifted my binoculars, I confirmed it was a buck. I quietly unzipped my backpack and poured out a little doe estrus scent. I climbed up to the platform, got an arrow nocked and waited. About 20 minutes went by and I heard footsteps approaching. I looked to my left to see the 3x3 I had seen bedded earlier walking up to my stand from behind. He had a noticable limp, and I knew he was injured. I waited for a good shot oppurtunity. As he turned broadside I drew and released, rushing the shot. At first I thought I missed low, but after finding my arrow, I found I had hit the buck low. He raised his head at the shot and stood his ground. As he began to walk off I grabbed another arrow. At 20 yards he stopped slightly quartering away. "OK Craig," I told myself, "Make this one count." I came to full draw, got my back tension, aimed and followed through. My arrow struck the deer slighty behind the crease of the front leg. I knew he wouldn't go far.
After a 45 minute wait I took up the trail and found him dead 60 yards from where the second arrow struck him! To say I was happy is an understatement!
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I used my 435 grain Victory V-Force 300 arrows, 52#@30" DAS Kinetics recurve, STS system, SRF sight, and Eclipse and STOS broadheads.
Nice deer! Congrats!
congrats thats a nice buck you got there.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! :clapper:
Very nice good job :thumbsup:
Nice job taking an injured one outta the herd.
That is a really good one,congrats.
Very nice job Craig and a hell of a job keeping your cool under pressure to make that second shot! Congrats on a great buck! Matt
p.s. nice hat :p
Dandy buck! Congratulations.
Congrats young man. It's great to see our youth enjoying the great outdoors and harvesting natures bounty. Happy for ya
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Also like the plaid and Borsalino , shows you understand and acknowledge our heritage :clapper:
Congrats! Well done!
Nice job :clapper:
" my arrow struck him slightly behind the crease...dead in 60 yards" Now that's the way to hit them ! Outstanding job all around young man.Congrats!
Awesome Work :thumbsup: I love the shirt.
Very nice, CONGRATS!!! Shawn :clapper:
Nice shooting cingrats.
Great shooting Brother! Congrats!<><
Congrats on a fine deer!
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Awesome job! Good job on the follow up shot, too. I had a buck come in behind me this evening that looked almost exactly like that one. A high 6.
That's a nice 6pt, Congrats!
Congratulations Craig!
Great job.
Excellent, Congrats
Scott
Very cool!!!
WOOHOO! Way to go. Beautiful deer!!
Congrats! Looks like you got a little Fred Bear influence with the hat...javascript:void(0)
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Thanks you guys!
I've gotten comments on the hat on several forums! LOL
congrats :0)
Very nice. Congrats!!
Well done, young man!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :archer:
Congrats. Great deer for your first one, many more to come, I'm sure!
Well that's certainly a great one to start off with youngster.....tip of the hat. :thumbsup:
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nice buck and good shot under pressure congrats Ralph
Fantastic , you're on a roll now , Fred
Sweet! Congrats.....
great job
congrats young man nice deer indeed :clapper:
Well done, CONGRATS!!
Thanks guys! :D I am really pleased. I'm still down here and can take 3 more deer, one of them can be a buck. Going to sit in the same stand I killed the buck out of tonight. It's dry down here now and they're coming to a water tank that was originally set up for cattle 10 or fewer yards from my stand. I've sat in 2 different stands last night and this morning with no luck.
I have a mock scrape made 10 yards from the stand I killed the buck out of, and there have been quite a few deer hitting it, so that's encouraging :thumbsup:
Nice Buck, Congratulations!!!
Good Luck on the rest of your trip.
David
good going, and a nice buck. I also appreciate seeing someone looking really classy in their hunting clothes, like the old-timers did.
Nice buck, Congrats!!
Way to go ! Congrats !!!
Good job! I always thought your were an old fellar!
congrats, great job!!!!!!!!!