Well after 4 seasons of no deer I finally scored today. I have a few pics of this buck from the summer but haven't seen him(or any bucks) from my stand, until today. I found a forgotten corner of the woods behind my house while hunting my dog last week and decided to give it a shot. I had a tree picked out where several heavy runs intercepted. After shivering in the cold kicking around the idea of heading in I decided to stick it out even though I hadn't seen anything. About 30 minutes before dark I heard something coming towards me. I got ready, and as he came into the intersection he turned perfectly, giving me a nice slightly quartered away shot. First shot was a little high and nicked the spine putting him down, second one did him in. I couldn't believe it after it happened, it was like something I watch in a hunting video.
I used a 53@29 Fedora 560takedown, goldtip 5575 with 100 gn inserts and b52 browdheads. They weigh right around 550 grains.
sorry the pics aren't the best.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/ltenga/IMG00011.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/ltenga/buck.jpg)
congrats
Great Buck Chris! Good job!!
Great job Chris! Looks as though he was a fighter.
Louis
Way to go Chris.
Congrats, way to goooo!!
Nice buck, congrats!
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Great job!
Great Job..Looks like he's part of a "Gang" there Chris...He's been doing some scrappin !Congrats...Keefers <")))><
Very nice buck! Good thinking to go to the "forgotten corner". Nothing like a fresh stand in an out of the way place.
Congrats :thumbsup:
Congratulations !
Congrats! Nice Deer. :thumbsup:
KY :archer:
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I still cant believe it. lol Thanks for all the kind words!
Good job Chris !!! Shivers are better than chiggers anyday.
Nicely done! Congrats. :thumbsup:
Congrats;im going to be a new trad shooter soon;that`s a very nice buck;i beleive the feeling of harvesting any big game with a trad. must be awesome!
out standing.............
Great Job Chris!
I love it! Congrats!!! :thumbsup:
Way to go Chris!!! :clapper:
very nice deer, congrats! :archer:
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Congrats! :thumbsup:
Hey Congrats Chris nice buck!! North Fork or South Fork?
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That's great young man! May this be the first of many. That buck looks like he did alot of fighting . He's busted up on both sides of his rack!!??
Congrats!
You were hunting your dog? :knothead:
Bakes
QuoteOriginally posted by JoeM:
Hey Congrats Chris nice buck!! North Fork or South Fork?
I actually got him locally in middle island.
Bakes, I just found the spot while squirrel hunting my dog.
Heres a pic of the deer in velvet, the tip of the one mainbeam is at a funny angle. Not sure if it was broken then or broke off after but both sides are broken now, lol. Hes got two small gnarly points growing out from the antler burrs too that you can't see in the pics.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/ltenga/DSC_0063-1.jpg)