I'm testing my "photo posting" capabilities here on TG. I thought i would post this doe i killed back in October out of the biggest live oak tree i have ever laid eyes on. as soon as my buddy showed me this tree on his land I said," I got to kill a deer while standing inside that thing!".
Well, the live oak acorns started raining and it was like a dinner bell . i made the 2x4 ladder a few days before and put it up to let the deer get used to it. the first morning i sat ,after about an hour and a half, here comes 2 big does and a yearling. well, at first i thought the deer were going to see me bc i was standing inside the "bowl" where all the limbs branch out (which is maybe 9 feet high), but i thought to myself theres no way they can because i'm engulfed inside the biggest tree within who knows how many miles.
The lead doe feeds around and is 5 steps but facing me by the time she is "in the clear". well at least 5 min go by and still facing me. waited and waited and finally she turned and I let the 55# Robertson Fatal Styk fling the 250Gr Tree Shark at 7 steps for a clean pass thru. They all take off and knew it was a good hit but didnt hear any crashing bc they ran into a pine thicket. Although i could see blood from my "perch" i decided to get down and wait an hour or so before i went and looked. After tracking 60 yds, she piled up. it was a great day and even better to get her out of the biggest tree stand i have ever hunted out of!
I cannot begin to tell you how big that tree is. the second pic shows some of its size to scale although i wish i could tell you a correct diameter in inches (or feet for that matter). anyway , thought y'all would enjoy!
P.S. hope my pics are resized correctly. if not, mods please let me know and i'll try again.. And i apologize
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Well done :thumbsup:
Way to go! That is one heck of a tree! Congrats!
Congrats! I like your stand location!!
Well done. I used to love to hunt from live oak trees in coastal SC. You really don't need a treestand. We had one we called the Cadilac stand and another called the Grocery Store. You were almost guarenteed a shot in the Grocery Store.
Nice!
Well done! That tree is huge! Heck the trees around here don't get as big as the "branches" at the top of the picture...
Congrats!
Way to go sir! Nice pictures! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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That is a big tree!!!!
Congrats onyour doe!
Bisch
Congrats!! Your pix are fine...you did well on all accounts :clapper:
Way cool, that is an outstanding tree. Congrats on the fine doe.
Congrats!!!
Very nice! Congrats!
that is a big ol tree! congratts! i bet youll be there next season too. :thumbsup:
Congrats to you! Good job.
There's a big old white oak tree on the property I hunt that I've always wanted to set in. Believe I will now! Very cool pics and story...Congrats!
Jason
Lots of vines on that tree...you didn't come out itching did ya?
thanks guys for all the compliments. maybe ill have another live oak pic next yr.
Enjoyed your story and congratulations! I love a big oak like that - almost always the primary feed tree in an area....
That's a neat old tree, I bet that was a lot of fun to hunt from. Congratulations on you hunt.
-Jay