Let's see if I can get these pics to post then I'll tell you guys my story.
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Congrats! Great 1st one for sure!
Congrats Brother! Fine looking animal. Now for the story..........
Charlie :thumbsup:
Good deer! Congratulations!
Congrats Brother nice buck!
Had to be exciting? Congrats on a very good buck. Just had tenderloins last night myself. Eat well.
SUCCESS!!! On the pics and the buck. So here's my story. I've hunted with traditional equipment for a long time now and loved every minute of it with or without a buck kill. Somehow I knew this year would be my turn. I work too much but decided I was taking one day during the rut to be out there. Monday was my day. Hunted all morning over a beautiful scrape that just happens to be almost under my stand. I had my Montana decoy out and everything was in order for my unfortunate lack of scouting time to collide with full blown testosterone filled stupidity on the part of one lucky buck. Alas, nothing. I did see two small bucks and a doe and had a little fun as the older buck circled my decoy until it "disappeared" as he got behind the decoys two dimensional form. BLEW HIS MIND!! I could hardly help from laughing out loud. Had to climb down and head in about 11:30 for a meeting (shameful I know) but planned to be back out for an afternoon sit......to be continued
Great deer.....Congrats! :thumbsup:
As it so often does, my meetings ran over and I found myself shuffling up through the woods at 3:45 cursing my luck when I heard footsteps that sounded louder than mine, made by something with more on his mind than I had on mine. I was close to a ladder stand that I hadn't really intended as my final destination. As I crept up the ladder stand I thought to myself "I know I left my facemask and grunt tube on the porch at camp. Just my luck.
I managed to get up the stand without any major clangs and turned around only to see antlers coming through the red barberries toward me at 40-50 yards. I immediately thought "YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN' ME!!" From first sighting to arrow loosed not more than 45 seconds. He closed the gap and of course chose the "wrong side" of my stand for a lefty. I had only a few seconds to make the shot before he disappeared on the other side of a white pine right next to me. As I was overthinking my options and wondering if I had a steep enough angle for a killing shot he stopped dead and looked up at me. DECISION MADE!!! Arrow on the way. Double lunged him. He didn't make it 90 yds and piled up. WHAT A FEELING!!! 190 lbs field dressed and a beautiful heavy horned,
3 1/2 yr old PA mountain buck. Thanks for all the support, advice and friendship from a great bunch of folks on Tradgang. I've enjoyed everyones stories more than I can put in words. Still, it's sure nice to write one this time.
Great buck...way to go fellow PA hunter.
WooHooo! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
Way to go :archer:
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Congrats!!!!
Beautiful buck!
Oh yeah forgot to give credit to my favorite PA bowyer, Mike Fedora. That's an EXTREME takedown with 53# @28" limbs. I was shooting Grizzlystik Alaskans with 200 gr single bevel broadheads. Thanks to Mike and Ed & Garrett Schleif for years of great support and great products!
Mike AND JASON Fedora (who I suspect owe almost all their success to Carol!
Way to go sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Awesome 1st...awesome anytime!
Way to go!
Nice work turning a "hurried up" situation into success.
Great Buck.
Congrats on your first buck!
Bisch
Congrats on a great buck!!! thanks for sharing the story as well.
congrats first one I special.
Awesome first trad buck! Congrats!
Great deer... congrats!!
congrats of a great deer.
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Great buck Todd! Sure is nice to write your own story and yours is a great one!!
Great start!!! Congrats on a great buck!!! :clapper:
Simply fantastic
Great first deer . Congrats :clapper:
That's a good one! Congrats. :thumbsup:
NICE!!!
Congrats on a nice buck there bro!... :clapper: :clapper:
Congrats! That is a nice buck!
Great buck! Congrats
Congrates on a very nice buck! :thumbsup:
Very nice buck, Congrats!
Tom
One of the best PA bucks I've seen this year!!! Better than any I've seen that's for sure! Congratulations
Glenn
Congrats! Beautiful buck!
Awesome Buck! PA mountain buck to boot! Congratulations on a wonderful first!
Congrats on a great first buck
That's awesome! Great story congrats!
Very nice buck !!!
Nice story and a very nice buck! I'm glad you made it all come together with your meeting and hunting time conflict! Congratulations! :thumbsup:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Great going on a great mountain buck.
Nice PA buck. Congrats.
Very nice. Good for you.
Congrats on the buck!
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Way to go!!!
Good story, congratulations.