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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: RickE on September 22, 2014, 11:30:00 PM
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I grew up hunting mule deer and have had a lot of fun and success chasing them around. That was all with the compound. Since switching to a Silvertip I haven't had much luck. Oh, I've had chances where I screwed up and missed shots and perfect stalks where I was waiting for the buck to stand and give me a shot and the wind swirled and gave me away. I could have shot some smaller fork horned buck and does but I just wasn't interested. That's hunting, but man it was getting pretty frustrating. This year we have a reduced season for deer but I was determined to give it my best and besides I just love poking around in mule deer country. If you look really close in this picture there is a nice buck bedded right in the middle of it. I ended up missing him at 19 yds......that one still hurts!!
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I had gone out on opening day and during the course of wandering around during the day looking for a nice buck to stalk I found where deer had been coming up out a coulee to hit a harvested pea field. The coulee funneled down with a steep wash in the middle and a big clump of aspens and chokecherry bushes about 15 yds from a series of converging trails. In short, given a good wind direction it was the perfect spot for an ambush.
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I see the deer.... Looks nice
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:campfire:
Fellow flatlander waiting on bated breath
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I love this one! Would really like to stalk some mule deer... Keep It coming ...
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This past friday I packed up all my gear with the intent of hunting for a week. I had checked the weather and the wind was going to be perfect for my ambush spot for the next few days. I got there late afternoon and made a natural ground blind in the bush I had picked out. I settled in for the evening and everything was just perfect. I didn't have long to wait and I could see a doe making her way towards me. I let her go by on the trail and she had no clue I was there. A few minutes later I could see a nice buck standing at the fence. I had a good chance to study him and could see that even though he only had an average sized rack he had a big body and was fat. I knew right away if I got a chance I shouldn't pass this up given my past bad luck. He came down the trail without a clue I was there and as he was going by my shooting window partly quartering towards me at about 12 yds I drew, aimed and released. I hit him a little higher than I had aimed but the arrow disappeared through him instantly and he gave a big kick and tore off up the hill beside me. I could hear his labored breathing and knew he couldn't go far. I went and found my arrow and it was covered in blood as was all the ground around it. There was an excellent blood trail which is saying something. Prairie grass is really bad for blood trailing on. It just seems to soak up the blood. Anyway it was a short trail and about 50 yds later I was tickled to find my fat little buck at the end of it. Not my biggest, but the first mule deer with my recurve after a lot of trying. I hope it's not my last.
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I used a 125 gr Magnus Stinger Broadhead on Beman 400 Bowhunter shafts with 100 gr brass inserts and a Schafer Silvertip 54 lbs at my draw. I had hit him high on the left shoulder and the arrow exited out his liver on the right side.
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wow nice buck!
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Perfect. . . A great trophy in my world! Still looking for that bedded buck in the above pic though. . .?? :)
EDIT: Just found it. I was looking in the top pic- but buck is in bottom. Got it!! Cool
Dan in KS
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He's there Dan, just look in the shadow in the middle.
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Excellent! Congratulations! It will NOT be your last!
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nice ,,,thanks for the story,,congratz
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Well Done.
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Very very nice. Love that terrain as well.
Great job
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Nice buck!
Sunsets, thunderstorms, and coulee mule deer.
The three things i still miss after leaving Saskatchewan almost twenty five years ago... ;)
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Nice story and good job, congrats
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Well Done!!! Congrats!!!
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Good work, good looking buck.
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Very nice!!
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Good looking buck...CONGRATS!
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Wow thats a nice one!
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I like him! I would have let the air out of him too! Congratulations!!!
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That's a goodun! Well done.
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We'll done! Thanks for the story.
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:thumbsup: :clapper:
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Great job, way to stick with it, nice buck!
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Congrats, Things are starting to come together for you.
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Great deer, congrats! Beautiful country :thumbsup:
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Great job Brother and a fantastic deer!
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:thumbsup: Beautiful deer!!
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Very nice ! congrats .
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Congratulations Rick!
That is a beautiful Mule Deer
Andrew
Colorado
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Nicely done!
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Beauty! Congrats!
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Very nice muley. Congratulations.
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:archer:
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Congrats! That is awesome!
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Congrats on a great buck!
Bisch
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Very nice buck. Congratulations and thanks for the great write-up. Some good eat'in right there.
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Nice buck. Plenty big enough for the wall, and meat in the freezer. Congrats.
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a Mulie is on my bucket list for sure!
Congrats!
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Nice! Thanks for sharing the hunt.
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Congratulations!
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That is a great buck, congrats!!!
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Nicely done. Addicting, isn't it?
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Congratulations!
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Hey Rick,really well done.Say Hi to your Mom and Dad for me,Rick and Elaine,if your ever in Swift Current,give me a call. Steve
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Way to go!!!
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That's the way to get it done! Nice buck! Congratulations on a well earned trophy! :thumbsup:
Bernie
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Congrats on a nice buck!
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Real nice. Congratulations :)
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congrats on a great buck.
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Great buck! Congrats!
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Really nice! some great looking hunting country in that first pic.
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Excellent buck and congrats! :thumbsup:
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Nice muley...congrats! :archer:
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Very nice buck, congrats. :archer:
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One of my favorite critters to hunt, and eat. Congrats.
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.....Beautiful location , and the Mule-deer aint bad either ;)
Been dreaming of a western mountainside Muley hunt ,and this thread aint helping ....LOL
Congratulations !!!
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Congrates on the fat buck! Heck,that's a big buck in my book! LOL :thumbsup:
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Thanks guys. I was very impressed with the Stinger broadhead and how well it performed. It was a 2 blade and even though I've used 2 bladers lots in the past I had kind of written them off recently due to poor blood trails. I had to eat my words for sure on this one. I've been sharpening everything with a KME knife sharpening kit and man the blood trail was impressive. I definitely plan to keep using the Stingers on more animals in the future!
When I was playing with my camera trying to figure out the timer and how to take a 'selfie' I inadvertently triggered it and got this image. For an unplanned picture it kind of shows how thick he was and how much blood there was on the grass all around him.
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Good luck to everyone else this fall!
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Awesome hunt. Very nice buck! Definatly a trophy in my eyes!
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Too awesome! People are going to have to stop posting pictures of awesome animals I don't have the means to hunt right now - :banghead:
Being a teacher has it's rewards, but it makes getting to a western state during September difficult.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful country you hunt and a great deer! Congrats
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Bravo!
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way to go!! the 1st and from the ground too!!
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Great job. Thanks for sharing your experience. By the way, I found the deer in the picture. :thumbsup:
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oh man... He's beautiful! Congrats on a great hunt!!