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2012 Iowa Buck

Started by Ryan Rothhaar, November 17, 2012, 12:56:00 PM

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Ryan Rothhaar

I got home yesterday from my 2 week rut hunt - planned to get down to Missouri as well as Iowa, but it took a while to get close to a good buck at Dad's place so I'll forego Missouri for this year.

I started hunting on Nov 3 and saw a few good ones over the 11 days it took to kill this guy.  I saw this particular buck 3 times - on the morning of the 6th he brought a hot doe 30 yards from me (too brushy to get a shot) and put on quite a show for 45 min or so chasing her and doing the snort-wheeze thing several times.  On the morning of the 13th he cruised past me in the timber about 60 yards off, in a different stand 1/3 of a mile from the first.  Finally on the afternoon of the 14th he made his fatal error in yet another block of timber 1/2 mile from the second stand - this guy was all over the farm - when he walked under me to check out a family group of does.  I let him get out in front of me a bit and shot him at 4 yards.  (I can say, honestly, I'm freaking DEADLY at 12 feet!).  Got one lung and the heart due to the angle, into the offside front leg, and he piled up after a short sprint and longer slide to the bottom of a DEEP ravine.  Shot him with my trusty Jack Howard Gamemaster Jet - getting about 64 lbs out of that bow - and a 640 grain carbon with a big Snuffer out front.  He was 238 lbs live wt - a pretty good sized deer for that area - and was probably 5 1/2 yrs old.  I'm tickled with him.

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elkken

Mighty fine buck, congrats ... I'm smiling for ya !     :bigsmyl:  great way to pose your bow in the back ground.
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good

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Igor

Great in all sense of the term!


thanks for sharing....


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Glenn
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buckeyebowhunter

Excellent story and deer!   :thumbsup:

Randy Morin

What a beauty Ryan.  Sounds like a great way to spend a few weeks.  Thanks for the story....and congrats on another toad.

jcar315

Proud Dad to two awesome Kids and a very passionate pig hunter.

Right handed but left eye dominant.

Proud to be a Native TEXAN!!!!!

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YORNOC

Did you get him with a Gamemaster Jet?
Thats quite a deer, congrats and GREAT job!
David M. Conroy

cacciatore

Congrats another fine buck from a Rothar!For sure you learned well.LOL
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Jayrod

Heck of a buck.. way to stick with it and put em down
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tradtusker

There is more to the Hunt.. then the Horns

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Andy Ivy

Pat B.

He's a dandy Ryan.. Your diligance and hard work paid off nicely.

Good shooting, even if it was only 12'..

buckeye_hunter

Handsome buck and a giant!

Old Chief

Congratulations on a good buck and a nice story.

Iowabowhunter

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Builder

Nice Buck, congrats.
Pa will be proud!!
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bogeyrider63

wow. congrats on the great buck.

2treks

Congrats Ryan.
That is a great buck and a great hunt you had.
The bow is great as well.

CTT
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United States Navy.
1986-1990


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Keefer

Congratulations on a Giant Buck..Great pic by the way  :thumbsup:

black velvet

That's one heck of a buck. Nice story and congrats.

rastaman

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