My '05 PA Buck..(pic)
12-24-2005, 09:10 AM
#1
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My '05 PA Buck..(pic)
I GOT A BUCK!!! This is only my second buck, took my first last year with a bow, and now this guy w/ a ML.
I got lucky enough to be drawn for a special hunt on the Pymatuning Reservoir in a propagation area. My uncleand I took our muzzleloaders in on Thursday (12/22). Before daylight I had seen 25 deer cross the field. Then right after daylight, a single doe came out 40 yds infront of me. I had heard of a lot of big bucks roaming, so I was holding off for a buck in the morning. Five minutes later, a doe came by, followed by a buck. Since I only had one buck to my name, I decided he was good enough, and I prepared for the shot.
I thought I might have flinched a little at the shot, but was still pretty sure I hit him. Sure enough there was blood, so I began to track. About 60 yds in I jumped him from a bed. He was heading for a road 200 yds away, so I continued on and figured I'd stop at the road. 50 yds from the road, I saw him again. He spotted me, but was hurting too bad to move. He was facing straight away so I had no shot. Instead of moving in on him, and stress him out, I decided to just wait for him to pass by himself. 3 min later he laid his head down for the last time.
Due to the Q.A. angle, the .50 cal 350 gr Maxi-Hunter passed through the guts, took out one lung and the liver.
This was my first ML buck, and second overall with the flinter.
I got lucky enough to be drawn for a special hunt on the Pymatuning Reservoir in a propagation area. My uncleand I took our muzzleloaders in on Thursday (12/22). Before daylight I had seen 25 deer cross the field. Then right after daylight, a single doe came out 40 yds infront of me. I had heard of a lot of big bucks roaming, so I was holding off for a buck in the morning. Five minutes later, a doe came by, followed by a buck. Since I only had one buck to my name, I decided he was good enough, and I prepared for the shot.
I thought I might have flinched a little at the shot, but was still pretty sure I hit him. Sure enough there was blood, so I began to track. About 60 yds in I jumped him from a bed. He was heading for a road 200 yds away, so I continued on and figured I'd stop at the road. 50 yds from the road, I saw him again. He spotted me, but was hurting too bad to move. He was facing straight away so I had no shot. Instead of moving in on him, and stress him out, I decided to just wait for him to pass by himself. 3 min later he laid his head down for the last time.
Due to the Q.A. angle, the .50 cal 350 gr Maxi-Hunter passed through the guts, took out one lung and the liver.
This was my first ML buck, and second overall with the flinter.
12-24-2005, 09:28 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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RE: My '05 PA Buck..(pic)
With all the bucks you say are running there, I would think that your buck would be subordinate at his age and refrain from chasing does. Just goes to prove that it isn't the size of a rack, but the attitude under it that counts. Great hunt and congrats to you. I am jealous..I am still waiting to get my first flinter buck.
Still dreaming I am
of that cloud of smoke
over the snowcovered ground
and the blood and buck
laying in the white.
I just wrote that poem!
Still dreaming I am
of that cloud of smoke
over the snowcovered ground
and the blood and buck
laying in the white.
I just wrote that poem!
12-24-2005, 10:42 AM
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RE: My '05 PA Buck..(pic)
ORIGINAL: livbucks
With all the bucks you say are running there, I would think that your buck would be subordinate at his age and refrain from chasing does. Just goes to prove that it isn't the size of a rack, but the attitude under it that counts. Great hunt and congrats to you. I am jealous..I am still waiting to get my first flinter buck.
Still dreaming I am
of that cloud of smoke
over the snowcovered ground
and the blood and buck
laying in the white.
I just wrote that poem!
With all the bucks you say are running there, I would think that your buck would be subordinate at his age and refrain from chasing does. Just goes to prove that it isn't the size of a rack, but the attitude under it that counts. Great hunt and congrats to you. I am jealous..I am still waiting to get my first flinter buck.
Still dreaming I am
of that cloud of smoke
over the snowcovered ground
and the blood and buck
laying in the white.
I just wrote that poem!
Nice poem too!!!
12-26-2005, 08:31 PM
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RE: My '05 PA Buck..(pic)
ORIGINAL: Joe D.
Congrats! Way to go with the flinter. That's a challange all in itself.
Congrats! Way to go with the flinter. That's a challange all in itself.
-1 bad hang fire
-2 he plain missed (claims he was shooting over, due to 100 yd zero)
**kinda have to believe him, because I've seen him shoot...and he's good
-doesn't quite know what happened on the graze.
ALL DEER ARE ALIVE TO BE HUNTED ANOTHER DAY THOUGH.[&:]
