The big buck I was after survived the season
02-21-2017, 08:05 PM
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The big buck I was after survived the season
Last year, I regularly got trail camera pictures of a pretty decent buck. Although he wasn't quite as big as my sister's monstrous 9-point from 2015, he was still quite respectable:
One morning during muzzleloader season, I finally encountered him. He stepped out broadside over 100 yards away from my blind; an easy shot for a muzzleloading rifle or my 300 Encore, but not for the new CVA Optima pistol that I had only fired to 50 yards maximum. In spite of the most territorial grunts I could muster with my grunt tube, he turned tail and left the plot. My sister wasn't sympathetic, telling me I would have had him if I hadn't been messing around with a muzzleloading pistol. Considering he was the only decent buck any of us saw that season, I began to wish either she or my dad was with me so they could take him.
Until now, that is. I got around to checking my cameras, and to my pleasant surprise the deer I though had long since fallen to someone else's bullet has returned:
Based on these images, I don't think he's as old as I originally thought. I had guessed 4.5, but now I'm convinced he's 3.5. I'm really excited to see what he's going to look like next year. Talk about good motivation to see if I can stretch the Optima out to 100 yards or longer.
One morning during muzzleloader season, I finally encountered him. He stepped out broadside over 100 yards away from my blind; an easy shot for a muzzleloading rifle or my 300 Encore, but not for the new CVA Optima pistol that I had only fired to 50 yards maximum. In spite of the most territorial grunts I could muster with my grunt tube, he turned tail and left the plot. My sister wasn't sympathetic, telling me I would have had him if I hadn't been messing around with a muzzleloading pistol. Considering he was the only decent buck any of us saw that season, I began to wish either she or my dad was with me so they could take him.
Until now, that is. I got around to checking my cameras, and to my pleasant surprise the deer I though had long since fallen to someone else's bullet has returned:
Based on these images, I don't think he's as old as I originally thought. I had guessed 4.5, but now I'm convinced he's 3.5. I'm really excited to see what he's going to look like next year. Talk about good motivation to see if I can stretch the Optima out to 100 yards or longer.
02-28-2017, 04:12 PM
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