2009 gun season 8pt buck
11-23-2009, 02:39 PM
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Spike
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2009 gun season 8pt buck
I arrived at my property yesterday at 6, having woken up at 4 for the past two days I was fairly tired. Today, I figured, I would head to my trusted lucky spot in which I had seen 4 bucks roaming around during archery season. I hadn't hunted there the day before to take pressure off that spot. There are numerous scrapes and rubs in the area, and a heavily traveled game trail behind it.
I got up my tree at about 6:30 and strapped in for the day. I was all set, I laid out a sent trail in front of me and waited and hoped that a deer would find it's way down my fake hot doe trail. For the next 2 and a half hours I would fight off sleep to make sure I wouldn't miss anything. At 9am I heard a slight crunching noise coming from the game trail behind me. I looked over my left shoulder and saw a decent medium sized buck. The only problem was I was facing the wrong way. I shouldered my 870 and pivoted in my seat slowly, wrapping my right foot around the edge of my stand floor for stability and resting my left forearm up against the tree. I was now facing backwards as the deer stepped behind a tree. I raised the 870 and looked down the scope at the head which was now sticking out. A few more steps and I would have a clear shot at it's chest. The shot would have to be a good one, as if I were to try to turn anymore I would probably fall out of my stand. The shoulder appeared from behind the tree and I gently squeezed off a shot.
The deer crouched and took off at a dead run. All I could do was watch and hope the shot was good. It slipped at about 20 yards from the shot but continued at a dead run. After another 40 yards his pace slowed to a slow walk. He staggered to his left, then staggered to the right and fell to the ground. The bullet had entered right behind the deer's left shoulder, hitting the top of the heart and severing the arteries. The buck is an 8 pointer weighing in at about 120-130 dressed, and was 3 ½ years old.
I got up my tree at about 6:30 and strapped in for the day. I was all set, I laid out a sent trail in front of me and waited and hoped that a deer would find it's way down my fake hot doe trail. For the next 2 and a half hours I would fight off sleep to make sure I wouldn't miss anything. At 9am I heard a slight crunching noise coming from the game trail behind me. I looked over my left shoulder and saw a decent medium sized buck. The only problem was I was facing the wrong way. I shouldered my 870 and pivoted in my seat slowly, wrapping my right foot around the edge of my stand floor for stability and resting my left forearm up against the tree. I was now facing backwards as the deer stepped behind a tree. I raised the 870 and looked down the scope at the head which was now sticking out. A few more steps and I would have a clear shot at it's chest. The shot would have to be a good one, as if I were to try to turn anymore I would probably fall out of my stand. The shoulder appeared from behind the tree and I gently squeezed off a shot.
The deer crouched and took off at a dead run. All I could do was watch and hope the shot was good. It slipped at about 20 yards from the shot but continued at a dead run. After another 40 yards his pace slowed to a slow walk. He staggered to his left, then staggered to the right and fell to the ground. The bullet had entered right behind the deer's left shoulder, hitting the top of the heart and severing the arteries. The buck is an 8 pointer weighing in at about 120-130 dressed, and was 3 ½ years old.
11-23-2009, 04:40 PM
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11-24-2009, 10:03 AM
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Typical Buck
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Biologist needs to go back to school. Now I am not familiar with NY deer, but I know my Indiana deer and if that is any indication that deer is 1.5 years old at best.
Congratulation on your part though.
11-24-2009, 11:34 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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