pointing_dogs_rule Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Very nice.... "there was never a doubt" good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Very nice.... "there was never a doubt" good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Sooo Marty, U never has a doubt ey? It wasnt " if " it was going to happen, just a matter of when Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 (edited) Sooo Marty, U never has a doubt ey? It wasnt " if " it was going to happen, just a matter of when Story; been passing everything, and was waiting for the old guy to make his appearance. Well two weeks ago with sub zero temps, he came in at 2 a.m., then at 10 p.m.. Finally he came in with a wide 6 Ive been passing up. Soon they would be in 10 minutes after i baited and left with Gator. Been really busy forwarding out wood, and loading semi all day, you know; leave in the dark, come home in the dark kinda stuff. I Sat last Saturday for a no show in sub zero cold. Wednesday I loaded last truck at 3:30 p.m. and headed home. Called ahead to alert Kim she was driving me out to stand when I got home. At stand just after 4 p.m. I get up in and wave her on home with gator. small bucks come running in while sound of gator was in distance. Then they all turned and did the "LOOK", YUP here they came. Old guy came right in turned and presented a clear shot facing to my right. I came to full draw, and some of the small bucks busted me and flew, old guy looked at them like whats your problem? Then he turned and went back to eating corn, I had just got to full draw, swung pin on him and "THWACK"!! I knew I had rushed my shot, I hit back a bit. I got down asap and followed him up about 70 yards, good red blood, he was at a walk. I backed out. Me and little Bro went back in at 7 p.m. he had bedded up 3 times, and we jumped him, we decided to push him hard as we have 6" of snow, and hw was leaving a pretty good trail. We took him a half mile at a fast walk. He never once ran. We stopped to check gps as it was heavy clouds and we got a bit turned around in the dark. We were 400 yards from the next road. We decided to push him as close to the road without bumping him over. We jumped him up again as we had stopped for a few minutes for gps to load, and he had laid down, that told me he was losing it. At 150 yards we broke chase and angled to right on a cabin driveway, buck had angled to left. I knew he would bed as soon as we dropped him. we called kim to come pick us up. Next day I went in and cut track, took him 200 yards to where he bedded down 6 different times, last bed he had expired. gutted him out and dragged him 100 yards to road. Edited December 25, 2016 by Mathews XT Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 (edited) footnote to story; we used to do a lot of pushes or drives back in the day; thus, one would get some fast shooting in and sometimes marginal hits that we would have to follow up on., we seldom lost an animal this wasnt our first rodeo, and we learned from my Dad, he taught us soo much, and how to think like a deer and read what sign we saw. Thanks Dad! R.I.P. To have my little brother be in on my hunt was FUN! Just Like old times! Thanks Jim! Edited December 25, 2016 by Mathews XT Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 Sounds like an exciting chase Martin - glad you got to experience it with the family. Santa left the bad boy buggy under my tree this AM! Can't wait to try it out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 yup gotta love it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 By the way, I used a 3 BLADE MUZZY ON A GOLD TIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Up to you Aaron, to take us to the land of milk & honey, I dun my part best I could 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrswtnhunt Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Congratulations Martin!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 thanks Katrina! keep those gals busy!!...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Quote "it ain't over til it's over". Still time for a team to pass us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 looks to me Team 5 got the best chance to pass us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 On 12/20/2016 at 8:08 AM, abrown said: I'm still here, sorry for not checking in more often. I've been hitting the woods 2-3 times a week. Shot a doe early season, didn't have a way to take a selfie with her, shot a doe last week, couldn't find her. Still have my fingers crossed! get with it bud!..we got team 3 concerned now..you shoot a deer you take the pic; could diff. between winning this and poss. losing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 There is a member on team 3 that shot a doe in November, posted a pic, but hasn't entered it yet. If he does we would be tied. I love my new bad boy buggy - got her all dirty yesterday and the RT girls spent all night cleaning it for me. I'm not too keen on sharing it with team 3 if we end in a tie. Marty, you sure ONE of those other points aren't an inch long? LOL Seriously, this has been one of the funner deer contests in a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) On 12/26/2016 at 0:13 PM, pointing_dogs_rule said: "it ain't over til it's over". Still time for a team to pass us. You Maybe want to consider using your tape measure on those "other" points there, and submit another rack pic ey? Edited December 28, 2016 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrown Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Congratulations on your buck Martin, awesome story! Thanks, no pressure! Went out yesterday, finally figured I'd give some private land a shot. A couple young bucks on trail cam, ALOT of doe. BTW, I'll never shoot a yotie again with a bow. Dang thing ate my arrow! One arrow and Nocturnal down, that's at least $15 bucks. I'm still going at it, and I will until the last day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 I could have shot the 6 pt. but I wanted to tag that 5 pt old fart...dont think he had much time left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) Congratulations Martin! Way to go!!!! I really enjoyed your story too. Edited January 5, 2017 by RangerClay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 There ya go, nice "Ruth pic" Mathews XT!! good looking buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Cant believe I figured out how to set timer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 On 1/4/2017 at 6:47 PM, RangerClay said: Congratulations Martin! Way to go!!!! I really enjoyed your story too. Thanks! I had to slip in, get it done fast, as we headed out to Ishpeming Mi. to be with Andy, Ash, & Breylen for Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Just commented on Team 3's thread. No bad boy buggies for them. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Just commented on Team 3's thread. No bad boy buggies for them. LOL We don't need the buggies when we get the keys to the Jordan "ranch"! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Team 3 can have the girls,... I aint walkin to my stand! Real Tree Farms requires a vehicle, at least the Buggy will stay in one place, be quiet, and it dont have to pee every every time you stop! Edited January 10, 2017 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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