hoytshooter09 Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 Well this past weekend was the opening of the Missouri firearms season. Saturday started of pretty cool and fairly windy but still seen great deer movement had a doe come in then a group of 4 does with a button buck grunting and chasing them like crazy. I couldn't believe there wasn't a more mature buck around, at about 10 a.m. had a small fork horn cruise by. Took my son out in the evening but didn't see a single deer but was pretty windy. Sunday morning i took my brother out with me it started warmer and wet had some rain over night. I rattled about 15 min after shootin light and had a busted up 7 point come right to us, there's a 4 pt on one side restriction so we passed him because couldn't really tell if the last point was long enough. About an hour later I hear something in the creek below us and there's two does 50 yards and closing. They got to about 10 yards and my brother shot the second doe it was a perfect shot and she only ran 30 yards and piled up. We get down field dress her and drag her to the top of a field and on the way back to my truck we had to go through a cedar thicket that I like to sit in. The cedars are so thick nothing grows under Neath and it cuts the property in half and is about 80 yards wide. We decided to sit in it for awhile first spot we only stayed about 10 min and I wanted to move to get a better view and closer to another area. We pick a spot that was about 100 yards or less from the tree stands my brother shot his deer just a hour ago. We get settled in and a do a rattling sequence and grunt. 5 min goes by and directly in front of me at 50 yards and closing fast appears a nice buck. I stop him at 20 yards and he stops with a cedar covering his shoulder I could just see the back crease so I put it as close as I could and got the shot off. He ran off and couldn't really tell if he was hurt or not, we searched for blood and didn't find anything no blood or hair where he was standing or within 30 yards where he ran to. Needless to say I was sick to my stomach thinking I missed him at 30 yards. I went back to where I was sitting and looked some more and I started walking where my brother said he ran off to, about 50 yards down the trail I find some hairs covered in blood and what appears to be gut too. We find his blood trail and it definitely has guy in it and liver blood after 50 yards he jumped the fence onto the neighbors property so we backed out to call him and eat. Hour and a half later we are back out and the neighbor drove us to the fence he jumped he took his truck to another logging trail about 100 yards the direction the deer ran. We trail him into a ravine and at the bottom we find a decent area of blood this one had bright pink blood after that it got heavier and we started finding pools where he stood ever 10 yards he would stop. We get about 30 yards from the neighbor sitting in his truck with a good blood trail and I look over in the brush and there's the deer! Don't think I have been more excited for a deer with the thinking I missed and a possible gut shot to finding him and having my brother with me made it better too. Turns out the deer was quartering to me pretty hard and I didn't realize it the shot hit right where I was aiming it hit back half of one lung, his liver, and gut bullet came out alittle past half way his body. I'm guessing he was a 3 and a half maybe 4 year old deer huge neck big body and pretty heavy 8 point rack. Then we only had to drag him 30 yards which was nice since he was every bit of 200 lbs. Was an exciting hunt for sure and will be one I remember forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 That is a good buck. Congratulations Jared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 He's a great buck. Congrats! Kudos on the tracking job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Congratulations Jared...nice buck! I like those kind of drags too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) congrats! I started hunting with gun like that and a weaver scope...Ha!....just seeing it takes me back to many kills Edited November 17, 2017 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoytshooter09 Posted November 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2017 Thanks guys, I love my 30-30 has put alot of deer on the ground it's a great guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Congrats hoytshooter, thats a great buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 CONGRATS !!!! Love the G2's!!! Nice high racked buck !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoytshooter09 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 Thanks turkey girl and strut10 I have the cape in my freezer hopefully I can get him mounted and on the wall soon if I can find some time to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungry Horse Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Congratulations Hoytshooter ! Great tracking job and sticking to the task at hand to locate blood and then the long difficult tracking job to recover your buck on the neighbor's property. Also kudos to you for calling the neighbor and asking for permission to enter his land. The 30/30 Win has taken many deer, and I hope it continues to serve you well. HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 Great buck, congrats! Nice gun also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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