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Re: TEAM 22

I'm stumped for a name, but will put my thinking cap on.

Tom, I like the banner (oops, my name is spelled wrong wink.gif ).

I went out this morning and hid myself by a BIG rock that overlooked several trails. Out of nowhere, a buck shows up and stands 15 yards away with a bush screening him totally. After standing there for about 5 minutes he moved ahead and came by me only 10 yards out. It was a real nice forky and he offered me a nicely posed quartering away shot once he was out to 15 yards again. I declined the opportunity, since that would effectively end my season - too soon. smile.gif

That was the only deer that came close, although I saw 10 or 12 others.

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Well...Sat. morning opener, I scored on a nice 9pt at 7:40 am.

First time I ever scored on the opening day and he is the first buck taken off my property (since my wife and I owned it).

At or around 7:30 I had a doe and two yearlings feeding on acorns working their way past me to a bedding area. After they made it by (doe didn't offer a good shot) I scanned the hill and didn't see anything. Called my buddy on the radio to see if he's seeing anything and to tell him that they are moving.

As I'm talking to him...I caught movement...two bucks heading my way. The bigger of the two stayed up on the hill and the 9pt came down the exact same trail I walked in on. Turned broadside (very slightly quartering towards me) at about 20 yards. I drew and shot...ran about 50 yards and piled up...double lung shot!

I really don't know why I shot this buck....he is a nice 2 1/2 year old buck, but I've passed up bucks better than him in the past? Anyways, I'm pleased with him and I'm going to get it mounted since it was the first buck taken from the new homested. I should be able to get picture up sometime Mon. or maybe Tues.

Team #22....we are on the board!

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congrats snapper... can't wait for the pics.

I made it out yesterday morning and had a fork buck and a doe and yearling within range. I was going to take the doe but decided to pass since the yearling was really tiny and I was afraid it probably woudn't make it alone. I had some work to do this morning and will hopefully make it out tonight. cool.gif

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Awsome snapper. No worries canuck I passed up on a fawn lol big difference. I would have never shot him anyway. I was waitin for mom to come around but she didn't show. I posted picts and stuff in the bow hunting section. Sry canuck lol I thought I had it right. Once we get a team name I can fix it so thats tehre instead of team 22 and you all can use it if you want. grin.gif

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Congrats snapper. Great start to the season there bud. cool.gif

Sorry I missed the initial signing in. I went down to our camp Thursday afternoon to check for access problems after hurricane Rita passed through. Only burnt one tank of gas out of the chainsaw this time. Nothing compared to the mess that Katrina left us.

I also wanted to check the stands I had set for the predicted wind. Good thing I did or I would have had a problem for this past opening weekend. OK on to deer hunting.

I got some early season success on does. I killed a doe around 7:00 a.m on opening day (10/1) and followed that one up with another bigger doe the following morning. grin.gif First time I can recall ever bagging a couple on the 1st 2 days. The shots were 23 yards and 7 yards. The first one went down within sight of my stand. The 2nd was only a couple of yards from where I last saw her. Neither one made it more than 40 yards. I love those short tracking jobs. wink.gif That's a good start toward filling my freezer again. I lost everything I had in it thanks to Katrina. Now that I've put a couple of does down for groceries and herd management purposes, I'll be passing up the skin heads for a while to hunt for bucks. I'll get my pics, etc. posted in the entry thread this evening.

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Re: TEAM 22

Well...sorta...

I been PM'ing needtohunt about my photo's. If you notice I didn't get a score for my buck yet...mainly because I didn't get a picture of the tag. Well, I did...but it was the last picture on the roll and apparently didn't come out?

Anyways, I'll wait til Gary gets back to me...I guess it looks like I'll have to go to the taxidermist to get another close up...but it may take a while to get the film developed.

Rest assured though...the deer was shot by me and is legal...and I'll do what I got to do to get the points for our team!

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Nice going there, smallmunster. That will be fine table fare. Good luck on your later hunt.

I took off to a town 120 miles from here for a family gathering yesterday and got back tonight. At about the 100 mile mark, I spotted the guy shown below and put a sneak on him. I got to within about 15 yards of him - and didn't have my bow with me. mad.gif I just may get a chance to zip over there again and try to find him.

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