RyanH Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Re: Got him Very Awesome Steve. Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Got him nice wide buck congrats BTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Got him Wow what a big deer i bet your proud as heck good job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Got him monster of a buck, they sure grow them good out there, congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illinoisbowhunter Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Got him Congrats on a great buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longislandhunter Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Got him nice deer, congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Got him OK, where's the promised story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydiehard Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Got him Awesome buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted November 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him .... The Rest of the Story [ QUOTE ] OK, where's the promised story? [/ QUOTE ] Ok now that I have time to tell you guys.... and gals... Got into the stand about 6:10 and within minutes heard a deer walking just to the south of me but I couldn't make out what it was but I figured it was a buck and I had a pretty good idea which buck it was so I lightly grunted just to keep the deer in the area till I could see which one it was... at about 6:45 I look up and sure enough its our favorite littel fork horned 5 point that we have seen at just about every one of our stands on our property hes a curious thing to a week ago he came into the rattle bag running was real funny to see... so I just watched this little buck hit a scrape on the hill in front of me and wonder off downt he hill...sat there for another hour not seeing a single thing not buck no doe nothing .... very uncharacteristic of this stand usually we have does and yearling all around me. well about 8:05 I hear deer blow behind me (which is the direction of the wind so I knew he didnt wind me) but I started to grunt to see if I could get him to come my way I figured he was blowing at my buddy who was in the tree stand about 200 yards east of me. Well as I am looking for this deer I look off to my left and out of the SW here comes this big bosied deer trotting/running down the hill directly at me I looked and looked again all I saw was how wide he was I quickly grabbed my bow hoked up the release ... now the deer is about 45 yards from me and still coming at an angle right towards me .... this dude was on a mission... I drew back not knowing what direction he would go wether he would cross in front of me or to the left of me so I quickly found 2 shooting lanes in either direction to shoot.... he went left (the direction I would have prefered) and at 10 yards he walked slightly quartering to me.... I just let him have it the shot was a bit back but it clipped the left lung and exited out behind the rib cage ( yes guts) but I musta hit the spleen or something cause I had instant dark red blood right at the arrow and the arrow was covered with real dark blood. Well the Traking job was real easy even though the deer ran 250 or so yards he ran right by my buddys stand and crashed on the hill up behind his stand he actually watched him go down .... lucky aye lol ... any the best part of this story is that .... remember the deer that blew behind me ... well that was the deer that Scott shot at and hit a branch and missed it was the other deer that we were sorta hunting it was this real nice dark horned 8 point that has some real nice mass to him... anyhow he hit a branch and missed it .... in a way if he wouldnt have blown at Scott I may not have grunted when I did to try and draw that deer in to me ..... the only thing that coulda made this better for me is if Scott would have gotten his deer to I would much rather have put 2 deer in that 2005 Expedition (LOL yes thats what we drive for a hunting vehicle) Anyhow that is the story as it went down... For the record Scott saw this deer up on the hill behind him on saturday and he wouldnt respond at all to any kind of calling, grunting, snort/weeze, can anything just mozzied on like nothing was up .... tuesday morning was obviously a different story... This is by far my largest archery buck to date but with all the bucks we have seen this year I wouldn't say it will be my biggest..... so far this year we have seen way more bucks then we have seen does its about 1:1 ratio maybe actually a tad more bucks then does what a wonderfull area we are fortunate enough to hunt.... I thanks God for giving me the oportunity to hunt and for the land we hunt and I will never take for granted the great things he has allowed me to do and I look forward to passing the hunting tradition onto my kids..... thanks for all the comments hope you enjoy the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him That's a great looking deer. You also took real good pictures of that buck. Way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him thats great, congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him Congratulations Steve, that is a great Iowa buck, will look great up on the wall!! Way to go!! BTW: like your avatar, go Red Wings!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him I feel better now, Thanks. Congrats again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAbowhunter86 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him congrats man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooBear Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him Nice buck! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller66 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him Congrats, IA is a great place to hunt, can't believe you put him IN your car!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydiehard Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him Great story to go with a great buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him congrats on a nice buck there. is your season done now ? Shoot Strong Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted November 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Got him [ QUOTE ] congrats on a nice buck there. is your season done now ? Shoot Strong Tony [/ QUOTE ] Well my archeruy season is done since we dont need to take any more does off our land down there... but I still got shotgun season and we have some new land to hunt for that this year... other then that I am designated film crew for my buddy to try and nail that 8 pointer down there on the farm... to me that will almost as much fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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