DSGB Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 It was opening weekend of gun season over in Alabama, which is where I do most of my hunting. The weather was nice and cold and the deer were moving. My uncle and grandfather both got a doe on Friday with their black powder rifles. My uncle got a one antlered buck Friday afternoon. Saturday, opening morning, I had a doe come right down the trail to me at 7:30. I heard her crash about 60 yards behind me, so I sat there for a couple hours to see if anything else would come walking by. I met my grandfather at the truck and we decided to go get my daughter and let her help us drag it out. When we got to my stand, I showed her where the blood was and let her "track" it. She was so excited when she found it! Her she is with the doe. Here she is riding with the deer. Here are the four deer laoded up to take to the processor. Their's were left hanging overnight, so they were a little stiff. Take a look at my uncles buck. I had that same deer under my stand last weekend, then he gets off for a week and shoots it. LOL I guess he needed to be shot, though. Check out his head. There was no sign of another antler even being there. When I saw it, I thought it had just been broken off. We see a lot of deer with tines and antlers broken. This one just had a cow lick. Saturday afternoon nobody saw anything. I hung my stand where there was a couple of scrapes being used and a bunch of fresh rubs. I left it there to hunt in the morning. Sunday morning wasn't nearly as cold. I watched the squirrels until about 8:20 when I see movement in front of me. There's a buck trotting from my right to my left. I grunted at him and he stopped, right behind a tree. Then he started walking and I grunted again. I see that it's a six pointer. It's the same one I saw last year - as a six pointer. I figured he'd never grow any more points so I took a shot. He ran parallel to the road and then crossed over, going onto the neighbor's property. So I just sat in the stand for a couple hours and then went to meet my grandfather at the truck. He knows the landowner and has permission to go look for deer. We followed the blood trail across the road and down a hill to a creek, across the creek, down the creek, and there he was. My new truck is officially "broken in". Two deer got to ride in the back this weekend. Good thing it started raining yesterday evening - saved me from having to wash it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrewG Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success man.. sounds like you had an amazing weekend... congrats on the deer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success Sound like a great weekend!Congrats on a great buck! Those pics with your little girl are priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success Looks like a great weekend. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success Good deer. Congrats. Do what I do with the washing--don't wash it. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted November 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success [ QUOTE ] Good deer. Congrats. Do what I do with the washing--don't wash it. lol. [/ QUOTE ] Good idea. That's what I did with my last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success Sounds like you had a blast. In fact, it sounds like you had 2 blasts! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success great deer,story,and hunt!! Talk about success!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG_BUCK_1 Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success congrats on the deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodOlMossyHorns Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success Man, it does sound and look like you had a great wweekend. That's just awesome. Your little girl sounds like a real good tracker too, and what a smaile. Way to go guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest generallee Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success congrats....sounds like an awesome weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James7xChamp3 Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success Great story! Congrats to everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Re: Opening weekend success Great story and pics. Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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