Canadian_Shooter Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 This story begins on October 21st, 2005. This was the day my father and me went searching for a good spot to build a stand. We had been looking the week before and finding some decent places but as soon as we would find the one we wanted we would run into problems like other stands near by and private properties. So by now we were getting pretty desperate for a good spot to build my stand. Finally we went back to a place we had done some rabbit hunting the year before. We had seen two rather large does while rabbit hunting and figured it’s worth a walk in there to see if there’s a good place to put this stand. We walked around for a little while seeing loads of sign but couldn’t quite find a spot to settle at, and then finally we spotted our scene. As we reached the hill on the edge of the opening we had a quick look around and to our surprise off to our left were two does and a fawn. That had become the spot for my stand with no argument or second thoughts. As we got building, sawing, hammering, and just plain old carrying on I looked up across this 200 yard opening to see a large buck standing there staring at us, unsure of his points this buck was big regardless. After a minute or two he decided he had seen enough and turned tail back into the trees. This would be the place I would be hunting for the 2005 season. As I waited for the rifle season to start I was getting anxious. It was a long night before finally the big day roles around October 28th, 2005 the first day of rifle season; up at 5 a.m. and ready to roll I was getting edgy. After the dark hike into my stand I looked around before getting into my stand and it was still pretty dark but it looked like it was all clear to head up, until I get about half way up and I hear rustling of to my right, I quickly look over to see what is making the commotion, come to see a great big white tail waving good-bye to me as it goes into the woods. I didn’t know whether it was a buck or a doe but I was glad that I had seen something. As the sun comes up and the birds begin to move and chirp I get a little to focused on my right side because of the undetermined deer that I had seen just a few hours before. As I take my focus off and begin to sweep the rest of the opening I notice a deer who had snuck up from the other side of the hill about 80 yards out, now being new to deer hunting I immediately began to shake. My mind racing, is it a buck? Or a doe? I put my crosshairs on it and come to find no horns. I slowly calm down and watch this doe for 10-15 minutes. The doe seems a bit spooked looking up every few seconds but never in my direction. After a little while of this she decided to take off back into the cover. By that time it was about lunch so I headed back out for lunch. That evening I went back in and never saw a thing. The following day I see a doe again almost same place but nothing else, because I’m a student it became hard to find time to get in a good session without being to late or having to come out too early to make it to school on time. I seemed to have a pattern of 3 hours after school and on Saturdays I would sit 4 hours in the morning and 4 in the evening. Rearing the end of the first week I hadn’t seen much activity. Until Monday evening when I had a small doe walk out getting on close to dark. I watched and waited for a buck because I had been hearing something walking on the edge of the woods until it got almost too dark to see did it come out. I was determined to find out if this was a buck but it had gotten to dark and it walked right by me without me seeing it at all, I headed back to the truck. Tuesday was slow. School dragged on for what seemed like days. My friend and I were discussing our day of hunting ahead. As I got in from my stand that night I had got a call almost immediately after I walked in the door. It was my friend he had shot a buck that evening. Wednesday was equally as slow as Tuesday and I was anxious to get in the woods. It was a windy, cold, overcast, all around miserable day. It was getting a little dark and I was freezing my butt off, I haul out my grunt call for my last grunt of the evening. About five minutes after I grunted I noticed something about 100 yards out. I scope it, and there stood a magnificent 10-point buck! At that time I didn’t know it was a 10-pointer and nor did I care about the amount of points all I seen was a big rack and a big body. I heard stories of buck fever but never imagined what it was like until it hit me. I put my gun up preparing to fire come to realize I still have my big gloves on. Wasting no to at all I rip them off my hands and what seemed like at the time in one motion the gun was up the bullet was in the air and the buck was off! Remembering what my father said about watching where he runs to and where I shot him at I quickly look up to see him go over the top of the hill. I wait for about as long as I can bare to wait. Then I make my way down the tree and off to where I had hit him when I get there I remember to stay and wait for my dad to show up as he was hunting not far from me and said he would walk over to my stand if he hears a shot. I waited 15 minutes, seemed like hours. I was full of mixed emotions. Did I hit him? Did I let the buck fever claim another victim and miss from all the excitement? I didn’t know what to think. When my father finally made his way to me it was almost too dark to see. With an almost dead light we started the search. Not finding any blood because of the lack of light I had began to think more and more that I had missed. After combing the other side of the hill for a bit I hear dad yell over “here’s your buck.” At first I replied “ Yah right, really?” As I made my way over to him and we walk up to it checking to see if its dead or still breathing we get a look at how big this thing really is. My father is in shock. The buck made it to the bottom of the other side of the hill after landing in a old skitter path we turn him over and I automatically begin to count the points I count nine long tines with a little kicker to bring him up to a ten. A little while after looking over and analyzing the buck we had to figure a way to get this thing the heck out of here. We tried hauling it out of the skitter path but we couldn’t do it he was just to heavy and the path was just to deep so we gut him right there. After that wonderful experience we got him out of the path and realize there’s no way were dragging him out of here by ourselves. After calling around we finally reach my brother and his friend they get his friends bike out here and we load the deer on. After navigating through the woods for 2 hours we finally make it out. We bring it to my brothers friends house to get weighed, he weighed in at 190 dressed with an 18 inch spread. After many photo shoots and visitors we finally get him home and hung up. Now I am completely hooked on deer hunting and am already planning for next year. This is a hunt I will never forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_Shooter Posted January 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: My Deer Hunting Story 05 yea i for got to mention in the title that it is a long story ahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: My Deer Hunting Story 05 Great story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: My Deer Hunting Story 05 Great story, but where's the pics eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_Shooter Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: My Deer Hunting Story 05 well i already posted pics before but heck i dont think it would hurt anyhitng to post another one lol! ***Click to Enlarge*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbucks Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: My Deer Hunting Story 05 that is a long story but its a good one now get the pics on here!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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