Huntin4ever Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Well..... since joining the forums last year I finally get to post some pics....... A little story about the hunt........ In June I moved from North Central, IN down to Columbus, IN. With my private hunting land over 2 hrs away I was looking for hunting land. So I took it upon myself to try to figure out how to hunt the thousands of acres in the Hoosier National Forest (193,000 total acres), which is a lot different than hunting the farm land and river bottom I hunt up North. After over a month of scanning topo maps and aerial pics I had about 4 areas that were relatively close to where I live picked out to scout. After scouting a few of them turned out to not be as good as I thought they might be..... but one of them was better than I could have imagined...... Right now from the parking area to back where I've been hunting (1+ miles back) there are 40+ scrapes (like the one below) just on the ridge top and probably as many rubs (like the one below)..... Well with all that buck activity my buddy Greg came down this past weekend to hunt with me. With lots of action all day Saturday we couldn't wait that night until Sunday morning..... and that's when it paid off at 10:45 am this guy couldn't help coming in to a ridge top water hole from a drink.......... Main Beams - both right at 23" Inside Spread - 18 3/4" Brow Tines - 6" & 7" Rear Tines - both right at 11" Front Tines - both right at 7" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidd Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 nice deer and great story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Congrats on a nice deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whttlbucksteve Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Nice deer, shot on public land is even better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcs3344 Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 great buck, your homework really paid off, congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Congrats on a nice buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 congrats he looks like a great one :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo_buck Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Very nice buck....way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Congrats on a fine buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Looks like great payoff!Congrats!Gotta love it when a plan comes together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 awesome buck good tine length Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Very nice buck. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Nice buck. Congrats he's a great public land buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoyt_hunter Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 awesome buck, congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Great buck and thanks for sharing the story with us. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntin4ever Posted November 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 EVERYONE..... I feel HORRIBLE..... in my story I thought I mentioned that my buddy GREG KILLED THE DEER and I didn't, that's who took the buck and who's in the pics with it..... Congrats to him on a very nice buck.... sorry about that I was at work and in a hurry..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Congrats to your buddy on a great buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 congrats on the nice buck! great story too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringpicker Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 I'm drooling right now. That is a BBD!!!! Way to score on public land. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbowhntr Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Very nice buck. Congrats. You gotta love it when your hard work pays off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugger Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Great Job!!! I know how hard it is to score a nice buck in that area i have hunted there as well as the harrison crawford state forest for years so i know the kinda time and effort it took to find an area like that and access it. again congrats great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Nice deer and hopefully u can find some private land down there too..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer06 Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 nice indiana buck there. ive never hunted hoosier national, hear good things though. congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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