Guest Tatonka Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Many people don't realize just how crafty an old whitetail buck can be. Most of us who have hunted them any length of time understand, but even though I've hunted them for well over 40 years they never cease to amaze me... Our season ended here on Sunday, but I keep "hunting" none the less (with my camera ). Thanksgiving morning we saw a nice buck but he was hightailing it for safer ground when we saw him....no chance for a shot. We hunted him till the season ended on Sunday and never saw him again. This morning I was out at daybreak and was poking up the road north of where we had seen him last week. As I was looking up the road I caught a glimpse of an animal dropping into an old dry resevoir....I couldn't tell if it was an antelope or a deer as there was a group of antelope up there. It looked like a deer, but it was just too far to tell. I drove up the road a little further and parked my truck and waited... Nothing. I waited there about 5 minutes looking, but just saw the antelope. I figured it was just one of the antelope that were out feeding, but decided to walk over to the dry resevoir out of curiosity. I hadn't walked 50 feet when this buck bolted out. He must have known hunting season was over because after running about 150 yards he stopped and looked back at me.... had he done that last week, my son would have had his buck!!! Anyway, I was able to click a few pictures before he took off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 I can't see pics here at work, but I can relate to your story. Plenty of times I've had them bolt out of my field after nearly stepping on them. I'll never forget the first time that happened. My dog and I were out chasing pheasants. My dog pointed a hen pheasant and as it flushed I heard a rustling behind me, about 10 feet away. I can remember thinking "there's the rooster making his escape..." so I swung around only to see a pig of a 9 pt getting up out of his bed and loping over to my neighbor's. He sat and looked at me about 70 yards away before bounding over the neighbor's fence and trotting off. I had to have walked within 10 feet of that deer, and the dog was even closer, I'd say within 3 feet and that deer never moved as we walked right past it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tatonka Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 I can't see pics here at work, but I can relate to your story. Plenty of times I've had them bolt out of my field after nearly stepping on them. I'll never forget the first time that happened. My dog and I were out chasing pheasants. My dog pointed a hen pheasant and as it flushed I heard a rustling behind me, about 10 feet away. I can remember thinking "there's the rooster making his escape..." so I swung around only to see a pig of a 9 pt getting up out of his bed and loping over to my neighbor's. He sat and looked at me about 70 yards away before bounding over the neighbor's fence and trotting off. I had to have walked within 10 feet of that deer, and the dog was even closer, I'd say within 3 feet and that deer never moved as we walked right past it. I had a similar experience several years back. I was pheasant hunting with a pair of my springers. A rooster flushed and I dropped him in patch of cattails that was maybe an acre in size. The dogs went into to get the bird and another rooster flushed out, so I shot him too. As the dogs were searching for the roosters, a whitetail buck bolts out not 5 feet from one of the dogs......he'd held tight while I shot twice and two dogs were beating the cover.......and we wonder why we don't see more deer!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Nice pics. They sure do have a sense about them with knowing when to hold tight and when to take off. Amazing just how close they can let you get sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 them picture are ones that could be in a magezine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureshot Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 nice pics, today i was driving down a dirt trail, seen a buck run through a hedge row, It looked pretty good [just a quick side of eye glimse]so i stopped grabbed the gun and spottign scope and ran to the edge 75 yards away to get a look at him crossing the field to see were going, I got there and nothing, there was 1/2 mile open all around, I looked up the hedgerow nothing,I set the scope down and started to glass, within 2 minutes found him, he was a 130 class bedded right in the open stubble field were a combine missed at a corner, once I seen the anlers I seen his nose was on the ground laying flat,the stubble alla round wa sno more than 10 inches tall, maybe 18 inches were he was laying in a spot a foot by 3 ft maybe uncut! amazing how smart they get once they hear a few gubshots lol!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Great pics. They do seem to know right when season ends and when it starts and have great ways of avoiding any form of a hunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubie Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 I was walking a trail during muzzel loader season one year, when about ten feet in, standing still as a post, a buck was watching me. All I noticed at first was an ear twitch, otherwise I'd have walked right past it. Once I saw it was a deer, and I was watching it, he was frozen perfectly still, just watching. It wasn't until I sholdered the muzzle loader and took aim did he bolt off quick as lightning to ruin the shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adrenaline_junky Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 I not sure if crafty would even describe an ol' mature whitetail............LOL...............But any how great story and great pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelk44 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 That seems to be the way it works a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravisM Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Great pics as usual. Thanks for the story and pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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