Opening Day Okie Whitetail


3whunt

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What a beautiful opening day in Oklahoma. The temperature was just right, not to cold and definately not hot, overcast, and bucks cruisin'.

Just after sunrise I had a mature ten point come out cruisin. He didn't stick around very long and soon disappeared into the woods. Saw several does/fawns filter by throughout the rest of the morning. Got out of the stand for lunch around 11:00 am. After meeting for lunch, my dad and I headed back to the stands around 12:30. When I had made it approximately 3/4 of the way back to the stand, I was busted. 3.5 year old 8 point took off running straight away from me. I got the good feeling...and headed on to the stand. Set out the code blue (in tink's bombs), and settled in for the afternoon. It was approximately 1:15 pm.

Well the clouds started breaking and the wind picked up. The wind was blowing of the south/southeast directly towards an overgrown field that the deer around here love to bed in. It wasn't a long sit and the ten point below came trotting-in: lip curl and all. It only took him about a minute to cover the 150 yards from the overgrown field. I shot him quartering to me at 35 yards with a 130 grain Ballistic Silvertip .270 WSM. No blood trail at all, DRT.

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