smallmunster Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 My brother and I took to the woods this weekend with our smokeless ML's. He has a Savage MLII .50 and I have a new SMI 45 on a H&R shotgun frame. We spent all day in the woods Saturday from 6:00 AM to 6:30 PM by the time we made it out. It was a high near 50F. He was in a tree stand in a large timber and I was on the field edge in a Double Bull. It was a limited draw hunt on public ground with ML only during the 2nd shotgun season. I saw some nice bucks but none came close. He shot his in late afternoon. 60 yard shot and he went about 30 yards and piled up. Nice buck in very pleasant conditions. A 10 that aged at 4.5 years and weighed at 164 lbs. I sat in the tree stand the next day. Temp at 4:00 AM 40 F, a couple hours later 6 F with wind chill at around -10F to -15F. I sat in the tree stand and had this guy come in at 90 yards or so at 9:00 AM. I had to sneak it through between several trees and could only see his front shoulder area. I could see his better side and saw the sticker off the g2 so I thought I would take him and go thaw out. After the shot I was not sure I had hit him as I lost him right after the shot. I went and looked and finally found some blood, then a lot of blood, up to 4 feet high on the trees he was running by. He piled up about 80 to 100 yards away. I was pretty happy with him considering the conditions. He was aged at 5.5 years and 149 lbs dressed. My first deer with the SMI 45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thats awesome, 2 great bucks. Congrats to you and your brother. Just shows how important it is to hold tight and tough out the cold weather. -shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 A couple nice looking deer there. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookieee Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 congrats on two very nice deers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Congratulations to you and your brother Chris. Couple of really nice bucks there. Both bucks look to have a lot of white in the face, is that normal for deer in your area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallmunster Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 The gray face is not uncommon, I see a couple shot each year that look similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKYhunter Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Wow, congrats to you and your brother. Both very nice deer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Congrats, both very nice bucks! Both really gray faced also.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Two great deer. Congrats to both of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Congrats to you both on some good buck!! 40 to 2 is rough!! Way to stick it out! :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Congrats to both of you on two fine bucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CSRoth Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Congrats to both of you, great bucks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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