snapper Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Well the morning started off a little on the chilly side...but really nice calm morning. The past couple of days the bucks have been cruising looking for does. I was sitting on stand by daybreak...7am, nothing....8am, nothing....9am, nothing. Buddy Pete (pudd) was seeing bucks and does running all over the place all morning. We are hunting my land which is a little less than 60 acres and he's seeing all kinds of deer and I'm seeing nothing. At 9:50 am (about ready to call it a morning and go get breakfast) when this guy walked in. I didn't have alot of time to decide if I would take him or not. I knew it wasn't the buck I was looking for but I was running out of time to hunt and thought...I prob. wouldn't pass him up on the last day...so at about 18 yards he stepped into my shooting lane and I stopped him. Slightly quartering away the arrow hit its mark (a tad forward) but I was happy with it....EXCEPT, it sounded like it hit bone and didn't get much penitration. After about 40mins...pudd and I started trailing...good blood everywhere...at around 100 yards or so we bumped him bedded. I made the call to back out...we left and got breakfast and ran a few errons (for the wife). After a phone call for permission to track him acrossed the neighbors property about 2 hours past. We got back on the blood...little harder to find because it was drying and turning brown plus the wind picked up and blowing leaves around. Any rate...he went about another 80 yards from where we bumped him and rolled down a steep bank near the creek bottom. After reviewing the hit...we both agreed the hit was good and would do the same shot over. Got one lung though...thanks to the Rage head and large entrance hole...he bled good! Bone collector collects some bone!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Not a bad deer for a bow Gregg. I'd sure sling carbon at him down this way. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 That is a nice buck, Gregg! Way to go! Did the smart thing by backing out. Can go a long way on one lung and fear.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted November 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Can go a long way on one lung and fear.. Yep...I think thats how alot of people lose deer...know they hit good and had good blood...but...things happen! BTW...this thing was just covered up in ticks...WOW! See the spots on the white just above his nose...those were big ole wood ticks. Picked a few little deer ticks off my pant legs after gutting him. Been feeling all ichy and crawly all evening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Congrats on the buck! He's a nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 BTW...this thing was just covered up in ticks...WOW! See the spots on the white just above his nose...those were big ole wood ticks. Picked a few little deer ticks off my pant legs after gutting him. Been feeling all ichy and crawly all evening! Yes, no fun with that creepy crawly feeling. I am pretty sensitive to those little suckers. Have to check every little movement on the skin. Real or imagined! Funny how some deer can be covered with them while others have hardly any. Probably an indication of where they spend most of their time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp793 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Congrats, he's a nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dartonman Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Good job Gregg...makes me hungry...Ill be heading for the woods in the morning......al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyohunter Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 he is a dandy my friend, congrats dang you, now im itchy.....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Heck of a great buck, with archery tackle on top of it! Great job. Glad to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Awesome deer, I'd be very proud of him! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgitall Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Nice Buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 awesome i wouldn't pass him either congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Congrats:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Great buck Gregg, congrats! Hoyt baby! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Congrats. I wouldn't pass him up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted November 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Turns out the meat was bad... As I was gutting him...pudd asked me if I cut into the guts (he was downwind)...I said no! But I did notice a different (not awful bad smell, just different) smell. Well once they started skinning...they found a hole in his neck, like a pucture wound. Figured he got in a fight with another buck...any rate, he had NO fat from base of his head down to the front shoulders and it was full of pus. You could see the purple in the veins...like blood poisioning. Butcher said he'd been surprised if this buck would have made it through the winter seeing how he was already living off his fat. Shame...he seemed like a big healthy deer...didn't even notice the hole in the neck...but now the smell makes sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 congrats on a great buck!! todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Congrats!! That's a great buck!! Terrible to hear about the meat being bad though. Probably a blessing he walked in front of you and you took him instead of him having to die what probably would have been a slow painful death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Congrats... looks like you're putting that new bow to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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