coles Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 After 4 days of hunting my butt off, I finally filled my Deer A tag. Monday morning started out looking for a doe for my girlfriend. We saw a nice little 4x4 but not big enough to shoot on my first day of my trip. Monday evening led to nothing. Tuesday morning I walked a big irrigation ditch and jumped a few does and little fork horn. My dad shot a doe and we drug her to the truck. As we were loading her up, I looked just south and a buck came out of no where walking down the hill. I got my bipod folded out and laid down prone. Dad ranged him at 492 yards and I put the bottom hash mark of my Burris Ballisticplex cross hair behind his shoulder. As I pulled the trigger he took a step and I hit him a little far back. We loaded his deer up and waited about 45 mins. When we got down to where he was standing, we found a blood trail about 20 yards long and then it was like someone turned off the faucet. No blood after that and he made it into a jungle of a thicket that was huge. We walked every inch of the brush and never found him. I was sicker than i have ever been. Sad and mad at myself, we headed home. Yesterday morning we went up to the mountains to look for a mule deer buck and only saw 3 does. the wind was blowing about 80mph and kept everything holed up. Yesterday evening I went and sat in a large straw bale stack and had some other hunters park 200 yards from me on the road and eliminate my chances of any deer coming into my stubble field. I watched my buddy shoot his buck about a mile away through my binos. Since he shot his buck last night, he brought my dad and I out to where i shot my buck last year and he shot his last night. We set up on the hill and glassed down into the fields. The heavy 5x5 he had been seeing came out in the field and was chasin a doe. I cut across the bottom and got to the edge of the field. I couldnt see him cuz he bedded down and I didnt know it. After looking for him about 20 mins, he got up and followed a doe goin from my right to left. He was about 320 yards out and I wanted to take a closer shot. I crawled down into the ditch and cut him off. He came walking out into the other field by himself and fed his way to me. I had set up my shooting sticks and was watching him through the scope. He spotted me but the only shot i had was straight on. I pulled the trigger and he bucked and ran about 40 yards and died. After gutting him, I took out his heart, lungs, and liver. A 130 gr Federal Fusion out of a 270 did its job! My dad and our friend watched the whole thing through the spotting scope! Our friend is the taxiderist that did the Euro mount for my girlfriends buck that she took off this property earlier this year. He is doing a shoulder mount for me on this one! Here is the pics! The buck on the right is the buck my friend took yesterday evening. His scored 142". Mine is on the left. Look at that MASS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Great deer, coles! Way to go man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 OH WOW!!! LOOK AT THE MASS ON THAT GUY!! holy cow! CONGRATS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetucker Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 i guess you done collected some bone there!!What a great story and a truly remarkable endind!!Congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCFORLIFE Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Great deer, congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyman Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 congrats on a great buck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Thats a stud of a buck Coles! I love the MASS!!! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Wow, gorgeous! Congrats to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 WOW............ great bucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Nothing beats a buck with a lot of mass! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseasl Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Congrats on a great deer. Love the palmation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiepredator Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Those are some awesome bucks!! Wow...does your's ever have a lot of mass!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman312 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 congrats... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 congrats!!! good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 WTG Cole! Man look at the mass on that guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Gorgeous buck coles! congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted November 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Thanks guys! Im really happy with him. Im goin to score him tonight. Ill let ya'll know what i come up with. Any guesses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 That's a great looking buck...congrats to you! Glad to see such a trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted November 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 I came up with 141" Gross score. Sound about right to you guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBomb500 Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Hey, what a great buck! Man you weren't kidden when you said it had mass! Holy smokes!!! Both of them are nice bucks! Great story, and congrats on a really awesome buck! He will make a great shoulder mount! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonBowling21 Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 great buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 bucks got some mass for sure. Very nice. todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tecumseh Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Congrats on the deer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBomb500 Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 That score sounds about right. I'll have fun scoring him here just for fun!!! Great buck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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