Rhino Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 It's been a while since I've posted. Needless to say I've been hunting. The members that have been here around for a while know I stay in the woods a lot when our late pre-rut starts until the post-rut period winds down. The morning of Dec. 10th I went to hunt a spot at ground level I've hunted before. Basically it's close to where a fairly wide creek goes into a large creek that borders the western line of our property. The south side of the creek is a 5 year old cutover. The north side is big timber. I had only been there for 10 minutes when this 5.5 year old 9 point tried to cross the creek to head south to bed down for the day. He didn't make it. Took thes pics in the creek bottom where I shot him. My last buck in my MS bag limit of 3 for the year was a suprise, to say the least. I had goals to put some younger hunters on nice bucks. 2 out of 3 are history but that's another story I'll post with another thread. I had been sending them to my 1st places of choice to hunt. This past Saturday afternoon I was sitting one of my stands where my previous 3 hunts had resulted in seeing a button buck. Very disappointing to say the least. With my primary choices of stands covered by the young guys I decided to give this stand one last shot before I chose to move it before next year. After climbing into the stand I glassed some magnolias and found one about forearm size had been torn up since my last sit there. About 4:05 a spike walks through. Better than the last 3 hunts already. At 4:55 I hear a chase coming at me from the south. The doe locks up at 25 yards downwind of me sensing something isn't right. A 2 year old 8 point stops 10 yards behind her with the spike that came by earlier off to his right. Then this 5.5 year old 8 point appears behind them. I knew from trail cam photos I had he was a wallhanger. No shot though...yet. He starts easing off to my right where I pick a spot for a shot. He appears but low brush has his vitals covered. Dang...still no shot. After a brief pause he eases on to my right some more, locks up and starts a stare down. I turned my .308 loose. Great mid 130's MS buck to finish my season on. Needless to say this has been a great year for me with 3 5.5 year old bucks in the bag and a couple of younger hunters I've helped killing some nice bucks. Time to start that thread now. :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Congratulations on a couple great bucks Al. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Wow, Al! You got a couple dandies there for sure. Makes me want to move to someplace warm... Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyman Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Congrats on some great deer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 TOO COOL AL. You do always manage to pull some monsters out of the hat. Those are awesome bucks.:yes: Is that a decoy off on the right side of the 3rd pic down, or another buck watching you get your picture taken?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Great bucks!! Congrats on a great season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Is that a decoy off on the right side of the 3rd pic down, or another buck watching you get your picture taken?? Ya think the bucks are happy I'm limited out Steve? :clown: That's one of our 3D targets. We have 3 set up to shoot off our back porch from an elevated position. Set at 20, 25, & 30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 YOU THE MAN!!! Great bucks! You've had a great season! Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMABUCKS Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Congrats Rhino on another great season. Been waiting on your updates for quite a while. Thinks seem to be starting to get "right" here in Bama. Hopefully some fall in the next few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Wow, what a season you've had Al! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhammer Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Great looking bucks, congrats on a great season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Cold Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 That big 8 is a really nice buck! That is just what I want to put on the wall next to my 10 pointer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Outstanding! Great bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Absolutely AWESOME bucks Al! Way to go buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiepredator Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Those are some outstanding bucks, congrats to them! They would be on my wall forsure!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Congrats, Al! Good to see you around again, too! Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Congratulations Al on a successful season! I still got a few more weeks to try to make something out of mine! Taken a few, but nothing to brag about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledrop Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Dang:jaw: those are some great bucks, congrats:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Atta boy Alan, great bucks you got there! Awesome! :gunsmilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Good stuff Alan. Congrats on a great season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 looks like a great season! congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Thanks everyone. It sure has been a season of memories for a lot of reasons. I'll start my post season scouting soon and work some pre-season turkey hunting scouting into my schedule too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Glad to see things worked out for you this year Alan! Now I guess it's time to relax for a week or two and then start thinking about spring gobblers eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 awesome bucks... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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