wadeocu Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Shot this buck at 150 yards inside the levee on the MS river on 1-17-10. An exciting day in the woods; I have seen 76 deer this year on 22 hunts and 20 of those deer were seen on this one 5 hour hunt last Sunday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Great buck, congrats! It looks like he is very thick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeaveragehunter Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 good looking deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 very nice. One of these I'd like to hunt down on the MS riverbottom somewhere in the southern states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 That's a good one... Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhammer Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Congrats on the harvest, nice buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 looks like a good one! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyman Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 That is a great lookin buck! congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDog Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 nice lookin buck! congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthehuntinman Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Nice buck you got there he has some mass too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Beautiful buck. Way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledrop Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 nice shot and nice deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Nice deer. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Good mass on that buck, congrats. -shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Congrats...niceun!! Welcome to the forums too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadeocu Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Thanks for the kind comments and sharing in my excitement folks! Here's a little bit more of the story. The picture gives a good feel for the country I hunt in - thick cover! 200 yard views are about as far as it gets. I glassed this group of deer for 30 minutes through the vines at about 200 yards with a very obstructed view until they filtered through a shooting lane about 150 yards away. There were 8-9 deer in the group with does, at least one spike, a fork horn and this guy. I was able to get a good idea of what I was looking at through the cover piece by piece seeing a hind leg here, an ear there and an antler every so often while they hung up and fed before coming into my shooting lane. I had made out this guy as a shooter and was ready for him a good 15 minutes before he presented a shot and glassing was the key here. I had a pretty good idea he would make it through the lane as the lead does had gone through single file and they all seemed to be following slowly but surely. He and the fork horn were trailing the herd and made it into one of only a couple of shooting lanes about the same time. I had to be careful that I was shooting at the correct deer given the broken up views I was getting. When he stepped into the lane, I gave a loud verbal 'grunt' and he stopped and looked. I had my knee up on the stand to rest my shooting arm and squeezed off a shot. He bucked up so I knew I connected, but pandemonium ensued and I wasn't able to keep an eye on him as he ran through the woods. I thought I heard him crash and started glassing in that general direction. After ten minutes or so I caught a glimpse of a small white patch and thought it may be him. I climbed down and walked toward the shot site perpendicular to the location of the white patch and a better view opened up where I could make out a bit of antler with the white patch. I glassed for a minute about 200 yds away and made sure he wasn't moving his head. After satisfying myself that he was down I went ahead and walked up to him without having to follow a blood trail. It was a clean heart shot and he even had the decency to run to w/in 30 yds of an accessible road on top of the old levee. Great way to end the season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonBowling21 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 nice buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodtrails Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckandbull Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Great Buck. Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Nice one, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spykbuc Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 thats a big buck, heavy. nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 congrats!! Very nice buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseasl Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 That is a really nice MS buck! Glad to see your season was a great success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeinwalker Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 What happened the the pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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