Meat buck
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Meat buck
After six hunts of seeing nothing but squirrels and coyotes, I was certainly itching to fill a tag. I had pretty much decided anything without spikes or spots was enough. Finally about 15 minutes before sunset yesterday I had a deer step out. And of course it has to be a spike. Shortly after the spike stepped out, I saw movement behind him and this small buck steps out. As they neared my position, the spike took interest in a coyote that I had taken about a half hour early. Frankly, I don't know how he saw it. Perhaps he caught the scent. He proceeded to circle downwind of the coyote which happened to put him downwind of me as well. Fortunately being 17' up paid off as he either didn't smell me or was too interested in other smells. After a minute or two staring at the downed coyote, he relaxed and the 4 point started up the trail to me.
I spent a couple minutes following them with my cell phone camera with them right next to me. I even caught a small sparing match. Only later when I got home did I realize I never pushed record. As they were literally feet away from me, it dawned on me that he would fill a tag nicely considering how few deer I've been seeing. As he stepped up the trail I decided on a quartering away shot at about 10 yards. The lumenok disappeared and he mule kicked. He ran across in front of me leaking badly carrying the far front shoulder and stopped 30 yards away. Within seconds he was down.
I retrieved my arrow from the coyote but didn't find the one from the buck. My initial guess proved true. It was inside the buck. If you look close, you can see the tip of the point just peeking through on the leg.
It only took a quick slice to free the Slick Trick and pull it the rest of the way though. All in all it proved to be a good hunt. I'm as happy to get a yote down as I am with the buck.
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I spent a couple minutes following them with my cell phone camera with them right next to me. I even caught a small sparing match. Only later when I got home did I realize I never pushed record. As they were literally feet away from me, it dawned on me that he would fill a tag nicely considering how few deer I've been seeing. As he stepped up the trail I decided on a quartering away shot at about 10 yards. The lumenok disappeared and he mule kicked. He ran across in front of me leaking badly carrying the far front shoulder and stopped 30 yards away. Within seconds he was down.
I retrieved my arrow from the coyote but didn't find the one from the buck. My initial guess proved true. It was inside the buck. If you look close, you can see the tip of the point just peeking through on the leg.
It only took a quick slice to free the Slick Trick and pull it the rest of the way though. All in all it proved to be a good hunt. I'm as happy to get a yote down as I am with the buck.
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Re: Meat buck
Congratulations on a delicious young buck....and the yote!
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Re: Meat buck
Congrats on a successful outing ! That will stock up the freezer nicely.
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Re: Meat buck
You done just fine that is a good harvest he will be fine table fare!
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Re: Meat buck
Congratulations DuckHunt - don't you just hate those long blood trailing jobs.
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Re: Meat buck
Nice double kill. Well done.
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Can't eat the horns! Congrats!
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Re: Meat buck
Congrats on the pair
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Good eat’s Congrats...
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Re: Meat buck
First congrats on both kills. Second I'm a little confused as to why you wouldn't shoot the spike but would shoot the little 4 point. Reason I ask is 2 years ago I had 2 bucks that were twins but one grew a spike while the other 4 points like the one you shot. They ran together all the time and would spare with each other !
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Nice buck Mr.!
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That's an easy explanation, more meat. The 4 point was a good 70# heavier than the spike.Timbrhuntr wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:05 amSecond I'm a little confused as to why you wouldn't shoot the spike but would shoot the little 4 point.
Actually I've come to dislike spikes. In this area we have a doe-only season. I've learned that I really can't hunt the first and last thirty minutes of light during doe-only season because it is almost impossible to see very short spikes in dim light. In early September when they could still be in velvet, it's even worse. To be safe, I just climb down at sunset and avoid the situation altogether. Anyway, if I'm out after dark following a blood trail I'd prefer there to be antlers at the end of it.
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