Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
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Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Hello all,
Spent another great evening enjoying what mother nature has to offer and ended my evening with the use of one of my tags ..
I headed out to one of the new properties that I have started to hunt (WMU 80) .. I have not had alot of time to scout the area but I used alot of what I have been taught and watched from experienced forum members over the years and located what I thought to be a "natural funnel". I carved a new tree and headed up for the evening.
As the evening approached I wondered if my strategy was a little flawed and I thought about packing it in as a light rain had started .. But I thought I'll give it 5 more minutes and then start packing up. I heard a familiar noise in the leaves which I thought was the number of 10 point 200 lb squirrels I had listened to for the past 2 hours and I didnt think much of it. The rustling in the leaves started to be too constant so I slowly turned to the direction of the disturbance. Soon the annoying black squirrel transformed into a four legged brown with horns.
As I watched a nice little buck developed into my vision. He walked up the ravine exactly where I thought the deer would travel through the funnel. At 22 yards he turned broadside to me and started to head to the bean field .. With that I stopped him with a "bahhh" and sent my Wasp Cam-Lok off of the rail. I heard the "thwack" of what I believed to be a good solid hit. The buck dissapeared from my sight and I thought I heard the "death" crash not far from me but having learned the hard way a number of years ago I settled in for the long wait. Darkness had settled in before I made my way down the tree and began the search for my bolt. After a little searching I found the evidence I needed to set my mind at ease a little:
After a short track I was happy to find a nice little inside the ears 9 point right where I had heard him crash only about 40 yards from my stand.
Cheers,
Spent another great evening enjoying what mother nature has to offer and ended my evening with the use of one of my tags ..
I headed out to one of the new properties that I have started to hunt (WMU 80) .. I have not had alot of time to scout the area but I used alot of what I have been taught and watched from experienced forum members over the years and located what I thought to be a "natural funnel". I carved a new tree and headed up for the evening.
As the evening approached I wondered if my strategy was a little flawed and I thought about packing it in as a light rain had started .. But I thought I'll give it 5 more minutes and then start packing up. I heard a familiar noise in the leaves which I thought was the number of 10 point 200 lb squirrels I had listened to for the past 2 hours and I didnt think much of it. The rustling in the leaves started to be too constant so I slowly turned to the direction of the disturbance. Soon the annoying black squirrel transformed into a four legged brown with horns.
As I watched a nice little buck developed into my vision. He walked up the ravine exactly where I thought the deer would travel through the funnel. At 22 yards he turned broadside to me and started to head to the bean field .. With that I stopped him with a "bahhh" and sent my Wasp Cam-Lok off of the rail. I heard the "thwack" of what I believed to be a good solid hit. The buck dissapeared from my sight and I thought I heard the "death" crash not far from me but having learned the hard way a number of years ago I settled in for the long wait. Darkness had settled in before I made my way down the tree and began the search for my bolt. After a little searching I found the evidence I needed to set my mind at ease a little:
After a short track I was happy to find a nice little inside the ears 9 point right where I had heard him crash only about 40 yards from my stand.
Cheers,
Last edited by Sandman on Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:03 am, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Very nice! But don't burn out all those tags just yet.
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Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Congrats! Nice buck....looks like he should be pretty tasty!
Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Congrats great story pictures and buck.
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Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Great looking buck! Not a bad deer either.
You got some really good pictures.
You don't mess around, do you?
Congrats!
You got some really good pictures.
You don't mess around, do you?
Congrats!
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Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Congrads, looks like your knowledge of funnels has paid off.
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Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Thanks Sumner4991sumner4991 wrote:Great looking buck! Not a bad deer either.
You got some really good pictures.
You don't mess around, do you?
Congrats!
Cheers,
Last edited by Sandman on Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:01 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Sweeeet ! .... Congrat's Robin !
Awsome story and pic's !
Beauty buck !
Awsome story and pic's !
Beauty buck !
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Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Congratulations Sandman!
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Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Beauty buck! Congrats on filling that first tag. Nice arrow set-up too. GT II's and blazers are a fine combo.
Enjoy the eats.
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Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Well that didn't take you long! CONGRATULATIONS and thanks for the story!
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Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
Good lookin buck! I wish our deer had those big bodies.
Re: Evening Success .. Nice Little 9 Point.
They are a great set up and were made by our own forum member BigJohn.korey99 wrote:Nice arrow set-up too. GT II's and blazers are a fine combo.
Korey
Last edited by Sandman on Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:58 am, edited 1 time in total.
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