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heres my story


Well I didnt sleep muchthe night before opening morningbecause visions of big bucks wouldnt stop bothering me. 5a.m. came and it was time to get up, so we all got ready and headed out. We got to the property and walked out an old road when suddenly the smell of marajuana filled the air strongly! about 25 feet later we ran into a guy who was sitting in the fork of a tree! lol... All I said was hi, since I didnt want to make him mad for interrupting something that might be "buzzing" around his head. Anyways about a mile later me and my brother were finally getting close to our stands. My brother got to his stand first, so I kept walking through some thick young pine trees. My flashlight caught the reflection of some eyes about 100 feet away, and I stopped and looked a little harder.. turned out to be a doe and a fawn bedded down in the pine trees. I had no choice but to keep walking towards them, and finally they spooked and ran off. Next thing i know Im standing 15 feet away from a different big doe and it just laid there looking at me. So I walked a little bit and it took off too. I finally made it to my stand, and it was still dark. I heard a deer snort at me and run off, there were deer running EVERYWHERE. Finally it quieted down, all except one lone deer behind my stand that was walking around really slow. It stayed around until daylight and I heard some deer in front of me, but it was still too dark to see through the pine trees where the deer was standing. The deer that was behind me appearantly got interested in those deer and ended up about 10 yards behind my stand, but I couldnt turn around to see what it was. Finally it walked off and about 10 minutes later..."BOOM!!!" That deer came running back and fell 50 yards from my stand. I got worried that I wasnt gonna get a deer walking by since someone shot so close to me. So for no reason at all I blew my deer call. Suddenly I heard something walking down the hill in frontof me. I had forgotten about the 2 deer I had heard earlier in front of my stand. I kept watching and finally saw one of them. It came from behind a tree and looked around and I saw that big rack on top of its head! Its body was still behind the tree and it started to walk away, perfectly in line with the tree between me and him. I blew the deer call again and it stopped and looked back, but started walking again, and suddenly it turned and went through a little clearing and I made a noise and it stopped, I had my crosshairs on its chest and when it looked at me, I pulled the trigger. The deer stiffened up and fell right down. I sat there for 15 minutes and realized that I had hit it in the spine. It was pulling itself around with its front legs and I felt sorry for it. So i got out of my stand and walked up to within 15 feet from it, and it was still perfectly alive, so I shot it again and the shot didnt even phase it. so I tried another shot in its neck and still nothing. I felt even more sorry for it so I aimed for its heart and pulled the trigger. FINALLY it died. I know ur supposed to wait, but I couldnt. I knew it wasnt gonna get up and I wanted it to die fast. When it died I looked around for the deer that the other person had shot and I found it only 40 yards from where mine lay. Believe it or not, my younger brother shot the other one. It was a really nice 8 pointer. I got what I always wanted today. I always wanted to get me a 10 pointer and today I did. and thats my story.


He ended up scoring 127 2/8 gross. and I was the happiest guy on the piece of property we were hunting!! lol

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Nice deer man! :D

That just got me even more excited for the upcoming season.

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Got one this weekend myself--here'a couple of pics!

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nice buck, congrats! that first pic is a little dark, I took and lightened it up a lil... hope thats ok?

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nice manuman nice looking deer now its my turn to get one lol

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when you going to score him and put it on the score card page

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went out all day today saw nothing at all going back out tommrow

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went out this morning didnt see a thing will be going out all week got vacation so lets hope for somtihng good

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well i had no luck at all today didnt see a damn thing owell thats how it goes somtimes

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:)Good luck everyone on harvesting a deer :) I hope you all get one.

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Well heres my update. Season has been open since last Saturday. I had my old roommate from college home hunting with me. I got him on a nice 4x4, real nice mass, 18" inside spread, and some good length on G2s, G3s, and brows.

I passed on 3 bucks yesterday. 2 of them were touching the 150" mark, I'm thinking I'm gonna be regretting that choice.....I know if I keep at it, I will find some of the ones I had located during archery season in the 160-170 range.

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Well, I got a nice buck last saturday evening. I don't have the pics ready yet, but I will by next week. He's a real nice 10 point that is 17 inches wide. I still have to score him but I think he'll be in the mid to upper 120's. I'll get the pics posted as soon as I can.

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dang rammer oyur lucky i live here in vemront a 150 class state record probly but any ways went out everyday sence deer season opend accept for probly 2 days got 3 more days of hunting those are my last chances all ive seen is a spike horn and 3 does going to some woods ive never hunted befor big woods so maybe ill get lucky or lost lol

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i took my brother in law hunting by my tree stand yesterday... We ended up seeing the biggest buck he had ever seen while hunting... unfortunately I was in between him and the deer, and he couldnt get a shot! I think it would have been close to the state minimum b&c entry score of 160... Maybe I will see him next year as a 180!! lol... I can dream anyways.

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well im off for another full day of hunting only got one more day after today aint seen nothing but hopefully i can get somthing today or tommorow let you know when i get home

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well guys im sorry but i couldnt come through i didnt get anything today was the last day i hunted my arse off but didnt come away with nothing maybe next year

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Its all good man. I'm not sure if I am going to kill anything either. I have a week left, but I'm not going to shoot a buck unless he is a monster or a management type buck. THe hunting has been really tough here as well, but the snow thast moving in tonite might make things more interesting.

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last day here too, thank God I was able to get my deer the first day. Today I took my oldest nephew hunting and happened to find an absolute huge dead 10 pointer. he was rotten already so I had a stinky time lol... I will get pics of the rack as soon as I can.

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Well today marked the last day of the rifle season (buck season) in South Dakota. There is an extended doe season that is going to run for a whlie yet.

I did not harvest a buck this year. I passed on many nice bucks in hopes of a true monster, and I got jipped. Its all a part of hunting I guess. Next year!

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so.. where are the bucks that the other guys said they shot? I would like to see some pics. :)

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Sorry, it's taking me so long to post the pic of my deer. I don't have access to the internet at home, so I scanned my pics to a disc and took it to work with me to post. For some reason, I couldn't find the pics on the disc. Something about formatting. I'll try it again.