I got a shot at this guy a week ago .
Remember I said I was frustrated I missed , then after checking my 270 WSM my scope was off .
Well after a lot of persistance and some patiance he showed up again .
I,m sure I will have many hunters that wont believe me when I tell the short story ..
Well I missed this deer after a very quick shot as he was stepping into the woods with his ass facing me .
I had one quick shot at him , I missed and the gun was later tested at the range and was shooting 4 inches or so high .
I guess part of getting ( not old ) but older you tend to do a little more unintentional bumping
I went away for 4 days , came back and started looking for him again . I tried 2 of my stands ,,
One stand was hooter then the other so I hunted it in the am and some pm hunts, I looked for tracks , rubs, scrapes , etc. Found some good srapes but apparently the rut is near the end here in Northern NY .
He came in fromt the opposite side I had seen all the recent racked bucks ( including him ) come in.
So he is actualy crossing a huge field at 8 am .Hes at 600 yards.
I look down the field and see a deer , I look through my binocs and see its him,
So I tried grunting he stops for a couple seconds then starts walking in the same direction, so I rattled a little with a rattle bag , He seamed to be curious but just for a few more seconds , He starts walking again to my left stil at 600 plus yards .
I took a couple ranges with my LEICA range finder and he was abought 650 yards and 30 yards from entering the woods again
I could tell he was not intrested in what was on my end of the woods .
So I figured its now or never .
I,ve never even attempted a shot that far but I figured if I miss hes gone and if I dont shoot hes gone ..
So I got as steady as I could , aimed and fired .
The deer flinched , took a step and looked in my direction .
I aim a gain tried to be as steady as I could
Squeezed the trigger and aparently was moving as I was VERY nervous ..
Bang ,,, the buck drops to the ground . I could not believe it .
He was down and at over 600 yards ,,,
I packed up my back pack , reloaded and couldnt wait to go back after the Polaris XP....
Well I realzed I,d forgoten my cell phone, unstant camera was abought out of pics .. AARRGHHH..
I went down brought the deer up to the same tree I used to hang my big 9 pointer 7 years ago .
Wnet to the truck , went home , got the wife , 2 cameras and my phone ,
Went back to the lot took , pics, pics and pics , gutted him out put him on the 4 wheeler and entered him in a big buck contest.
He is a 10 pointer ( my first)
He is in full rut ( and stinks)
His spine is way up .
Hard to believe he waid in at 162 lbs.
I,m sure he lost 20 plus lbs chasing all the does around .
What a GREAT DAY .
Wishing everyone best of luck ..
Ever think it may be your year for a big one ?? I DID ....