Birthday Buck
 

I shot my birthday buck this morning (27 years old).

Got in stand about 645am, had deer all over by 715am or so. What I thought was a hunter acrossed the field in a swamp thicket using a grunt call...turned out to be a small buck chasing a doe. They came in to the woods by me around 730am. The buck went busting over by a row of rubs and scrapes...never saw him again. The doe smelled all around the tree I was in..as I had sprayed doe estrous everywhere. She even smelled the ladder sections at the base of the tree..and them directly up at me. She walked into a corn field a few minutes before I could see my pins.

745am...had 3 does come by. I took aim at one broadside @ 10 yards...and blew it. She took off...but the other two hung around out of range.

8am...I heard what I thought was the first small buck that came in grunting...making a bunch of racket 100 yards in front of me. I grunted 3 times, turned the can over twice. Then I saw movement...and grunting. I looked at the deer with my binoc's...and knew he was a shooter. He came in to what would have been a 20 yard shot to my left...which is my bread and butter. He then (maybe?) got a whiff of the estrous I sprayed...or one of those does that came through there. So instead of a broadside shot to my left, he gave me a perfect broadside shot directly in front of me. Double lung shot..ran 70 yards...and ended.


What was great, is that when he was walking towards me from 100 yards out...he was grunting..and his hair on his neck and back was sticking straight up! I've only seen them do that in video's. Also, the signs of him just doing his business with a doe were all over him. Both visually, and by the fact that you could smell an estrous doe all over his weiner area. lol



http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp270/studpat/bdaybuck.jpg


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He's a 12pt...and will probably go 130's or so I'm guessing.

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Thats a great buck! Congrats!

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Sounds like a great way to spend your Birthday, congrats!

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Very nice buck! Congrats, and Happy Birthday!:D

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Great buck man. Congrats and Happy Birthday

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Haaaaaappppppppyyyyyy birthday.:D


Excellent.;)

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Nice deer. With that mass and spread I'd guesshe'llbe into the 140's.

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great job, congrats.

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Nice Buck and Happy Birthday!!

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That's a beauty! Good job!

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what a birthday present!! Congrats

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Happy Birthday to you:D

Congrats. That is an awesome buck.

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Awesome buck,congrats and happy b-day

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thats my kind of bday buck congrats:D

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Thanks guys!

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Congrats!

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Congrats! - great birthday present.

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That is an awesome deer. Great mass on him. Congrats and happy birthday bud:D

Shane

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Great buck congratulations! On your birthday no less,excellent!

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Very nice buck!!!:DCongrats!!!

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Happy Bitrhday and one really nice buck for you.

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Awesome man. I got a deer on my Birthday this year too. (October 11th)..

Congrats on your Indiana big buck down ! Woo Hoo

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great story and buck

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Great buck! He's a beaut!


Why were you sniffing his wiener? j/k man. Congrats!

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Now thats a hunting story! Sweet!

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Way to go Pat!!! Congrats!! :DHappy Birthday also, for some reason I always thought of you older than I but you are 2 weeks younger! I actually hunt just south of you (see my post about my BIL deer) thats a great buck!

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Congrats! Thats one hell ofa present.:)

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That's a helluva buck, Pat. Congrats!!

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thats an awesome buck.. hope the rest of your birthday is swell

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I'm gonna come clean....

When I was reading that story...I never DREAMED it was gonna end with a photo like THAT![&:]

WOW! Happy birthday!

(p.s. Mine's tomorrow....and I'm just hoping for a DOE!....lol We have a funeral to attend....so maybe the evening hunt is out of the question)

Again....congrats!

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Hell of a birthday present!! Congratulation's on a great buck!

Happy birthday as well.

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Nice buck. Congrats and happy birthday.

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Thanks again.


I forgot to mention that when I took it to the guy I have cut it up for me, he asked if I wanted his glands cut off? He told me a lot of people, even out of state hunters, have inquired about buying their glands from their rear legs....and then strapping them to their boots. Seems like a good idea, but we can only shoot 1 buck here in Indiana...and a doe shouldn't be a problem...hence the reason I declined.

I just thought that was interesting...


BTW, lol...I wasn't smelling his weiner..LOL. As soon as I walked up to him I could smell estrous...and notice right when I started cutting his belly the appearent sign of..well....nevermind. It's gross. I'll just leave it at that...

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Nice Buck, Happy birthday as well.

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That is the funniest thing I ever heard.:DThat gave me a good morning laugh!!!!
Congratson the great buck. He's a dandy

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LOL, I figured, at least.... I hope you didn't smell his package! LOL:D

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great deer, horrible photo's

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That's a visual I didn't care to get thank you very much![&:]

Congrats on an outstanding buck though.....

GH

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Great buck man congrats for sure

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That is a great buck Pat. I love seeing Indiana boys getting it done.