Buck and doe down.
 

I had plans on going out to my land and spend all day Sat. hunting. But of course, things never go as planned. Fri. night I get a call that there is a clogged line at the church, so that kills Sat. morning hunt. Sat. morning I spend most of it digging up a sewer line. Get done around 2:00. Way to late to head to my land, which is over an hour away. So I decide to go to the river about 1 mile from my house and hunt the public land. Usually ok for hogs, but not all that good for deer. I get cleaned up, head out. I set up on a bluff over looking a heavily used trail. At around 4:00 I have a doe come in. So of course I have to send an arrow her way. She runs about 30 yards and piles up in plan site. I still plan to give her about 10-20 min, when out down the trail I see a buck with his nose to the trail following the does sent. So when he walks in range, I give him and arrow as well. He jumps, spins twice and drops on the spot. I can easily see he is done, so I go down and recover them and head home before dark. He was a big bodied 8 point that had been doing some serious fighting. Every tine on his rack was broke off.

I forgot to take pics of the doe, other than in the back of the truck for the ride home.

Sorry about the pics. all I had was a phone.





And for the ride to the gutting spot.




And the great thing about this, this is a bonus buck. I shot him in Knox county, which is a two buck county. My land is in Kent county, which is a one buck county, so I still have one more buck to harvest. Three does and one buck left. The deer god were smiling on me yesterday. Ill take this over a hog.

We just never know what the deer gods have in store for us. Congrats on the double!

Blessings.....Pastorjim

WTG CONGRATS YOU ARE LUCKY WITH BONUS BUCK here in Alaska regs are such you kill one in 2,3,4,5, bag limit area you can not take one in a one animal area if you have taken one any where in the state.

Burnie, great job! I am very happy for you.

Well now if we can just give Bob lessons on harvesting.I'm 1 Texas buck and 1 Okie buck and doe so I am still on the prowl! Bet theres lots of pressure on the river near home?Now you need a small hog for sausage fixings!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nice work... congrats..

nice!!! 2 in one day!!!

Bernie
Nice buck. If you do not mind me asking, what kind of bow is that on the ground? or is that a log next to the deer. I cannot tell from the picture.

Thank you
Derk.

Congrats on a great double with traditional gear!

Thanks everyone

Dark Arrow
The bow I was using is a reflex/deflex, long bow I made this last fall. I made it from a bamboo pole and a piece of brazilian walnut decking, with a grip of osage wraped in buffalo leather. The tips are whitetail deer antler. It pulls 62lbs at 28".

Kent, how did you bet that buck to sit so pretty?:deer:

And Rowel I don't need a lesson on harvesting, I need a lesson on finding them.

I can't help it, I fished so many tournaments when I was doing that bass fishing thing, that I still practice catch and release.:s2:

Very nicely done Kent, congratulation's bud!!! You da man!!

Congrats on both deer !! Glad you were able to get out an hunt after the change in plans !!

Tim

Way to go Kent, CONGRATS!

Nice buck. Nice prop job. Congratulations.
Chris

Yea, you need to quite that practice of catch and release. next time you come down, Ill set with you and shot a deer and we can tell everyone you shot it.:woot::happy0157::happy0157::happy0157::happy01 57::party0005:

Oh yea, I got a call the other night from some buddy called Buck. He told me to stab you in the butt with an arrow.:s13:

How about some lumenocks or something with a beacon for you Bob?You are becoming a armed conservationist....don't make me give you another schooling there old guy!:poke: Hey Kent was Buck laughing while giving you the message?

Actually, he was quite pissed. He said something about Bob being a pain in the ares.:poke::barmy::evil:


I better leave Bob alone, he seems to come across some of the best beer ive ever drank.:s4: