Wildest deer hunts of 2003 Part 1.
02-16-2004 | 05:41 PM
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Wildest deer hunts of 2003 Part 1.
Wildest deer hunts of 2003 Part 1.
November 1st I walked to the area just south of a ridge, that I have been hunting leaving behind a scent trail of BF-Fgland.
I climbed the tree with my Summit Bullet and got settled in.
About 6:45 a.m. a 4 pointer came from the other side of the ridge and hit the scent trail and came within 10 yards of the stand. I watched him as he went on by and walked out of site.
7:20 a.m. I hear a deer running in the clear cut behind and just northwest of me. When all of a sudden a doe running flat out is running right for my location. I stand up pull back and aim just as she passes under me. I have seen deer run before but nothing like this she was flat moving. I had not shot at her because she never stopped.
When I hear the second deer a 3 point buck come following up and trying to keep up they made a semi-circle around the valley and head back over the ridge.
About 30 seconds to 1 minute behind that I heard more noise from the original location. I look in that direction and I see more than one buck in the thicket, moving back and forth.
I pull out the can call and turn it twice. Then all **** broke loose, sound like a heard of pigs. Buck’s started heading right toward my location and crossing back and forth and I could see a huge eight pointer with a couple of six’s, four’s and other bucks that I still not sure of the head gear and the numbers. I pull back to shoot the 8 pointer but he does not stop till 20 yards pass me. (Note all the bucks are within 10 yard and directly under and behind the tree I am in)
More bucks keep coming by but I am taking aim at the 8 Pointer with his tongue hanging out, when I see a huge 160 class 10 pointer coming along with what was even just as big 8 pointer. I try to aim at the 10 but he never stops and the second 8 pointer stops at the same location as the first 8 pointer. Then a what I believe a 11 pointer in the 170’s runs into a vine out in front about 10 yards and I take aim at it since it is the only broadside target I had and it starts to back up trying to get the vine out and I shoot and it raise on it’s back feet at the same time and the arrow passed right over the back of another buck and goes right under the neck of the 11 pointer and falls short of even a bigger what I believe was a 12 point buck that was passing behind it. The 11 pointer put it’s ear back and headed right toward a 8 pointer with his head down and the 8 move just in time from being stuck in the side by the 11 pointer.
A few more buck of enormous size passed under the stand and behind me during that time. They made it about 60 yards out and broke up and headed back into the clear cut and over the ridge and some kept going south.
I sat down and try to convince my self I was not having a dream. I believe I counted 13 plus bucks, I no for sure I lost count. The 11 pointer was by far the biggest deer I have ever shot at.
I was not even disappointed about missing, not sure what I was feeling other than dis-belief.
I will say this will never happen again no matter how long I hunt.
My friend showed up about 30 minutes after this was hunting on the ground of the location that the deer went over the ridge. He told me about 10 minutes after he got their a 4 pointer came walking back in a manner like he had never seen before. Didn’t really care about him and just roamed away, and never ran.
I can only assume it was part of that group.
Man what a day in Southern Missouri. I will never get to hunt this spot again. But, just for that moment it was worth all the hard work of food plots and etc.
Wildest deer hunts of 2003 part 2 will be coming soon.
November 1st I walked to the area just south of a ridge, that I have been hunting leaving behind a scent trail of BF-Fgland.
I climbed the tree with my Summit Bullet and got settled in.
About 6:45 a.m. a 4 pointer came from the other side of the ridge and hit the scent trail and came within 10 yards of the stand. I watched him as he went on by and walked out of site.
7:20 a.m. I hear a deer running in the clear cut behind and just northwest of me. When all of a sudden a doe running flat out is running right for my location. I stand up pull back and aim just as she passes under me. I have seen deer run before but nothing like this she was flat moving. I had not shot at her because she never stopped.
When I hear the second deer a 3 point buck come following up and trying to keep up they made a semi-circle around the valley and head back over the ridge.
About 30 seconds to 1 minute behind that I heard more noise from the original location. I look in that direction and I see more than one buck in the thicket, moving back and forth.
I pull out the can call and turn it twice. Then all **** broke loose, sound like a heard of pigs. Buck’s started heading right toward my location and crossing back and forth and I could see a huge eight pointer with a couple of six’s, four’s and other bucks that I still not sure of the head gear and the numbers. I pull back to shoot the 8 pointer but he does not stop till 20 yards pass me. (Note all the bucks are within 10 yard and directly under and behind the tree I am in)
More bucks keep coming by but I am taking aim at the 8 Pointer with his tongue hanging out, when I see a huge 160 class 10 pointer coming along with what was even just as big 8 pointer. I try to aim at the 10 but he never stops and the second 8 pointer stops at the same location as the first 8 pointer. Then a what I believe a 11 pointer in the 170’s runs into a vine out in front about 10 yards and I take aim at it since it is the only broadside target I had and it starts to back up trying to get the vine out and I shoot and it raise on it’s back feet at the same time and the arrow passed right over the back of another buck and goes right under the neck of the 11 pointer and falls short of even a bigger what I believe was a 12 point buck that was passing behind it. The 11 pointer put it’s ear back and headed right toward a 8 pointer with his head down and the 8 move just in time from being stuck in the side by the 11 pointer.
A few more buck of enormous size passed under the stand and behind me during that time. They made it about 60 yards out and broke up and headed back into the clear cut and over the ridge and some kept going south.
I sat down and try to convince my self I was not having a dream. I believe I counted 13 plus bucks, I no for sure I lost count. The 11 pointer was by far the biggest deer I have ever shot at.
I was not even disappointed about missing, not sure what I was feeling other than dis-belief.
I will say this will never happen again no matter how long I hunt.
My friend showed up about 30 minutes after this was hunting on the ground of the location that the deer went over the ridge. He told me about 10 minutes after he got their a 4 pointer came walking back in a manner like he had never seen before. Didn’t really care about him and just roamed away, and never ran.
I can only assume it was part of that group.
Man what a day in Southern Missouri. I will never get to hunt this spot again. But, just for that moment it was worth all the hard work of food plots and etc.
Wildest deer hunts of 2003 part 2 will be coming soon.
02-17-2004 | 01:19 PM
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From: Claremore, OK. USA
RE: Wildest deer hunts of 2003 Part 1.
2003 was not nearly as action packed as 2002 for me, but I did have an exciting experience.....it went like this;
I shot a 148", 14 point @ 7:15am. Hit him thru both lungs. Watched him run 40 yards and drop. Right afterwards I had a mature doe and a spike come by eating acorns. I sat patiently waiting for the deer to vacate the area before I made my decent.
Once the coast was clear, I climbed down and headed out the way I had came in earlier that morning. As soon as I topped the ridge I saw the tops of antlers coming my direction so I just laid down. I was hunting a private ranch and knew that other bowhunters in my camp would love to hunt this stand, as it was a HOT one and didn't want to alert every deer in the woods to it's location. At approx. 40 yards, I could tell that the buck was a respectable 100", 1 1/2 old. He slowly worked the direction of the trail I now inhabited. I decided that I would see how he would react to a grunt tube. Now lying on my side I blew on the grunt tube twice. The buck threw his head up and ran my direction within 20 yards, stopped and started pawing the ground. He had not pinpointed me at this time so I hit the grunt again. This time, he looked right at me grunted and took a couple of steps back and dropped his head. I rolled over on my stomach and slowly rose to all fours, snort wheezed and pawed at the ground. It was hilarious! He just looked at me like I was crazy. He stood there for about a minute turned and headed back the way he came. Little did I know that he just went for re-inforcements!! He came charging back within 20 yards but this time had a 140" 8 point with him. They both looked at me confused so I just remainded on all fours. I have to admit that I did become a little concerned! I didn't really know what I was going to do if they decided they wanted a piece of me. Finally, after a minute or two, I stood up and they hightailed it out of there. The good news was, even though they saw me, I was probably 100 yards from my stand and there were two more bucks killed out of that stand in the next two weeks. A 155" 12 point and a 160" 10 point.
I shot a 148", 14 point @ 7:15am. Hit him thru both lungs. Watched him run 40 yards and drop. Right afterwards I had a mature doe and a spike come by eating acorns. I sat patiently waiting for the deer to vacate the area before I made my decent.
Once the coast was clear, I climbed down and headed out the way I had came in earlier that morning. As soon as I topped the ridge I saw the tops of antlers coming my direction so I just laid down. I was hunting a private ranch and knew that other bowhunters in my camp would love to hunt this stand, as it was a HOT one and didn't want to alert every deer in the woods to it's location. At approx. 40 yards, I could tell that the buck was a respectable 100", 1 1/2 old. He slowly worked the direction of the trail I now inhabited. I decided that I would see how he would react to a grunt tube. Now lying on my side I blew on the grunt tube twice. The buck threw his head up and ran my direction within 20 yards, stopped and started pawing the ground. He had not pinpointed me at this time so I hit the grunt again. This time, he looked right at me grunted and took a couple of steps back and dropped his head. I rolled over on my stomach and slowly rose to all fours, snort wheezed and pawed at the ground. It was hilarious! He just looked at me like I was crazy. He stood there for about a minute turned and headed back the way he came. Little did I know that he just went for re-inforcements!! He came charging back within 20 yards but this time had a 140" 8 point with him. They both looked at me confused so I just remainded on all fours. I have to admit that I did become a little concerned! I didn't really know what I was going to do if they decided they wanted a piece of me. Finally, after a minute or two, I stood up and they hightailed it out of there. The good news was, even though they saw me, I was probably 100 yards from my stand and there were two more bucks killed out of that stand in the next two weeks. A 155" 12 point and a 160" 10 point.
02-17-2004 | 08:42 PM
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RE: Wildest deer hunts of 2003 Part 1.
Well I have heard a few people after I have told this story say don't you wish you had a camcorder with you. Answer's yes but for what I saw and how fast it all happend you would had have two guys filming just to keep up.
If anything I have been conservative with the number of buck's that went by. Because buck where passing behind me also. The wildest thing about this was the fact that the further back the buck was in the gang the bigger they got.
The only thing I can think of is they just had to keep up and when they caught up the would just kick the blank out of what ever little buck was in the way. But that is just a guess.
If anything I have been conservative with the number of buck's that went by. Because buck where passing behind me also. The wildest thing about this was the fact that the further back the buck was in the gang the bigger they got.
The only thing I can think of is they just had to keep up and when they caught up the would just kick the blank out of what ever little buck was in the way. But that is just a guess.
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