He finaly showed up
 

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 :mad:
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:bash:
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 ..:fighting0007:
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 :s3:
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 ....:s3:

Another pic
 

I,ll try another pic .. Most are to big ...

another one
 

Hers another pic...

I have just read your story and was curious how high did you aim above the dear to hit him at 600 yards. That is some distance to shoot.

yes it is
 

I put a new Nikon Monarc 3-9x40 BDC scope on my Browning short trac 270 WSM .
It has the dots for bullet drop right in the scope,
Goes from cross hairs to dots to a solid line .
600 yards landed on the last solid line and I aim for his upper body .
600 yards he look like a bamby , I new he was a big deer .
His front hoofs are over 3 1/2 " long .
He has the same genetic looks as a 216 lb. dressed 9 pointer I shot at the same general location in 2003 .
He looks like a 180 plus lb. deer but only weighed 162 or so .
His spine was sticking way up .. Running dose for a coiple weeks ..
I new it would be near impossible to get anyone to believe me on the distance .
I use a Lieca 1200 yard range finder , Nikon Monarch binocs and scopes ..
I found out its better to buy the best you can EARLY in your hunting carrier, rather then skimp and pay for it .

Good Job...Congratulations!

Nice looking deer and a great story. Sounds like your rifle setup is a good one.

Wow, I;ve never seen a deer stand up that straight before. :wink: Cool, nice buck

Thanks guys..
 

I,ll admit , I had a GREAT year hunting this year .
I,m very happy , I have a freezer full plus gave quite a bit away .
Now I have another mount for the wall .
I usualy go abought 6 to 7 years before I get a nice buck .
Funny thing is the wife said , no more mounts on the wall all season ,
I had her come with me for the first time .
After seeing the Buck , first the she said was . ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE IT MOUNTED .. LOL... :guiness:

no way you should have shot at that deer either time u saw it. walking away then at 600yards your lucky you didn't wound that deer or lost it