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Started drizzling this morning early so I went for a ride. Noticed quite a bit of deer movement. Checked one of my spots where there is an absolute behemoth of a buck.....well over 200lbs with a 160"ish rack. he only frequents this spot every few days or so, but today when I went in to check....all his scrapes were thrashed so I rushed home, showered, and rushed back and got in my tree. It was 11am when I settled in. Drizzled all day off and on. At 1:30 a doe came flying in with a 2.5 year old 8 pointer on her tail but I passed him up....he needs a couple years. Nice young deer. I played with him for a while and kept calling him back to me but eventualy I just let him walk off. At 3 a doe came in alone and she was REAAAAL nervous. Shortly after, a button buck came in, hers, and they hung around for A while. About 4 another doe came in all alone, and she too was nervous. Thats when it gets interesting. That wench hung around my tree right til just about dark....nervous....nervous. Just at dark, I hear a deer coming from my right through the swamp. I look over....It's him. Now when I say this joker is a beast..I mean beast. He comes marching right in on the trail he was supposed to and had no clue that doe was under me. He gets 7 yards or so from my tree and stops. The doe bolts straight away...and he follows her. Man was i pissed. But it gets better. I hear him running her around the swamp, grunting like a fiend for the next minute or so then they were out of earshot. I waited about ten more minutes and figured he was history, so I tied my rope to my bow and just when I was gonna let her down, I thought i heard something. So I listened. I hear it again. This time about 40 yards out to my left. Then I hear a tree getting totaled. I quickly untie my bow and knock my arrow. He's coming right in. He stops at a scrape 15 yards from my tree and thrashes it. When he finished, he starts walking the trail that will bring him right to me. Twelve yards.....ten yards...seven yards.....just 3 more steps. I have the release on the bow, I'm ready to rock. I'm looking almost straight down on him and all I can see is horn. He stops, wheels around, and starts marching directly the other way....I have NO SHOT. S.O.B That is one lucky deer I'm telling ya. If that doe was not where she was, he would be in the back of my truck right now. Or if he had just taken a couple more steps when he came back. DAMN. I almost sent one at him as he was walking away at ten yards, but I didn't want to chance it cuz there is a limb in the way and I will get him another time, but I thought tonight was the night for sure for that joker.....oh well.

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I feel for you I really do.

Something like that happens to me a lot.
You get sooo close and a little thing seems to happen.

At least you got him real close.

I bet your heart was about to jump out.

You keep going you will get him.

Like this past spring I got the closest to getting a turkey.
He was coming to me but another hunter shot the turkey.

Man that just gets under your skin.

Any Way Good Luck

Oh by the way nice story I enjoyed reading it. :)

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Wow - a "normal" post - you can do it.

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What's with the treestand, the calls, and the bow hoist Danny Boone? I thought you were beyond such trivial things. Remember ...... hunting has become too easy for you. All the idiots buying stuff off the shelves at Wal-Mart.....blah blah blah. Where did you aquire that call of yours? Let me guess you widdled it out of a limb with your teeth. I figured you for a spear hunter kind of guy. I have to tell you my image of you is shattered with this compound bow, treestand, call stuff.

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The guy just posted a normal post, just like people wantedhim to do. Now look at all the replies to it. Whats the point in going off on him after this post? Do you guys think this is encouraging him to post normal posts in the future? Probably not. The negative replies to this post are no better than the crap people have been complaining about from 123stickem to begin with, in fact it is probably driving him to post more crap. Why not respond to his post just as you would if it were another user, maybe you'll see less of the "other" posts?

Sorry for going off, but I just think you are alienating him even more by saying these things.

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MN. . .good point. . . it is good to see a well written post with out the silly stuff in it.

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withdrawn by me..................
I'm not going to get caught up in a childish Internet squabble with someone that has the mentality of an ice cube.

I have a feeling that mr. stickem won't be around too much longer for us to enjoy his wonderful thought provoking posts anyway.

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Thats why it called hunting not killing and it does suck at times.Good luck getting that big dude.

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But today is better!
First....to answer you NY....I call with my mouth, not a store bought plastic piece of junk.
Second....
Last night after I got in I got a call from a buddy of mine that gut shot one. To make a long story short, we found it, but I didn't get in til late. So this morning when the alarm went off, I ignored it. An hour later I got up on my own, it was a quarter to five....I almost stayed there but decided to go climb a tree in hopes I would catch this beast. I jumped in the shower and off I went. Got in the tree at about twenty past five. It's still drizzling, and I didn't bump any deer even though I was a little later than I like to be. I settle in. About 6:20 or so, I see a deer coming my way from straight ahead in the swamp. It's still pretty dark, but he looks BIG. Sure enough....it's him. He's heading right for me so I grab my bow and get ready. 40 yards...30 yards....20 yards....15 yards.....HE STOPS! I have no shot and I have a monster buck no more than 15 yards from me. About 5 minutes go by and he looks behind him....so I look behind him. here comes a little doe....and another. He turns around and starts to walk away towards the two does....GEEZ! NOT AGAIN!!!! As the does get closer to him, they split up on seperate trails. The buck rushes towards the doe that was off to my left, putting him further away from me. He stops and looks back at the other doe. She is about ten yards in front of me now staring at him. He is staring back at her. He turns and starts heading to her.....slowly. All the sudden, the first doe that ran away comes running down the hill to meet up with the other doe and passes right under my stand, but keeps on going. I look back at the buck, and he is magnificent!!!! Huge rack, huge neck, just a huge all around animal standing to my 11 o'clock not ten yards away but facing me....no shot. He stands for another five minutes, then decides to check the doe. Here he comes.....8 yards....7 yards....he's in my lane but quartering to me....no shot. He stops. The doe that was in front of me bolts towards me and to my left inbetween him and me, passing right under my stand. He turns to follow her. He's now 5 yards away, in my lane, broadside. I slowly draw, put the pin on him......THWACK!!!!!! Hit him just behind the shoulder but poor penetration.....only about 6 inches or so. Must have clipped that shoulder bone. He takes off like a bat out of hell and I loose sight of him then there he is again. SMACK!!!!! He runs head on into a 10" maple tree about 70 yards out....LIGHTS OUT!!!! I climb down out of my tree and go over to him. He's a monster. But wait....what the hell happened here? Damn it!!! When he ran into the maple, he busted his right brow time and folded it back. It's still on but busted. Anyhow, that's how my morning went. I dragged him back to the truck, loaded him up, and thats all she wrote. He is an 11 pointer with a little over a 20" spreadthat should dress out at about 200lbs. I hunted this deer about 6 times already and I finaly got him. Now I can move onto a real big one that I have been watching. But for today, I'm gonna enjoy this behemoth.

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Waiting for a pic. :) Until then, it's just a fairy tail.

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erope....are you a moron? When I take a pic I MAY post one. But now, I need a nap.

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I am sure that there had to be some pictures with that story if your going to Plagiarize you may as well use the pictures to !:eek:

dd

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DD....I do understand how this may all sound unbelievable to you....I mean heck, could it be possible? A man to actualy "hunt" a deer down and kill it without paying someone $3000 bucks to do it for him. Well DD...I'm here to tell you that it is in fact all true...and really not all that uncommon. Hell, I myself do it 3 or4 times a year. This is my second buck this year. My other one was a cull buck. 4.5 year old 8 point with a droptine and a 16 inch spread, with heavy horn. He weighed about 180 dressed. He sucked, so he died. Didn't want him spreading bad genes. Oh...and I'm sorry....I didn't even take a picture of that one.....shame on me. So I guess it never happened.

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PATHETIC!!!!!

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Did mommy and daddy leave this kid alone w/o computer supervision?

He is either a young BOY or a complete idiot. IMO he is not a hunter........ Deserves no respect.............and should be booted off of the forum.

To say that any whitetail "sucks" is a statement that a true hunter would never make. This statement alone speaks volumes about the "BOY's" character and manhood!

Hey Mod...........give em the axe!!!

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So, whats with the new name? Trying to pry your foot out of your mouth? It won't work. People will see right through it when you true colors start to shine, which they already have.

Gus, well said my friend.

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Axe has fallen.