Bagged a nice little FL doe
12-02-2008, 07:03 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Camp Lejeune, NC
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Bagged a nice little FL doe
And so the story goes... I'm down in FL for Thanksgiving and and I happened to bring my Rem 700 .30-06 and all my hunting gear with me. We went to the range with one of my dads friends to site in my rifle and he says he's got a nice little 150 acre lease he'll let me hunt while I'm down. He already has a blind and several stands out there. So my dad and I decide to go the next day. We pulled up, gathered our gear and stepped off. No more than 20 paces from the truck we see a deer in the field. I glass him and he's a nice little 6 point. I decide I'm going to take him because that's a pretty good deer for FL. As I'm getting into the prone he notices us but doesn't immediately bolt. He's about 300 yards away so I tell my dad to glass him in case he runs after the shot we can see where he went. As he's unzipping his pack to get his bino's, the buck walks to the fence and jumps over it into the woods. :-( Oh well, I'll get him later.
So walk the property and see two more deer (does) but we weren't quick enough to get a shot. We call it a day. We come back that night and see two more deer but they were too far away for an accurate shot.
I return the following morning (very cold for FL) and decide to lay in the prone on the edge of the field and wait/glass. 20 minutes later 3 does walk up about 50 feet to my left. I notice them and freeze because they're staring right at me. They checked me out for a little while but I didn't even blink. But I know they had to have seen my breath. The first one moves on, so does the second one shortly after. The third stayed for a few more second and then she joined her crew. They all moved down the filed about 200 meters and then stopped to eat. As soon as their attention turned away from me I sighted in. I picked the biggest one out of the trio and took my shot.
She dropped right where she stood. I used a Remington 180 grain Core Lokt PSP for this shot. She weighed approximately 120 pounds.
So walk the property and see two more deer (does) but we weren't quick enough to get a shot. We call it a day. We come back that night and see two more deer but they were too far away for an accurate shot.
I return the following morning (very cold for FL) and decide to lay in the prone on the edge of the field and wait/glass. 20 minutes later 3 does walk up about 50 feet to my left. I notice them and freeze because they're staring right at me. They checked me out for a little while but I didn't even blink. But I know they had to have seen my breath. The first one moves on, so does the second one shortly after. The third stayed for a few more second and then she joined her crew. They all moved down the filed about 200 meters and then stopped to eat. As soon as their attention turned away from me I sighted in. I picked the biggest one out of the trio and took my shot.
She dropped right where she stood. I used a Remington 180 grain Core Lokt PSP for this shot. She weighed approximately 120 pounds.
12-03-2008, 03:46 PM
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Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: Bagged a nice little FL doe
After I read your story I got my Florida hunting reg book out to look at the dates of doe hunting and was surprised that the central and south part of the state had doe days a month earlier than the northwest area. Just surprised.
