Buck Down
10-21-2010, 07:17 AM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5
Buck Down
Last night, my brother and I decided on an evening. He settled into a stand in the middle of the woods that we hunt and since I had to work late, I chose a stand that provided easy and quick access without alerting any deer. While on my way to my stand, my brother sent me picture messages of 2 little basket racks that he had rattled in but were too small to shoot. Around 5:45, he gave me a call on my phone and told me he had arrowed a big buck. He said that he had performed another rattling sequence after the small bucks had left the area and a few minutes later he looked up to see a big buck rubbing trees and coming in for a fight. The buck continued to within 30 and that is when he shot. He told me that he was a little worried because he thought he hit it a little back. He said he watched the buck as it labored away and then bedded down about 80 yards away. He waited until dark and then backed out of the woods. On his way out, he found his arrow, which contained a decent amount of blood on it. We planned on meeting up at first light this morning to search for the buck.
We met up this morning and we were both filled with excitement as while we have both shot decent bucks while gun hunting, neither of us had ever shot a nice buck in the few years that we have bow hunted. After searching for the buck , we were relieved to find him about 100 yards from where my brother had last seen him. We were both filled with relief and excitement. Hopefully this is only the beginning of a great season. Can't wait to get back in the woods.
We met up this morning and we were both filled with excitement as while we have both shot decent bucks while gun hunting, neither of us had ever shot a nice buck in the few years that we have bow hunted. After searching for the buck , we were relieved to find him about 100 yards from where my brother had last seen him. We were both filled with relief and excitement. Hopefully this is only the beginning of a great season. Can't wait to get back in the woods.
10-21-2010, 07:58 AM
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: MO
Posts: 643
Nice buck!
I lease some ground in Southern IL with a few guys. One guy has killed two bucks that look exactly like that one; wide, good mass, very similar tines.
You don't hunt near Mounds, IL do you?
Probably just coincidence, but I do notice that a lot of the mature deer seen/killed on our farm in MO seem to have similar antler characteristics. The two bucks my buddy has killed in IL are definitely similar.
I lease some ground in Southern IL with a few guys. One guy has killed two bucks that look exactly like that one; wide, good mass, very similar tines.
You don't hunt near Mounds, IL do you?
Probably just coincidence, but I do notice that a lot of the mature deer seen/killed on our farm in MO seem to have similar antler characteristics. The two bucks my buddy has killed in IL are definitely similar.
