ADVWannabee

I am going to go against the grain here and say congrats and great story. Of course I hunt from and around my house as well. I am the only house in a 40 acre neighborhood and hunt the fields and woods around. I hunt elsewhere as well, but I can get home and hunt the last hour of light. I haven't gotten any great bucks here, but I do get one or two for the freezer and that is mainly what I am after.

I almost shot a deer from my front door a couple years ago but decided to go out the back door and around the side of the house. I shot him in my sock feet in the rain. I got a turkey in my PJs and slippers as well. I don't sugar coat it and I don't apologize for it. Most of my deer are taken from a stand or blind, but I don't look a gift horse in the mouth either.

Enjoy the deer and enjoy telling the story, you have every right too.

the blur

I spent 3 days in the woods this season, with nothing to show for it.

If one made it easy for me, I wouldn't feel bad; as they have out smarted me all season; and last season too.

ndrhunt

i beat that i have been out 6 times this year most of them in November and have not had a deer come close enough to shoot unless completely obstructed for a shot. maybe muzzle loader season will be good to me. happy hunting yall

JakeGrice

idc if you shot it once or ten times! Thats a great buck! congratz

m.t.hands

good deal man

maynerrd

Very nice deer, meat for the frezzer and antlers for the wall.

V8Ranger

You are so right, and thank you.... I have limited hunting area, I will take what the land will give me. I don't shoot fawns,spikes, or 4 points. It has to be at least a 6 point... This is the first deer I have ever shot from my back yard, and I have live here for 20 years. Some of you complainers, you cant tell me if you where in my shoes you wouldn't have shot him... The biggest buck I have ever seen on the hoof, and can hunt where he is standing. I didn't have to think for very long if I was going to shoot him. I don't have my own land. I am at the mercy of 2 people to let me hunt. One is a 35 acre spot, and the other is where this buck was standing, 14 acres.... That's all I have for area to hunt. I wont hunt public land, to many people, and most of them are out of state.... To all of you that are congratulating me, I give you a very big THANK YOU..... Like I said, I have hunted these two spots for 20 years, and have never, NEVER, seen a buck this big...

V8Ranger

If I hit a very big buck with my car, and money was not a problem, yup I would have him mounted too.... Its not the same thing. It may not have been taken with a gun, but it still would be the biggest buck I ever got, no matter now it was taken... It would be a hell of a conversation piece when friends saw it hanging on my wall.... lol.... I put every buck I have ever shot on the wall, no matter how small, I proudly display all my buck kills. This one will be my first full mount, and not just the antlers, and I will be proud of him. You cant change that... Everyone is proud of different things they do in life, this is one I am very proud off.......

DocD

V8Ranger, ya did good, and I'm proud of ya!!!! But I gotta draw the line on mounting the "RoadKill" Just not right!,, if everyone did that B/C would have to open a new catagory. Doc

V8Ranger

Lol, he would have to be a monster before I would have him mounted...lol..... Many many years ago, the biggest buck ever killed in this area was hit by a car. This was like 20 plus years ago. The thing was a monster. I would have proudly had that thing put on my wall. It was 20 plus points and just massive.... But like I said, It would have to be a monster like that before I would mount my own road kill...