wimp

I'd like to hear from people any interesting stories from this season. Did you take a first? Biggest? most in a season? Did you take it with a special weapon you've been wanting to try or make that perfect stalk. Anything you think that set the hunt apart from the others.

For me I took my first deer with my own handloads. And took my biggest buck to date in archery season.

WThunter

I took my first deer with my handloads this weekend! He is a nice seven point with a 20 1/2" spread. Probably the most mature deer I have ever taken. I was using my .308 with 180 gr sierra gameking bullet. Shot him right through the heart at about 65 yards. He took about three steps and went down. I am very proud of the deer and the performance of the bullets I reloaded.

mtair

i have one of those you never know stories . i parked , got out of my truck , dressed , strapped my stand to my back , loaded my gun . started walking up an old abandoned driveway , about 200 yards up there was a beautiful 6 pointer standing there looking at me . i raised my ruger 96/44 and hit him in the chest with a 240 grain hornady xtp that i hand loaded he never knew what hit him. dropped on the spot . the whole amount of time i was out of my truck after gutting draging and loading was between 10 and 15 minutes .go figure!

Gary10ec1

Mtair now that is maximizing your hunting time! Family thought you were pretty cool went hunting back in an hour!

Tazman

Well I have a shotgun that I had never even shot at a deer with and this year I decided to take it out and killed a 7 pointer with it. So now the only gun I own that is still a cherry is my black powder gun.

NY Bowhunter

I almost got in a sparring match with a monster buck when I was stalking him. He thought I was another buck and wanted a piece of me.
I also shot 13 coyotes from my stand(s) this season. Unusual high number.