Bucks are going crazy

[kaizen leader]

Now is the time. The bucks have one thing on their mind, sex. I had this doe come up and stand by me within 20 yards. Right by her was a nice eight. I can only shoot with a bow here so I zinged him and he went down about 75 yards. He's a big body deer for TN. There was also a big spike and some does watching and hung around for awhile. He went down halfway down a steep hill. I'm 73 and I tried to drag him but the more I pulled the more he rolled down. I went and got a long rope, tied it to my ATV, and pulled him right up on my sled. Saved my life I think.

 

[Outdoor Enthusiast]

What area are you hunting?

 

[kaizen leader]

Mid TN near humans that love their deer and not hunters. Why irritate them with a gun shot. Every body's happy.

 

[Tn Joe]

Watched a nice mature buck breed a doe Friday in Sumner Co.

 

[MUP]

Yep. Chasing going on in southern middle TN at my place as well.

 

[sharpshooter]

Very nice buck, congrats!!

 

[Volbuck777]

Congratulations nice buck

 

[backyardtndeer]

Nice buck. Congratulations.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Good deal!! Congratulations!! Nice!!

 

[ETN Deer]

Now is the time. The bucks have one thing on their mind, sex. I had this doe come up and stand by me within 20 yards. Right by her was a nice eight. I can only shoot with a bow here so I zinged him and he went down about 75 yards. He's a big body deer for TN. There was also a big spike and some does watching and hung around for awhile. He went down halfway down a steep hill. I'm 73 and I tried to drag him but the more I pulled the more he rolled down. I went and got a long rope, tied it to my ATV, and pulled him right up on my sled. Saved my life I think.

Great buck- congratulations!

 

[wsm]

Congrats ,good buck .

 

[jhardy]

Awesome. I just hope at 73 I'm still able to get out and hunt. Congratulations

 

[BSK]

Heck of a buck and heck of a kill!

 

[Carlos]

Way to go!
Great buck, and you weren't kidding when you said 'steep hill'.

 

[BSK]

I'm 73 and I tried to drag him but the more I pulled the more he rolled down. I went and got a long rope, tied it to my ATV, and pulled him right up on my sled. Saved my life I think.

ATV winches, and several extra sets of 50-foot thin cable can be a life-saver. I have three sets of 50-foot wire rope with loops and clasps at both ends. You can string them together end-to-end and attach them to the end of your winch cable. Winch in the 50-feet of winch cable, detach a 50-foot section of wire rope, run the winch cable back out, and repeat the process. We had a big buck down in the bottom of one of our hollers that took a UTV with it's winch cable run to my ATV which it's winch cable all the way out and then three sections of 50-foot wire rope to reach the buck. Took an hour to do all that winching but dragging the buck out by hand was not going to happen.

 

[KTS]

Awesome, congratulations!

 

[Crappieaddict]

Great buck! Congrats!

 

[skipperbrown]

Why is it a shot deer will always run down the steepest hill into the most inaccessible thicket?

 

[MUP]

Why is it a shot deer will always run down the steepest hill into the most inaccessible thicket?

They don't always. The biggest buck I ever shot went back and straight up the steepest ridge on my property, stood there looking around for a few seconds, then started walking on over the ridge about 60 yards where he fell dead.

 

[SSlater]

Mid TN near humans that love their deer and not hunters. Why irritate them with a gun shot. Every body's happy.

This is Tennessee. We were here before them. If you moved to where they're from, do you think they would change their lifestyle and traditions for you? If you do, you're sadly mistaken.