Tracker56
Well-Known Member
God blessed me with an awesome hunt Wed morning (11/12/14). I have had pictures of this buck all Spring, Summer & Fall. He is actually the smaller of the 2 that I have pictures of on this property. "Spreader" is still roaming the woods unless he got to ride in the back of another pickup, which isn't out of the question with public land only a stones throw away.
This was the second encounter I had with this buck. I had him at 25 yds on Sat (11/8/14) and closing but the wind shifted and he slammed on the brakes and looked straight at me. He trotted off at a safe distance away from me to the N. I had seen a descent buck earlier that same morning about 100yds to the ENE traveling from N to S and decided since this buck would probably never come passed this stand again it was time for a new plan.
When I climbed down on Sat I went over to the area I saw the decent buck and scouted for a good tree for a climber and marked it. Then I started checking the weather to see when I was going to get a good N wind and Wed it was. The forecast kept getting better too, the N wind was bringing with it a big drop in temp and offered some rain showers Tue afternoon and evening that allowed me to sneak in and hang my climber for a Wed morning hunt.
Wed finally arrived, the temps had dropped and the wind was the forecast N @ 8-10mph. I snuck in and climbed tree about 5:00 with legal light coming at 5:50. I had a plan to hunt til 9 since I had some other things going on that day. The morning overall was pretty quiet expect for a spike that came in behind me around 6:00 and 1,000,000 squirrels. At 8:30 I finally caught a glimpse of a buck chasing a doe about 100 yds to the NW. So I figured there was a chance she could bring him passed. So I stood up, clipped release on loop and positioned my feet to get ready. I no more than look up from clipping on release and here comes the doe right at me from straight up wind. Then I see the buck right behind her grunting the entire way in. They came through at 8yds @ 8:37 and I barely got him stopped long enough to shoot. I went with the mehhh, mehhh and finally HEY!!! Stopped long enough to send a slick trick through one lung and clipping the bottom of the other.
I thought for sure I'd see him go down in site but wasn't the case. He was still chasing the doe and followed over the road into the next section about 50 yds away. I climbed down and inspected the scene of the crime and the arrow looked good and I had good blood on the ground and on the next tree. I immediately headed to where I saw him cross and thought for sure I'd see him just over the next little hill or log. After 200 yds of this I decided to tie some surveyor tape to a tree and back out.
I went to work for my couple meetings and another apt and then headed back out @ 1:30 to meet a couple buddies to pick tracking back up. We got to the tape and picked the trail back up and it wasn't 50-75 yds and I could see his antlers sticking up!! What an awesome way to end the hunt!!! A dead buck and to get to share it with 2 great friends and fellow brothers in Christ.
Thank you to the Lord above to making this all possible.
God bless your time in the woods and wear those safety harnesses!!
This was the second encounter I had with this buck. I had him at 25 yds on Sat (11/8/14) and closing but the wind shifted and he slammed on the brakes and looked straight at me. He trotted off at a safe distance away from me to the N. I had seen a descent buck earlier that same morning about 100yds to the ENE traveling from N to S and decided since this buck would probably never come passed this stand again it was time for a new plan.
When I climbed down on Sat I went over to the area I saw the decent buck and scouted for a good tree for a climber and marked it. Then I started checking the weather to see when I was going to get a good N wind and Wed it was. The forecast kept getting better too, the N wind was bringing with it a big drop in temp and offered some rain showers Tue afternoon and evening that allowed me to sneak in and hang my climber for a Wed morning hunt.
Wed finally arrived, the temps had dropped and the wind was the forecast N @ 8-10mph. I snuck in and climbed tree about 5:00 with legal light coming at 5:50. I had a plan to hunt til 9 since I had some other things going on that day. The morning overall was pretty quiet expect for a spike that came in behind me around 6:00 and 1,000,000 squirrels. At 8:30 I finally caught a glimpse of a buck chasing a doe about 100 yds to the NW. So I figured there was a chance she could bring him passed. So I stood up, clipped release on loop and positioned my feet to get ready. I no more than look up from clipping on release and here comes the doe right at me from straight up wind. Then I see the buck right behind her grunting the entire way in. They came through at 8yds @ 8:37 and I barely got him stopped long enough to shoot. I went with the mehhh, mehhh and finally HEY!!! Stopped long enough to send a slick trick through one lung and clipping the bottom of the other.
I thought for sure I'd see him go down in site but wasn't the case. He was still chasing the doe and followed over the road into the next section about 50 yds away. I climbed down and inspected the scene of the crime and the arrow looked good and I had good blood on the ground and on the next tree. I immediately headed to where I saw him cross and thought for sure I'd see him just over the next little hill or log. After 200 yds of this I decided to tie some surveyor tape to a tree and back out.
I went to work for my couple meetings and another apt and then headed back out @ 1:30 to meet a couple buddies to pick tracking back up. We got to the tape and picked the trail back up and it wasn't 50-75 yds and I could see his antlers sticking up!! What an awesome way to end the hunt!!! A dead buck and to get to share it with 2 great friends and fellow brothers in Christ.
Thank you to the Lord above to making this all possible.
God bless your time in the woods and wear those safety harnesses!!
The beard is a relatively permanent fixture. Just depends on how what time of year it is to see how long it is...
