Middle TN Public Land 9pt

[Pinwheeled]

I was driving home from hunting Monday evening when I saw a nice buck cross the road in front of me. He was leaving a piece of private ground and in to a section of public ground that I know pretty well. Since I'm on vacation this week, I decided to go after him in the morning. The buck had crossed in to a cedar thicket. My plan was to still hunt my way through the thicket until it opened up to a section of hardwoods. Then I was going to climb and spend the rest of the morning there.

As it got light, I started easing my way through the thicket. I didn't see a deer or bump any that I knew of. A little before 7:00, I made it through the thicket and in to a piece of hardwoods. As I sat there trying to pick out a tree for the morning, I spotted a doe running straight at me. Behind her was a set of antlers. The doe spotted me about 30 yards away and high tailed it the opposite direction. The buck was still standing there 40 yards away in a ditch. I could only see the top 2/3 of his shoulder but that was enough.

He is my biggest public land buck in TN by far. I'm still not sure if it was the buck I saw but it doesn't matter, I'm happy with him.

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[dirtyhands]

Dang that's a good one. Congrats

 

[tree_ghost]

Great deer! Congrats!


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[fairchaser]

Nice buck. Don't you love it when a plan comes together?

 

[cbhunter]

great buck, congrats!

 

[TreyB]

Sweet!

 

[lightsareout]

Awesome! Congrats!


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[double browtine]

Congrats on a great buck!

 

[Acorn]

Great buck congrats!

 

[Roost 1]

Congrats

 

[GOODWIN]

Wow! Great story! Nice buck! And with the muzzleloader huh?

 

[Wrangler95]

Very nice buck arty: :super:

 

[stylishblueticks]

Congrats!

 

[Pinwheeled]

Wow! Great story! Nice buck! And with the muzzleloader huh?

Yep. When the smoked cleared, the deer was gone and I thought I missed. Ran up to where he stood and sure enough I had dropped him in the bottom of the ditch. 300 grain Hornaday with 120grains of 777 has been a good combo this year.


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[REM7]

congrats

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

Congrats

 

[Rob-HC Hunter]

Good job. It says something about a hunter who executes a plan. Well done!


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[dburt]

Excellent public land deer! Well done. Wish I could have some luck on public land this year...well, other than little does

 

[Winchester]

Nice, congrats

 

[megalomaniac]

Nice one! I strongly suspect that was the buck you saw crossing the road the day before

 

[Bone Collector]

Congrats! great buck!

 

[ZachMarkus]

Great buck!!

 

[Wobblyshot1]

You done good.

 

[Tennessee Lead]

Congratulations on a nice buck
I'm tempted to take my muzzleloader Saturday morning to Catoosa


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[wsm]

Congrats

 

[bigtex]

Great looking buck, congrats!!

 

[Rjratliff1975]

Congrats! Great story and great buck!

 

[catman529]

Great deer, congrats!


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[JeepKuntry]

Congrats! I've only seen 1 buck on public land that was 8pt or bigger. And I missed him.

 

[Snake]

Congrats on a very nice buck !