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Sav10ML seals deal on last-minute hunt
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<blockquote data-quote="BringBackThe80s" data-source="post: 5763702" data-attributes="member: 19834"><p>I had obligations all weekend, but decided late afternoon I was going to the woods even if it was too late for a perfect hunt. As a 100% public land hunter who barely got in the field last season, it has been almost two years since I put venison in the freezer. So any deer I saw today was going to come home with me.</p><p></p><p>I left the house at 4 pm for public land I hunt every year with intermittent success. I hiked the mile into a thick spot that always holds an aggressive buck or two during the rut. (Last year one followed me out of that spot after dark, twice approaching within 5 yards--once while I peed, and again while I took off my stand/pack to stow my jacket.)</p><p></p><p>Tonight I got settled into the Viper with just over one hour of legal light left. Wind was switching all around, but 5 minutes after sunset a deer came in downwind using the same trail I had walked. It stepped out of the brush at 25 yards with my crosshairs already on its shoulder. I saw some amount of horn as I pulled the trigger and the 300 grain SST at 2600fps dropped him in his tracks.</p><p></p><p>Upon climbing down, I was pretty happy with this public land, mountain-and-cove 8-point.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]202928[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BringBackThe80s, post: 5763702, member: 19834"] I had obligations all weekend, but decided late afternoon I was going to the woods even if it was too late for a perfect hunt. As a 100% public land hunter who barely got in the field last season, it has been almost two years since I put venison in the freezer. So any deer I saw today was going to come home with me. I left the house at 4 pm for public land I hunt every year with intermittent success. I hiked the mile into a thick spot that always holds an aggressive buck or two during the rut. (Last year one followed me out of that spot after dark, twice approaching within 5 yards--once while I peed, and again while I took off my stand/pack to stow my jacket.) Tonight I got settled into the Viper with just over one hour of legal light left. Wind was switching all around, but 5 minutes after sunset a deer came in downwind using the same trail I had walked. It stepped out of the brush at 25 yards with my crosshairs already on its shoulder. I saw some amount of horn as I pulled the trigger and the 300 grain SST at 2600fps dropped him in his tracks. Upon climbing down, I was pretty happy with this public land, mountain-and-cove 8-point. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20231112_214526.jpg"]202928[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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